European Road Freight Controller

We are actively looking to engage shipping, freight and European road transport professionals with as passion for freight forwarding for a new role as a European Road Freight Controller in Solihull in the West Midlands.-

Client Details
My client is a leading freight forwarding business, with huge ambitions for growth,-in the freight & shipping industry. You will be joining a fast-pace environment assisting in-finding logistics solutions for some of the world''s largest industrial, retail & FMCG based customers. My client focuses on searching air freight, sea freight & road freight solutions, which are both cost effective & time sensitive.

Job Description
As a European Road Freight Controller-you will report in to the Road-& European Freight Manager-on a daily basis. You will be responsible for the following areas for responsibility across the Solihull, West Midlands-office:

• Managing the pricing, quoting, booking and file monitoring of freight-across import & export road freight to and from EU, Switzerland and Turkey. The business is mixed across groupage services, full-loads and part-loads.
• Responsible for preparing road freight pricing & customer quotations - informing about the freight prices, port charges, cost of special documents, insurance prices as well as prices for handling the goods.
• Organising road transport through third party transit means throughout Europe, Switzerland and Turkey.
• Providing appropriate transportation means with adequate load capacity and regulations around WTD and VOSA regulations.
• Handling customs entries (EUR1''s / ATR1''s)-and arranging billings for VAT/Duties
• Ensuring, booking and conducting customs clearance.

The Ideal Candidate

The successful candidate will have an expansive background in either air or road-freight forwarding industry. The ideal European Road Freight Controller-will have the following skills and experience:

• 2+ year''s experience in road freight forwarding, transport planning or european freight.-
• Experience of pricing, quotation and planning customer deliveries across road freight in the UK and EU.-
• Desirable experience of customs compliance (not essential)
• Excellent customer service experience
• Knowledge of INCOTerms is advantageous
• Commutable to Solihull, West Midlands-on a hybrid basis

What''s-On Offer?

• -32,00038,000
• 32 days annual leave
• 10% - 15% company bonus / profit share
• Comprehensive company benefits account.
• World-class training & development and large opportunities to progress.-