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Freight Forwarder

Bromsgrove
money-bag £35000 - £42000/annum
Posted 4 days ago

We are actively looking to engage shipping, freight and European-transport professionals with as passion for freight forwarding for a new role as a Freight Forwarder (air, sea and road) in Bromsgrove, West Midlands.-

Client Details

My client is a SME 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 Freight Forwarder-you will report in to the International Shipping &-Freight Manager-on a daily basis. You will be responsible for the following areas for responsibility across the Bromsgrove,-West Midlands-office:

  • Managing the pricing, quoting, booking and file monitoring of freight-across import & export across air, sea & road freight.
  • Manage air, sea & ocean-freight import and export bookings including pricing, quotations, end-to-end shipping and customs documentations.
  • Develop and build relationships to ensure a high level of customer service is provided to clients with a knowledge of the clients business requirements
  • Informing customers are-about the freight prices, port charges, cost of special documents, insurance prices as well as prices for handling the goods.
  • Handling customs entries (EUR1''s / ATR1''s)-and arranging billings for VAT/Duties
  • Documents of Operations and transportation (booking, airway bills and-loading confirmation)
  • Nominating carriers, airlines and GSA in-line with rates, OTIF value and customer requirements in line with a variety of INCOTerms.

The Ideal Candidate

The successful candidate will have an expansive background in either air, sea or road-freight forwarding. The ideal Freight Forwarder will have the following skills and experience:

  • 2+ year''s experience in-freight forwarding, transport planning
  • Experience of pricing, quotation and planning customer deliveries across air, sea or road freight forwarding
  • Desirable experience of customs compliance (not essential)
  • Excellent customer service experience
  • Knowledge of INCOTerms is advantageous
  • Commutable to Bromsgrove, Birmingham on a hybrid basis

What''s-On Offer?

  • -35,00042,000
  • 32 days annual leave
  • 10% - 15% company bonus / profit share
  • Comprehensive company benefits account.
  • World-class training & development and large opportunities to progress.-

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