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Air & Sea Freight Forwarder

Green & Wolvin Recruitment
Posted 17 days ago, valid for 7 days
Location

Cannock, Staffordshire WS11 5QH, England

Salary

£30,000 - £34,000 per annum

Contract type

Full Time

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Sonic Summary

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  • We are seeking an Air & Sea Freight Forwarder for a growing SME freight forwarding business in Cannock, West Midlands.
  • The ideal candidate should have at least 2 years of experience in freight forwarding, particularly in air or road freight.
  • The role involves managing pricing, quoting, booking, and file monitoring across various freight modes, including customs clearance.
  • The salary for this position ranges from £30,000 to £34,000, along with 32 days of annual leave and a company bonus.
  • This opportunity offers extensive training, development, and potential for career progression.

We are actively looking to engage shipping, freight and road transport professionals with as passion for freight forwarding for a new role as a Air & Sea Freight Forwarder in Cannock, 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 Air & Sea Freight Forwarder you will report in to the Air & Sea Freight Manager on a daily basis. You will be responsible for the following areas for responsibility across the Cannock, West Midlands office:

  • Managing the pricing, quoting, booking and file monitoring of freight across air import, air export, sea freight and cross-trade.
  • Responsible for preparing road, air and sea 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 transport through third party transit means - such as air freight, sea freight and dedicated transport.
  • Providing appropriate transportation means with adequate load capacity and regulations around IMDG, IATA.
  • Handling customs entries 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 Air & Sea Freight Forwarder will have the following skills and experience:

  • 2+ year's experience in freight forwarding in either sea or air freight.
  • Experience of pricing, quotation and planning customer deliveries across road, air & sea freight.
  • Desirable experience of customs compliance
  • Excellent customer service experience
  • Knowledge of INCOTerms is advantageous
  • Commutable to Cannock on a hybrid basis

What's On Offer?

  • £30,000-£34,000
  • 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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