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Air Logistics Operational Care Specialist

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Posted 2 days ago, valid for a month
Location

Feltham, Greater London TW13 4DH

Contract type

Full Time

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  • A leading UK forwarder is seeking an Operational Care Specialist with exceptional Customer Care skills.
  • Candidates should have experience in freight forwarding or customer service, particularly in the UK, and must be able to demonstrate strong problem-solving skills and effective communication.
  • The role involves coordinating transport activities, managing customer shipments, and ensuring compliance with air transport regulations.
  • The position offers a salary range of 拢32,000 to 拢40,000, including a 15% shift allowance, with a shift pattern of 4 on and 4 off from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm.
  • Applicants are encouraged to apply even if they come from outside the industry, provided they have the required customer care experience.

Are you looking for a new position with a leading UK forwarder?

Do you have exceptional Customer Care Skills?

If so, then we have the position for you!

Please note: This position will look at "out of industry" experience but you must have Exceptional Customer Care experience in the UK.

Your Role

The Operational Care Specialist will be part of a team within the Operational Care Centre and responsible for coordinating transport activities by: executing the necessary bookings with our partners and gateways, executing the requisite data entry associated with transport document generation, generating the required documentation, and liaising with our customer care specialists to ensure specific requirements are met (Transit Times, Carrier selection, Routings etc.). The Operational Care Specialist is also responsible for managing the coordination of customer shipments by securing buy rates (when required) as well as capacity with qualified carriers/partners and or via gateways. All of these activities are to be performed in compliance with rules and regulations governing air transport and associated national protocols and executed via operational systems.

Your Responsibilities

路 Coordinate and align customer deliverables with customer care teams, partners and suppliers to manage the transportation of customer's cargo路 Manage operational tasks through Business Process Automation tools and all related features.路 Review and ensure alignment of shipping instructions including to clarify any deviations/conflicts in contradiction to country regulations, export compliance and rate and routing information.路 Report problems, operational disputes or discrepancies to supervisors, managers, divisional managers or branch managers路 Monitor operational performance of carriers and other vendors and escalate / create awareness if performance and commitments are not being delivered 路 Initiate and resolve any rate or performance discrepancies路 Work with Sales and Customer Care teams on account implementation, ensuring a smooth transition from sales to operations

Your Skills And Experiences路 Experience in freight forwarding or customer service is preferred.路 Strong customer service orientation路 Ability to communicate effectively路 Problem solving skills路 Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team路 Very good time management skills with the ability to set priorities, fulfil critical tasks in time and keep to deadlines路 Perseverance and resistant to challenge路 Cope with change and embrace new technologies as well as demonstrate change management mind-set

Shift Pattern: 4on/4off 7:00am - 19:00pm

Salary: 拢32,000 - 拢40,000 including 15% shift allowance

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed鈥檚 services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed鈥檚 Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.