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Air, Sea Import Operations Clerk

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Posted a day ago, valid for 17 days
Location

Feltham, Greater London TW13 4DH

Salary

拢24,000 - 拢28,800 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • We are seeking an Air / Sea Import Operations Clerk for a Medium sized Freight Forwarder with a requirement of at least 2 years of relevant experience.
  • The role involves managing international and domestic freight movements, monitoring arrival times, and communicating delays to customers.
  • Key responsibilities include sorting documentation, liaising with customers and suppliers, and ensuring timely updates on shipment progress.
  • The position offers a salary of 拢30,000 per year and requires effective time management and organization skills.
  • Candidates should be IT literate with knowledge of EDI being an advantage, and the working hours are Monday to Friday from 9am to 5.30pm.

We are working with a Medium sized Freight Forwarder, who have an exciting opportunity for an Air / Sea Import Operations Clerk.

We are looking ideally for 2 years + experience.

Role Involves:

路 Dealing with all aspects of International and Domestic freight movements.路 To monitor flights and vessels arrival times and inform the customer of delays.路 Sort, filter and distribute documentation and create, maintain job files in an accurate and timely manner.路 Act as conduit between customers and suppliers to ensure all needs are met within the specified delivery time.路 Happy to work unsupervised.路 Liaise with overseas offices for shipment movements, taking responsibility for monitoring progress and keeping the customer advised of the status.路 Updating customer reports ensuring accuracy before sending to customers.路 Booking deliveries and arranging collections.路 Completing Customs declarations in line with UK HMRC requirements including collecting Duty and VAT payments, monitoring the use of facility.路 Raising of Customer invoices and making sure job in profitable.

Experience:

路 Ideally 2 years Air, Sea Import experience.路 Educated to GCSE (min 5)路 Ability to consistently meet deadlines in a timely manner.路 Ability and confidence to deal with customers daily.路 Effective time management.路 Knowledge of EDI (Enterprise Operating System) advantage.路 IT Literate MS office, Word, Excel.路 Effective organisation skills, attention to detail.

Monday to Friday 9am-5.30pm

路 If you have not heard from us within 7 days then your application has been unsuccessful.

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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.