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Import Road and Seafreight Clerk

Freightserve
Posted 2 days ago, valid for 20 days
Location

Feltham, Greater London TW13 4DH

Salary

£24,000 - £28,800 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • Freightserve recruitment is seeking an experienced Import Road and Seafreight professional for a small, busy Freight Forwarder located in the Heathrow area.
  • The role requires compliance with UK customs regulations, managing customs declarations, and building strong customer relationships.
  • Candidates should have at least 3 years of relevant experience in the freight forwarding industry.
  • The position offers a salary of £30,000 to £35,000 per year, depending on experience.
  • Working hours are Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5:30 pm.

Freightserve recruitment are looking for an experienced Import Road and Seafreight person for a small busy Freight Forwarder based in the Heathrow area.

Key responsibilities:

  • To ensure compliance with the customs regulations of the UK, through internal notifications and customs web site
  • To transpose customs declaration information from documents, and or other data sources into the customs brokerage system accurately
  • To manage and meet required internal and external KPIs specific to the customer base
  • To build and maintain strong relationships with the customer base
  • To be responsible for arranging and completing all associated paperwork, which documents the nature of the goods being imported from abroad and that they are legal and legitimate
  • Ensuring all is in order in relation to import quotas, customs tariffs, trade agreements and HM Revenue and customs regulations
  • To keep up to date on all regulatory requirements governing imports.
  • Being commercially aware of job costings and profitability, ensuring maximum profitability for the organisation
  • Ability to manage deadlines and sometimes difficult situations.
  • Accountable for printing and active allocation of all pre-alerts to ensure files are not missed and handed out promptly to the individuals within the department, on a daily basis
  • To ensure that all deliveries are arranged prior to vessel arrival at port, the same to be booked with hauliers.
  • To ensure that customs formalities are completed
  • To ensure that if declaring any values on deferment account for duty/vat these should be billed onto the customer same day as declaration

Monday - Friday 9am - 5.30pm

As an agency we are fast becoming the number one Freight recruitment specialist. We have a fast growing reputation with most Freight related companies. Freightserve has been established since 1992 working within the Freight Forwarding and Shipping industry. Call now to avoid disappointment!!!

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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’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.