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Import Road and Seafreight Clerk

Freightserve recruitment
Posted 3 days ago, valid for 20 days
Location

Feltham, Greater London TW13 4GT

Salary

£30,000 - £35,000 per annum

Contract type

Full Time

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  • Freightserve recruitment is seeking an experienced Import Road and Seafreight professional for a busy Freight Forwarder located in the Heathrow area.
  • The role requires compliance with UK customs regulations, accurate transposition of customs declaration information, and management of internal and external KPIs.
  • Candidates should have a strong ability to build relationships with customers and manage all associated paperwork related to imports.
  • The position demands a commercial awareness of job costings and profitability, along with the ability to handle deadlines and challenging situations.
  • The salary for this position is competitive, and applicants should have relevant experience in the field.

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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