Project Freight Forwarder - Leeds - Up to 38,000
Job type: Permanent
Hours: 08:30am-17:00pm
Salary: Up to 38,000
Duties:
- Preparing shipping and customs documentation in compliance with legal obligations; ensuring that paperwork for shipments is complete and correct prior to dispatch; filing paperwork; and maintaining records
- Checking customs documentation such as import/export declarations, resolving queries and ensuring records are accurate and up to date.
- Arranging collection of orders and worldwide deliveries.
- Communication internally with other teams and externally with clients and suppliers.
- Receiving customer orders; comparing with quotations; working with other departments to resolve queries; and preparing and sending sales acknowledgments to customers whilst also adhering to company policies and legal requirements.
- Ensuring customers are fully informed with all relevant information regarding their orders and shipments.
- Responding to queries from customers on a daily basis.
- Record Keeping: Maintaining electronic and paper-based records required to meet compliance obligations.
- Perform a variety of administrative duties, such as generating and distributing documentation, spreadsheets and forms.
- Assist with billing by preparing and sending invoices; maintain client databases; track accounts; oversee the invoice workflow, and assist in copying and distributing production orders and other internal documents as requested
Required Skills / Experience:
- Experience in Air or/and Sea freight working for a UK-based freight forwarder
- Good communication, language, literacy, numeracy, problem solving and organisational skills
- Level-headed and the ability to work under pressure
- Work independently or as part of a team
- Handle multiple projects at any one time
- Strong communication skills and ability to communicate effectively with customers, both internally and externally
- Excellent organisational and time management with a strong attention to detail.
- Experience handling all shipping documentation such as bills of lading, air waybills and completing all Customs documentation ready for clearances.
- Experience in Break Bulk, OOG (Out Of Gauge) or project cargo would be desirable but not essential.
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