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Key Account Coordinator - 12 Month Contract - Remote working

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Posted a day ago, valid for 17 days
Location

Slough, Berkshire SL3 0FF, England

Salary

£24,000 - £28,800 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • A Medium Sized Freight Forwarder is seeking a Key Account Coordinator for a 12-month maternity cover, fully remote position.
  • The role involves assisting the Key Account Manager with maintaining the commercial relationship with a large blue-chip client, ensuring high service delivery and profitability.
  • Candidates should have a Logistics/Supply Chain/Transport Management degree or relevant experience, along with strong IT skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
  • The position requires a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience, and the salary offered is £30,000 to £35,000 per year.
  • Additional benefits include 20 days of annual leave plus public holidays, and access to employee discounts and perks.

We are working with a Medium Sized Freight Forwarder who are looking to recruit Key Account Coordinator - 12-month Maternity Cover - REMOTE

Role Involves.

To assist the Key Account Manager with the commercial relationship with an existing large blue-chip client. Proactively maintaining a consistent high level of service delivery. Maintaining the revenue and gross profit, ensuring they remain profitable in line with annual targets, exhausting all additional revenue streams opportunities. Assist the Key Account Manager with implementation of any new services. Working with the client to ensure the service requirements are understood and implemented in line with client expectations.

Hours of Work - Monday - Friday 08.30h - 17.30h - 40 hours Per week - 100% remote

Job Duties & Responsibilities

Reporting to the Key Account Manager, the responsibilities will include:

  • Daily planning of customer’s PO’s, consol and full vendor loads stock planning
  • Trailer planning and forecasting to ensure economic benefit
  • Daily checks for new bookings on in-house IT system
  • Communication with planning department, head office and overseas partners
  • High volumes of data entry on in-house IT systems & Excel
  • Completing all operational activities accurately in line with the agreed SLAs
  • Supporting partners with bookings and operational queries
  • Maintain excellent customer and inter-departmental relationships at all times
  • Providing ad-hock reporting to the customer

Other responsibilities

  • Provide general support to other teams in the business as required
  • Other ad-hock administrative duties

Skills & Qualifications

  • Logistics/Supply Chain/Transport Management degree or relevant experience in the field
  • Strong IT skills including MS office suite
  • Ability to work in a fast paced and high-pressure environment
  • Capability to work to strict deadlines
  • Good problem-solving skills
  • Methodical and organised
  • High attention to detail
  • To have experience of successful liaisons with both customers and suppliers
  • Results orientated
  • Financial awareness
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to work alone and in a team
  • Able to plan and prioritise as required

Company BenefitsAlong with 20 days annual leave + Public holidays we offer the following benefits:

  • Access to our Employee Discounts and Perks, which includes Grocery Shopping, Holidays, Movies, Sports, Wellness and many more.

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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.