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LCL Export Operations

GRS - Global Recruitment Solutions
Posted a day ago, valid for 16 days
Location

Tilbury, Essex RM18 8JA

Salary

£28,000 - £33,600 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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Sonic Summary

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  • The job role involves managing assigned trade lanes, starting from initial communication at the origin to delivering consignments to consignees.
  • Candidates should have at least 3 years of experience in logistics or a related field, with a strong focus on container management and documentation.
  • The position requires monitoring weekly volumes, ensuring timely receipt of documents, and addressing any discrepancies with management.
  • Responsibilities include tracking container arrivals, managing customs clearances, and ensuring accurate billing to customers.
  • The salary for this position ranges from $50,000 to $60,000 per year, depending on experience and qualifications.

Job Role:

  • Taking charge and assuming responsibility for assigned trade lanes, starting from the initial communication with the origin of container loadings for the specified period, through to delivering/releasing consignments to the consignee.
  • Monitoring weekly volumes from each trade lane and documenting them in a personal loading log.
  • Ensuring timely receipt of complete documents from our agents, verifying the accuracy of costs/credits based on tariffs, agreements, and exceptions lists. Any issues or discrepancies should be promptly escalated to management.
  • Tracking container arrivals and, as the estimated time of arrival (ETA) approaches, sending the manifest to the warehouse, releasing the container with the respective line, providing release documents to the warehouse, and issuing arrival notices to all customers within the container, ensuring correct costs as per the settlement agreement. This should be completed no later than one week prior to vessel arrival.
  • Continuously monitoring containers until unpacking, at which point all cargo should either be released by the release department or delivered by the operator.
  • Upon unpacking and delivery/release of goods, closing the file, accounting for all costs, and ensuring accurate billing to customers.
  • Duties may be subject to modification by the department manager and/or management at any time.

Daily Responsibilities:

  • Monitoring and addressing daily emails from origin offices, agents, clients, and vendors, and assisting with shared email inboxes as needed.
  • Processing delivery requests and generating quotes.
  • Processing Vendor and internal invoices.
  • Reviewing the YTL discrepancy log.
  • Keeping your loading log current.
  • Managing customs clearances for private importers.
  • Responding promptly to phone calls from clients and vendors, including returning calls for any messages left in voicemail.
  • Providing quotes for PP inquiries.
  • Maximizing revenue through value-added services and working efficiently to reduce errors and unnecessary costs.

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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.