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Details of Role
- Liaise with freight forwarders for the costs of both airfreight and sea freight consignments, (LCL and FCL), obtain
- sailing schedules, approve bookings and ensure correct documentation is in place for Customs clearance.
- Arranging consolidated, full container and 'buyers consol’ shipments from the Far East, Africa and the EU, liaising
- between factories and freight forwarders to ensure bookings are sent through and space secured on required
- vessels.
- Reconcile supplier invoices to load schedules, ensuring correct pricing and quantity, updating our internal SAP
- system with shipment details.
- Notify internal and external departments of shipments.
- Produce commodity code listing and reconciliation to invoice and packing list for freight forwarders ready for
- Customs clearance process.
- Work with our finance manager and stake holders to balance supplier and freight payments.
- Updating landed costs and stock revaluation to include fabric costs on CMT garments.
- Carry out OPR approval with HMRC for the specialist fabric to be exported from UK suppliers to the Far East.
- Ensure sufficient garment trimmings are in stock with all garment factories ready for garment production.
- Track currency rates, record forward contracts purchased either through the currency company or bank, reconciling
- usage and monitor expiry dates to ensure contracts are fully utilised before expiry.
- Calculate supplier CNY or USD deposit payments on placement of PO.
- Produce Excel deposit balance control sheet and 'stock on the water’ payment reports.
- Work with yearly external Audit company to provide reports, OPR records and supplier and purchase invoice trails.
- Work with HMRC for the import / export audit and also OPR audit, ensuring all paperwork trails are available and
- accurate for audit.
- Who we are looking for
- Experience of working with freight forwarders to import from the Far East, Africa and the EU.
- Motivated and positive individual.
- Computer literate with experience of MS Office programs.
- Great interpersonal and organisational skills.
- Excellent attention to detail.
Hours
9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday - 37.5 hours a week, office based
Holidays 23 + banks + day off for your Birthday
