This is a Mon to Fri role, full time in the office, Salary up to £40k Client located in the Reading area
Duties Include:
* Build a commercially effective in-house international freight-forwarding service across air, sea and road.
* Win new forwarding work by responding quickly to enquiries and producing accurate, competitive and deliverable quotations.
* Process jobs end to end, maintaining ownership from initial instruction through booking, movement, customs clearance, delivery, costing and invoicing handover.
* Develop and manage a reliable network of airlines, shipping lines, hauliers, handling agents, customs brokers and overseas partners.
* Establish practical procedures, systems, controls and trained internal cover so the capability is resilient and scalable.
* Protect the company and its customers by identifying customs, licensing, tax, dangerous-goods and documentation requirements before work is accepted or moved.
* Open and maintain complete forwarding jobs in BoxTop or the nominated system, recording instructions, milestones, costs, documents and communications.
* Arrange air, sea and road transport, collections, export handling, import handling, delivery and any required storage or specialist services.
* Prepare and check Air Waybills, Bills of Lading, CMRs, manifests, commercial invoices, packing lists, transit documents and shipment instructions.
* Coordinate cut-off times, cargo acceptance, screening, security status, airline or vessel confirmation, customs release and proof of delivery.
* Track each movement, provide meaningful customer updates and resolve delays, discrepancies, rollovers, holds or missed connections.
* Complete accruals, supplier-cost checks, job costing, invoicing instructions and document archiving without avoidable delay
Salary description
£30000.00 - £40000.00 per year