Our client is a well‑established Freight Forwarding and Logistics specialist with offices in strategically placed locations throughout England and Scotland. Delivering around 200,000 consignments per year for 9,000 clients with a turnover of €50m. We are now looking for a Sea Freight Exports Coordinator working within a busy Ocean department - to work within a team to receive bookings from overseas offices, to complete all ocean export requirements for both LCL and FCL.
Main Duties
- Receiving bookings from overseas offices
- Raising files using internal software system
- Preparation of shipping instructions
- Speaking to shipping lines / carriers.
- Checking vessel departures
- Ensuring correct documentation is presented / obtained
- Costing files
- Raising invoices to overseas offices
- File queries.
Skills and Experience
- Experience in Ocean Export processes is essential
- Experience of Customs procedures, including Duty/Vat process is on imports is desirable
- Knowledge of the freight forwarding industry is essential
- Proficient in use of Microsoft Office Package - Word, Excel.
- Training on in house systems provided in full
- Excellent attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills
- Good team player
- Ability to work to strict deadlines
- Ability to work under pressure and on own initiative
- Good organisational skills
- Flexible and adaptable
Package and Benefits
- Salary £28,000 to £32,000
- 22 days holiday to start
- 2 x salary life insurance cover
- 5% employer contributory pension scheme
- Opportunities for career progression
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