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Freight Forwarding Manager
Job Posted: an hour ago
Salary: £ 50,000 - 60,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Castle Donington, Leicestershire
Expire in: a month
Job Description
We are actively looking to engage shipping, freight forwarding professionals with as passion for freight forwarding for a new role as a Freight Forwarding Manager in Castle Donington, Leicestershire on a hybrid basis!
Client Details
My client is a SME freight forwarding business, with huge ambitions for growth, in the freight & shipping industry. You will be joining a fast-pace environment assisting in finding logistics solutions for some of the world's largest industrial, retail & FMCG based customers. My client focuses on searching air freight, sea freight & road freight solutions, which are both cost effective & time sensitive.
Job Description
As a Freight Forwarding Manager you will report in to the Freight Director on a daily basis. You will be responsible for the following areas for responsibility across the Castle Donington office in Leicestershire:
* Managing a small team of 8 specialist freight forwarders across road, air & sea freight
* Overseeing the team responsible for preparing road, air and sea freight pricing & customer quotations - informing about the freight prices, port charges, cost of special documents, insurance prices as well as prices for handling the goods.
* Organising transport through third party transit means - such as air freight, sea freight and dedicated road freight transport.
* Providing appropriate transportation means with adequate load capacity and regulations around IMDG, IATA.
* Handling customs entries and arranging billings for VAT/Duties
* Ensuring, booking and conducting customs clearance.
The Ideal Candidate
The successful candidate will have an expansive background in multi-modal freight forwarding (either road, air or sea freight). The ideal Freight Forwarding Manager will have the following skills and experience:
* 4+ year's experience in freight forwarding in any mode of freight (ideally focused on sea and air freight)
* Proven people leadership experience of small or large teams
* Experience leading or managing teams within a freight forwarding or shipping environment.
* Experience of pricing, quotation and planning customer deliveries across road, air & sea freight.
* Desirable experience of customs compliance
* Excellent customer service experience
* Knowledge of INCOTerms is advantageous
* Commutable to Castle Donington, Leicestershire on a hybrid basis
What's On Offer?
* £50,000-£60,000
* 32 days annual leave
* Comprehensive company benefits account.
* World-class training & development and large opportunities to progressBefore You Apply
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