Imports Coordinator/Clerk

Pyramid8 are recruiting for an Imports Coordinator / Imports Administrator to work for a small business based in Leeds. They are looking for someone with experience in dealing with imports, who is a team player and can work independently. They are a leading distributor for home design.

Responsibilities will include:

• Checking supplier and shipper invoices and approving for payment.
• Posting invoices onto the system.
• Addressing and investigating invoice discrepancies.
• Customs clearance/declarations submissions.
• Following customer and internal shipments once actioned and ensuring successful deliveries.
• Placing purchase orders with our various factories around the world for both our own stocks and customer stocks.
• Supporting our lead importer by inputting, updating, and maintaining sales and purchase data on the system and maintaining data sheets for various stakeholders both internally and externally as required.
• Tracking shipments and liaising with shippers, hauliers, and customers.
• Filing paperwork internally.
• Liaising with, and supporting, our accounts, imports and purchasing team where necessary.

The candidate we are looking for would have the following:

• Excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to work accurately and quickly under pressure.
• Ability to perform repetitive tasks with a high degree of accuracy.
• Ability to manage and prioritise workload.
• An understanding of imports and/or logistics is ideal.
• Basic Excel skills.

Experience with databases would be beneficial - we use SAGE 200 internally, but training will be given to the right candidate if they do not have experience with the software.