Senior Sea Freight

Our Client, a multi-national, freight forwarder, has a vacancy for a Senior Sea Freight Operations Coordinator to manage the day to day activities and all the related administration as well as building relationships with potential and existing clients and ensuring that a high standard of customer care is prevalent at all times.

Main Job Purpose

* Manage the day to day Sea Freight operations.
* Co-ordinate the export and import bookings of Sea Freight jobs.
* Raising Job files and all of the appropriate operations paperwork.
* Processing jobs through the MULTIFREIGHT software system.
* Customs entries using the CDS System.
* To be responsible for the daily checking of all Seafreight jobs and ensuring that clients are kept informed of any deviation to the agreed schedule.
* Extensive client liaison and negotiation.
* Extensive supplier liaison and negotiation.
* Internal liaison with the sales team assisting with quotations and service information.
* Managing the jobs from quotation stage to final invoicing in line with the client expectations and communicating effectively any service issues.
* Maximising the gross profit by negotiating with the supplier base.
* Proactively contacting the existing clients to maximise business potential.
* Invoicing jobs on completion.

Experience Required

* Experience of Sea Freight Forwarding Operations
* Sea freight exports
* Commercially Aware
* Ability to work under pressure and prioritise workload
* Ability to work on own initiative
* Used to working to strict deadlines
* Good Analytical Skills
* Good Communicator

TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE YOU MUST HAVE PROVEN WORKING EXPERIENCE WITHIN A FREIGHT FORWARDING ENVIRONMENT IN SEA FREIGHT EXPORTS

Salary/Benefits

* Circa £30,000 - £38,000 Circa/ Flex - Dependent on experience.
* Contributory Pension
* 22 days holiday