Job Description
As a leading creator of flavor solutions for beverages, sweet goods, savory, and dairy products around the world, IFF helps our customers deliver on the promise of delicious foods and drinks that consumers love.
We are currently looking for a UK Shipping Administrator to join our busy Shipping Department in Haverhill.
This is a fast-paced role, that would suit a highly organised individual who is able to work accurately to tight deadlines. The successful candidate will be a team player who has the ability to communicate with numerous stakeholders (at all levels) to provide a high quality service to customers.
Job Requirements
You will spend your time…
1. Allocating sales orders and samples to stock batches. Ensuring they are issued to packing in time to get ready for dispatch. Reporting any shortages immediately and escalating to Customer Services or the Supervisor if they cannot be addressed
2. Addressing issues with stock and packaging
3. Checking with QC (Quality Control) to resolve shelf life issues
4. Liaising with Customer Service regarding packaging type and fill and resolve any issues on the delivery
5. Liaising with haulers daily to ensure timely delivery of goods
6. Preparing the meeting ZOOGN report when necessary and updating onto WebEx
7. Creating home and export orders, loading sheets and shipments, ensuring the hazard information is correct.
8. Any other tasks as required (such as providing holiday cover for export and assisting with warehouse administration when required)
Required Skills/Experience:
9. Educated to GCSE level or equivalent
10. Ability to work to tight deadlines
11. Excellent prioritisation, organisational, change management and interpersonal / communication skills
12. Good IT skills including Excel and Word
Preferred (optional) Skills/Experience:
13. ADR awareness trained
14. Sea/Airfreight Hazardous trained
15. Previous experience of SAP
16. Experience in domestic shipping
17. Experience in Sea/ Airfreight Shipping
18. Experience in Export documentation
19. Previous experience within a logistics environment
At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex or veteran status. We strive for inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.