Shipping Officer; Stevenage;12 Month Contract; £21.50ph paye/ £28.86 Umbrella; Inside IR35.
We currently recruiting for an experienced shipping officer to work with an aerospace client based in Stevenage. The successful candidate will have experience of shipping both in the UK and globally using road and air transport. Duties will include the along with the preparation of export documentation and a good knowledge of incoterms, tariff codes and CPC codes will be required. Additionally, the post holder will work closely with the client's inhouse export control and customs teams as well as the freight forwarder providers
The post holder will be responsible for arranging & overseeing all export shipments from site to destinations all over the world to meet customer demands by road or air, in a timely manner whilst adhering to processes to deliver a benchmark export and shipping service to the business
Responsibilities:
To liaise and work closely with our export control team, local customs officers and freight forwarders.
To deliver a benchmark export and shipping service to the business
Role requirements
Timely delivery of product in line with project demands
Creation, completion and management of documentation required to effect export deliveries, to include, transport documents, hazardous goods note, customs formalities etc.
Ensure topicality of Export Register, Transport Registers, Hazardous Goods Register
Arrange UK and International transport movements. This also includes liaising closely with Security and Export control departments.
Assist Export Control Department in compliance with regards to Export Licences
Maintain topicality with all transport legislation up to and including prohibited weapons level
Identify process improvements to create an efficient and cost effective service
Day to day knowledge of all movements from site
General day to day housekeeping, ensuring any required administrative duties are completed for each shipment, ensuring we are audit compliant at all times
Keeping up to date with the archiving and scanning
Promotion of functional excellence
The successful candidate would be expected to undertake Known consignor training and remain compliant to the controls put in place.
Skillset/experience required:
Detailed knowledge of export legislation
Previous experience of working within Export or customs
Experience of working within an engineering /manufacturing environment
Expereience of working under pressure liaising with stakeholders
Experience of using SAP
Strong knowledge of MS Excel and other Microsoft applications
Ability to adapt style of communication to ensure effective delivery of service
Interpersonal skills across different business functions
Strength of character not to deviate from process when other demands conflict.
A strong communicator (both written and verbal) with attention to detail
Organised with excellent time management skills
Able to prioritise and work to deadlines without supervision.
Please note that in order to apply for this opportunity you will need to be eligible for SC (Secret Level) UK Security Clearance
Morson is acting as an employment business in relation to this vacancy
Trade Compliance; Import Control; Export Control; Trade Governance; Export License; Import License; Import Clearances; Export Clearances: ITAR; EAR; Export Control Regulations; Import Control Regulations;
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