Overview
We are actively looking to engage shipping, freight and European road transport professionals with a passion for freight forwarding for a new role as a Road Freight Forwarder in Redditch, West Midlands.
Client details: My client is a SME freight forwarding business with ambitions for growth in the freight & shipping industry. You will be joining a fast-paced environment assisting in finding logistics solutions for some of the world’s largest industrial, retail & FMCG-based customers. The client focuses on air freight, sea freight & road freight solutions, which are both cost effective & time sensitive.
Responsibilities
* Reporting to the Road & European Freight Manager on a daily basis.
* Managing the pricing, quoting, booking and file monitoring of freight across import & export road freight to and from EU and Turkey.
* Preparing road freight pricing & customer quotations, including information on freight prices, port charges, cost of special documents, insurance prices and prices for handling goods.
* Organising road transport through third-party transit means throughout Europe and Turkey.
* Providing appropriate transportation means with adequate load capacity and ensuring compliance with WTD and VOSA regulations.
* Handling customs entries (EUR1's / ATR1's) and arranging billings for VAT/Duties.
* Ensuring, booking and conducting customs clearance.
The Ideal Candidate
* 2+ years' experience in road freight forwarding, transport planning.
* Experience of pricing, quotation and planning customer deliveries across road freight in the UK and EU.
* Desirable experience of customs compliance (not essential).
* Excellent customer service experience.
* Knowledge of INCOTerms is advantageous.
* Commutable to Redditch on a hybrid basis.
What's On Offer?
* £34,000-£38,000
* 32 days annual leave
* 10% - 15% company bonus / profit share
* Comprehensive company benefits account
* World-class training & development and large opportunities to progress
#J-18808-Ljbffr