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Freight Forwarder (Weekends), Castle Donington

Nottingham, East Midlands 16 days ago

Job Description

We are actively looking to engage road, air&sea freight forwarding professionals for an exciting new opportunity as a Freight Forwarder (Weekends) in Castle Donington. The successful candidate will work Friday, Saturday and Sunday across a 3 day working week only! Client Details My client is one of the countries largest privately owned freight forwarders who have recently setup an expanded operation in Nottingham. The business has ambitious grow plans to rapidly expand into new markets over the coming decade, with large scale investment from a private entrepreneur. The business turnover is in exceed of£370m+ group-wide with the new Castle Donington (Leicestershire&Derbyshire) branch accounting for 223% YoY growth! Description As an Freight Forwarder (Weekends) you will report into the Operations Manager and work on a 3 day hybrid working pattern. You will only work across Friday, Saturday and Sunday with a mixture of home and office working. You will also have the following duties and responsibilities: Preparing road, air and sea freight price quotations - Informing about the freight prices, port charges, cost of special documents, insurance prices as well as prices for handling the goods Organising transport through third party transit means. Providing valid insurance for the vehicles - trucks and trailers Providing appropriate transportation means with adequate load capacity Handling customs entries and arranging billings for VAT/Duties Ensuring full HAWB and MAWB compliance and customs clearance.Profile The successful candidate will have an expansive background in the freight forwarding industry with a bias towards either road or air freight. The ideally Freight Forwarder (Weekends) will have the following skills and experience: The desire to work a 3 day working week (across Friday, Saturday, Sunday). 2+ year's experience in freight forwarding in either road or air freight Experience of pricing, quotating and planning customer deliveries across road, air&sea freight. Desirable experience of customs compliance / HAWB&MAWB Proven track record of calculating taxes and duties via imported freight Excellent customer service experience Knowledge of INCOTerms. Commutable to Castle Donington (Derbyshire&Leciestershire) for at least a day per week with the rest on a hybrid pattern. Job Offer£35,000-£42,000 Generous annual bonus of between 10%-20% 32 days annual leave Private family healthcare 5% pensions matched Comprehensive benefits package

Freight Forwarder (Weekends), Castle Donington

Nottingham, East Midlands 16 days ago
We are actively looking to engage road, air&sea freight forwarding professionals for an exciting new opportunity as a Freight Forwarder (Weekends) in Castle Donington. The successful candidate will work Friday, Saturday and Sunday across a 3 day...