We are actively looking to engage shipping, freight and road transport professionals with as passion for freight forwarding for a new role as a Freight Forwarding Supervisor in Lichfield, West Midlands on a hybrid basis!
Client Details
My client is a SME freight forwarding business, with huge ambitions for growth, in the freight & shipping industry. You will be joining a fast-pace environment assisting in finding logistics solutions for some of the world's largest industrial, retail & FMCG based customers. My client focuses on searching air freight, sea freight & road freight solutions, which are both cost effective & time sensitive.
Job Description
As a Freight Forwarding Supervisor you will report in to the Freight Operations Manager on a daily basis. You will be responsible for the following areas for responsibility across the Lichfield, West Midlands office:
* Managing a small team of 8 specialist freight forwarders across road, air & sea freight
* Overseeing the team responsible for preparing road, air and sea freight pricing & customer 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 - such as air freight, sea freight and dedicated road freight transport.
* Providing appropriate transportation means with adequate load capacity and regulations around IMDG, IATA.
* Handling cus...