We are actively looking to engage managerial professional across an air, sea and road background with a passion for freight forwarding and aviation shipping for a new role as a Freight Branch Manager in London Heathrow!
Client Details
My client is searching to provide large scale investment to create a new offering at LHR. The business is a market-leader in a niche area of the shipping industry and has offices based across the world (in Germany, Spain, USA & more recently in the Far East). 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, AOG, sea freight & road freight solutions, which are both cost effective & time sensitive.
Job Description
As a Freight Branch Manager you will report in to the Regional Director on a daily basis. You will have full responsibility for the new site at London, Heathrow along with the following areas:
* Manage a fast-paced, growing, operation of circa 25x freight import and export specialists who are responsible for bookings including pricing, quotations, end-to-end shipping and customs documentations.
* Managing a small customs and documentation team responsible for customs clearance, booking, BL, pre-advices, etc.
* Full branch/office P&L responsibility including HR development and staff training. Alongside RTW, 1-2-1's and appraisals of a direct and indirect team of col...