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 General Manager in Birmingham, West Midlands.
Client Details
My client is searching to provide large scale investment to increase their current freight forwarding offerings in the Midlands. The business is a market-leader in a multi-modal freight forwarder, their operation has offices based across the world (in Asia-Pacific, Far-East, the Americas and Europe). 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 providing freight forwarding solutions across UK & European road freight, air freight and sea freight.
Job Description
As a Freight General Manager you will report in to the Managing Director on a daily basis. You will have full responsibility for the new site at Birmingham, West Midlands along with the following areas:
* Manage a fast-paced, growing, operation of circa 30-45x air & ocean 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-alerts, etc.
* Full branch/site P&L responsibility including HR development and staff training. Alon...