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 Operations Supervisor in Tamworth!
Client Details
My client is a market-leader in the freight & shipping industry and has offices based across the world (in Italy, Croatia, France and the UK). 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 Operations Supervisor you will report in to the Freight Branch Manager on a daily basis. You will be responsible for the following areas for responsibility across the Tamworth office:
* Managing a small team of 12 specialist freight forwarders across air, sea and road 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 full loads, part loads, courier, air freight, sea freight and dedicated transport.
* Providing valid insurance for the vehicles - trucks and trailers
* Providing appropriate transportation means with adequate...