Our international freight forwarding client offering 3PL services are currently looking to appoint an experienced Seafreight Import Operator to join their team in Felixstowe, working Monday to Friday, 9am - 5:30pm with no weekends required!
As Seafreight Import Operator, on a day-to-day basis you'll be responsible for overseeing your own clients and managing the entire forwarding process, from booking with carriers to invoice reconciliation, revenue and costs. You'll be liaising with customers, customs authorities and third party contacts. Ensuring customs clearance documents are in order, collecting relevant documentation ready for release/delivery of cargo, invoicing and securing payments.
Seafreight Import Operator duties include:
* Handling bookings; liaising with agents, clients and other in-house departments.
* Job loading pre-alerts into CargoWise1 software.
* Customs clearances.
* Speaking with clients to organise deliveries, request documents, send invoices.
* Booking deliveries with shipping lines and merchant hauliers.
* Liaising with the shipping lines for releases.
* Making sure all finances are correct in their jobs.
Skills/ Experience required:
* Minimum of 2 years' experience in start to finish Import Seafreight Freight Forwarding operations.
* Knowledge of customs regulations, commodity codes, all related customs paperwork.
* Import and Export Customs entries using CargoWise1.
* Commercially minded.
* Exceptional communication skills.
We're keen to speak to people who have experience in a customer-facing operations role, especially those with knowledge of import and export operations or experience working as a Customs Operator / Customs Clerk / Customs Coordinator, or have good working knowledge of CargoWise1.
In return, the successful Seafreight Import Operator will be offered up to £27,000, in line with skills and experience.
If you would like to know more about this Seafreight Import Operator opportunity, or you know of anyone that fits the bill, please forward this advert to them, send us their details or get in contact with us and we will do the rest.
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