We are actively looking to engage shipping, freight, and European road transport professionals with a passion for freight forwarding for a new role as a Road Freight Forwarder in Cannock, West Midlands.
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-paced 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 that are both cost-effective & time-sensitive.
Job Description
As a Road Freight Forwarder, you will report to the Road & European Freight Manager on a daily basis. You will be responsible for the following areas across the Cannock, West Midlands office:
* Managing the pricing, quoting, booking, and file monitoring of freight across import & export road freight to and from the EU and Turkey.
* Preparing road 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 road transport through third-party transit means throughout Europe and Turkey.
* Providing appropriate transportation means with adequate load capacity and regulations around WTD and VOSA regulations.
* Handling customs entries (EUR1's / ATR1's) and arranging billings for VAT/Duties.
* Ensuring, booking, and conducting customs clearance.
The Ideal Candidate
The successful candidate will have an expansive background in either air or road freight forwarding industry. The ideal Road Freight Forwarder will have the following skills and experience:
* 2+ years experience in road freight forwarding, transport planning.
* Experience of pricing, quotation, and planning customer deliveries across road freight in the UK and EU.
* Desirable experience of customs compliance (not essential).
* Excellent customer service experience.
* Knowledge of INCOTerms is advantageous.
* Commutable to Cannock on a hybrid basis.
What's On Offer?
* £28,000-£33,000
* 32 days annual leave
* 10% - 15% company bonus / profit share
* Comprehensive company benefits account.
* World-class training & development and large opportunities to progress.
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