Vacancy: Logistics Assistant
Pay rate: up to £26000 PA
Contract: 8 month fixed term contract (maternity cover)
Location: Rugby CV21
Working Shifts: Monday to Friday, between hours of 8.30am – 4.30pm (office based only), PART TIME or FULL TIME
Coventry Reed Specialist Recruitment are delighted to be representing a company within the Rugby area that specializes in distribution.
As a Logistics Assistant, you will be responsible for:
* Delivering excellent customer service to our on-site customer.
* Preparing shipping/transport quotations.
* Booking dispatches with hauliers, forwarders, dispatch depots, and shipping lines.
* Creating invoices, packing lists, collection/dispatch notes, and any other related export documentation required for export dispatches.
* Entering bookings into our bespoke shipment software and managing specific projects.
* Expediting shipments, processing supplier and customer invoices, and ensuring costs are correct on the bespoke software.
* Answering telephone calls, expediting orders and shipments, and dealing with inter-company and external queries.
* Reporting and escalating issues to the Manager as required.
To be successful in this role, you will meet the below criteria:
* Knowledge of shipping methods and terminology.
* Experience within a freight forwarding environment.
* Intermediate experience of MS Office programs.
* Proven customer service experience.
* Excellent numeracy, communication, and interpersonal skills.
* High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
* Strong administration skills and teamwork ethic, with the ability to work independently when required.
Apply today with your CV and a Reed representative will guide you through the next steps of your application.
Interview process:
* Reed registration video call
* 1st stage - MS Teams call with client
* 2nd stage - onsite interview with client
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