Freight Forwarding Coordinator

Job title: Freight Forwarding Coordinator

Location: Dover

Salary: Competitive

Hours: Monday to Friday 8.00am - 5.30pm

The role:

Our client is looking for an experienced Freight Forwarding Coordinator to manage their freight operations from start to finish. This role is ideal for someone with strong multi-modal freight forwarding experience, excellent customer relationship skills and the ability to manage multiple shipments while maintaining high levels of accuracy.

Benefits:

• 22 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Company pension

Key responsibilities would be:

• Manage air, sea and road freight shipments.
• Obtain and negotiate transport pricing with carriers and suppliers.
• Lead and mentor a team of 2.
• Produce shipping documentation including AWBs, Bills of Landing, Certificates of Origin and EUR1s.
• Operate internal freight and booking systems.
• Manage shipment costings and reconciliation.
• Resolve any operational or customer queries.
• Produce weekly and monthly operational reports.
• Identify new business opportunities.
• Upsell services to customers.
• Attend senior meetings where required.

Experience and skills required:

• Experience in road freight forwarding is essential, sea and air experience would be advantageous
• Strong knowledge of shipping documentation and customs processes
• Excellent communication and relationship management skills
• Strong numerical ability and attention to detail
• Ability to prioritise workload in a fast-paced logistics environment

Next steps:

If this sounds like the ideal position for you and you have the experience outlined above, then please apply and you will be contacted by a member of our team if your CV matches our requirements. If you would like any further information before applying, then please call Ellie - Permanent Consultant on or email