Shipping Co-ordinator - Tamworth Tamworth, England
Job description
- A varied shipping role based around air, sea and road freight shipping...
- Excellent opportunities for progression and salary reward in Tamworth
About Our Client
The successful candidate will be joining a global industrial organisation, shipping export goods across the globe. My client are a market leader in the dangerous goods manufacturing space and require knowledge for their in-house shipments. You will be joining a fast-growing team in a business that has been trading for over 70+ years in the Tamworth area.
Job Description
On a daily basis the Shipping Co-ordinator will report into the Operations Manager and cover the following areas of responsibility:
- Managing all shipping of import export based products from the UK and Far East. This involves monitoring, negotiating and pricing with a variety of freight forwarders and freight partners.
- Checking INCOTerms for contracts - ExWorks, FOB, CIF.
- Responsible for all customs compliance - Certificates of Origin, Bills of Lading, Commercial Invoices, Packing Lists.
- Managing key account management with high profile spend customers (in excess of £1million per annum)
- Responsibility for shipping goods by air, sea and road freight
- Preparing transit document and packing lists for haulier, airlines and freight forwarders.
- Prepare notifications for shipping invoicing.
The Successful Applicant
The successful Shipping Co-ordinator will been an experienced member of the shipping and distribution sector. with a background in Dangerous Goods. They will either by working in-house for a distributor / manufacturer or be in the freight forwarding / shipping world. You will also have the following skills & attributes:
- 4+ year's experience within Import / Export / Shipping / Freight
- Experienced in import or export operations ideally to the Far East, Africa, USA
- Strong background in multi-modal forwarding (preference towards sea and air freight)
- Strong knowledge of customs compliance (Letter of Credit, HAWB, MAWB, Bills of Laden, Chamber of Commerce Documentation)
- Commutable to to the Tamworth.
What's on Offer
- £24,000-£30,000 - dependent upon experience
- 10% company bonus
- Private healthcare
- Pension scheme - 5% match
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