Sea/Air Freight Operations Clerk
- Recruiter
- Freight Personnel
- Location
- Bristol
- Salary
- 23000.00 GBP Annual
- Posted
- 06 Sep 2017
- Closes
- 04 Oct 2017
- Sectors
- Logistics & Transport
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
We are now looking for a Freight Forwarding Operations Clerk to work in the projects forwarding department of a global freight forwarding company in Bristol.
The role will be working as part of a team to service major clients for this logistics company.
You will receive Air and Sea freight import and export jobs from customers, you will review to confirm data accuracy and correct documentation. Allocate job to appropriate logistics service providers. Monitor customs declarations. Validate shipment routing against guidelines for export. Handle transfers and pre-alerts for exports and confirm departure.
As well as dealing with handovers and renominations on imports, arranging collection from carriers and onward delivery to customer, monitor POD.
Dealing with handover to job administration, keeping internal system updated, complying with customer policies and procedures. Supporting customer service teams liasing with external suppliers to monitor job progress.
In order to apply for this role you will ideally be used to multi modal freight movements, or have handled air freight or sea freight exports or imports you will be with experience from working within the Freight Forwarding Industry and have handled the full freight forwarding cycle
Dangerous Goods Qualification, Security Qualification, Good Distribution Practice will all be advantageous.
AS400 Job Booking, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook), Document production, good attention to detail, knowledge of Customs procedures and software, ability to prioritise workload. 4PL / LLP would be advantageous but not essential.