Freight Coordinator - Southwark - £24,000 - £28,000 a year

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Freight Coordinator - Southwark - £24,000 - £28,000 a year

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Salary
£24,000 - £28,000 a year
Job type
Permanent
Benefits
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Company pension
Full Job Description
Air and Sea Freight Coordinator Role based in London SE16
Must have Freight experience, ideally multi modal
About Our Client
A specialist freight forwarder that takes pride in their services and knowing their core market. They are a good team and rely on each other to ensure that work is carried out effectively.

Job Description
The Multi-Modal Freight Coordinator will be based in Southwark and will be tasked with:

Managing files from start to finish for Air, Road and Ocean Freight
Provide estimates for international airfreight shipments. The estimate will include UK transport, packing and crating, export documentation and customs clearances, airline delivery, and airline handling, security and airfreight charges. In addition, to obtain costs for overseas clearance and delivery to add to the estimated export charges.
Provide estimates for international airfreight imports. The estimate will include overseas collection, crating and freight charges to arrival UK airport, import clearance and airline handling charges, airline collection, delivery to UK consignee plus any additional services such as unpacking and installation. Again, this will involve obtaining overseas costs from our international agents.
Provide estimates for international import and export full container sea freight shipments, to include all equivalent costs as per the airfreight estimates.
Provide estimates for European import and export road transport shipments, both consolidated and dedicated, using both TFA's own vehicles and 3rd party agents.
Liaising with UK transport and customs brokers to ensure correct customs clearance procedures for all import and export shipments
Provide instructions to brokers for customs clearance diversions
Accurately maintaining and referring to the Bonded warehouse and TA control sheets.
Liaising with clients and overseas agents to ensure delivery of all required services
Raise invoices to clients and making sure that all performed services are accounted for
Process purchase invoices
Keeping the shipping control sheet up to date and accurate
Ensuring that all relevant paperwork and electronic data is processed correctly
Ensuring that client relationships are maintained by keeping customers updated and informed at all times
The Successful Applicant
In order to be shortlisted for an interview for the role of Multi-Modal Freight Coordinator, you should have:

Have dealt with multi-modal international transport within a freight company
Have worked with both import and export customs procedures
Good knowledge of UK vat rules in relation to international shipping
Direct customs clearance entry experience is not a necessary requirement as all clearances are done via 3rd party brokers.
You should be comfortable discussing UK customs procedures, airline and ocean shipping charges, worldwide geography, and air and sea shipping procedures
Live in an area that is easily commutable to Southwark
What's on Offer
Salary between £24 000 - £28 000 depending on experience

Pension

Life Assurance

23 days leave + bank holidays

Never work on weekends, bank holidays or Christmas

Contact
Liz Major
Quote job ref
JN-112022-5833262
Phone number
+44 207 269 2143

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