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Road Freight Coordinator - Wythenshawe - Up to 28,000
The role is dealing with the processing of consignments arriving to the UK by road from Europe. The role of a Road Freight Coordinator would suit someone keen to challenge themselves.
Office hours: 8:30 am - 5:30 pm (1-hour unpaid lunch), Monday - Friday (40 hours per week).
Type: Permanent
Location: Wythenshawe - this role is office-based.
Salary: 25,000 - 28000 per annum (dependent upon experience)
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Understand and execute the departments vision of good business development in order to successfully Import/Export Land road freight, warehouse operations and logistics products
- Oversee client and sub-contractor management in conjunction with Standard of Practice (SOPs)
- Ensure all customers and clients are invoiced correctly and on time in conjunction with SOPs
- Complete all Import/Export activities correctly and on time including financial, legal and invoicing transactions
- Ensure all operational activities are completed on time
- Maintain regular communication with sales teams reporting new sales leads and handover of shipments
- Communicate quotations to the line manager/sales team within two hours of receipt and ensure all quotations are recorded on the system in one format
- Report internal leads to the customer services and sales teams
- Follow up late customer payments in conjunction with credit control
Skills & Competency:
- Previous experience as a Road Freight Coordinator with a UK based Freight forwarder
- Right to work in the UK (Sponsorship is not available)
- Based in the UK
- Quality organisational skills and ability to manage many tasks or projects at the same time.
- Ability to prioritise own workload but also be able to work as part of a team
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
- Conversant in IT skills e.g., Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel) and CRM systems.
- Demonstrate working administrative background
- Must have an analytical skill, with a high level of attention to detail.
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