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Quotations Clerk - Freight Forwarding
Location: Southport, UK
Job Type: Full-Time / 08:30 - 17:00 or 09:00 - 17:30 (Monday to Friday)
Salary: 27,000 - 31,000 (DOE)
A well-established and respected freight forwarding business with decades of industry experience is seeking an organised and commercially minded Quotations Clerk to join their team.
This is a key operational position that plays an essential role in ensuring the business remains competitive, responsive, and accurate when providing rates to both customers and international partners.
Key Responsibilities:
- Preparing accurate and timely quotations for FCL, LCL, air, and sea freight shipments.
- Maintaining current knowledge of market rates and competitor pricing.
- Managing and updating contract rates and communicating changes to customers.
- Using Excel spreadsheets with interactive formulas to store and update rates.
- Liaising with global offices and agents for inbound quotations to the UK.
- Obtaining haulage and shipping line costs from multiple suppliers to ensure competitive pricing.
- Supporting internal teams with rate updates and customer queries.
Skills & Experience Required:
- Experience within freight forwarding quotations, pricing, or operations.
- Knowledge of import/export processes, FCL/LCL, and airfreight.
- Strong communication skills and confidence in liaising with overseas partners.
- Advanced Excel knowledge (formulas, live rate sheets, data accuracy).
- Excellent attention to detail and strong organisational skills.
- Proactive, reliable, and able to work effectively under time pressure.
WR Logistics are the #1 recruitment partner for all vacancies in the logistics industry. We recruit UK wide for permanent and contract jobs.
WR is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
