Job Details

European Road Freight Co-ordinator

Job Description

We are actively looking to engage shipping, freight and European road transport professionals with as passion for freight forwarding for a new role as a European Road Freight Co-ordinator in Nottingham!-

Client Details
My client is a leading freight forwarding business, with huge ambitions for growth,-in the freight andamp; shipping industry. You will be joining a fast-pace environment assisting in-finding logistics solutions for some of the world's largest industrial, retail andamp; FMCG based customers. My client focuses on searching air freight, sea freight andamp; road freight solutions, which are both cost effective andamp; time sensitive.

Job Description
As a European Road Freight Co-ordinator-you will report in to the Road-andamp; European Freight Manager-on a daily basis. You will be responsible for the following areas for responsibility across the Nottingham office:

  • Leading and supervising a small team of 4 European and UK road freight co-ordinators on a daily basis.-
  • Managing the pricing, quoting, booking and file monitoring of freight-across import andamp; export road freight to and from EU, Switzerland and Turkey. The business is mixed across groupage services, full-loads and part-loads.
  • Responsible for preparing road freight pricing andamp; customer quotations - informing about the freight prices, port charges, cost of special documents, insurance prices as well as prices for handling the goods.
  • Organising road transport through third party transit means throughout Europe, Switzerland and Turkey.
  • Providing appropriate transportation means with adequate load capacity and regulations around WTD and VOSA regulations.
  • Handling customs entries (EUR1's / ATR1's)-and arranging billings for VAT/Duties
  • Ensuring, booking and conducting customs clearance.

The Ideal Candidate

The successful candidate will have an expansive background in either air or road-freight forwarding industry. The ideal European Road Freight Co-ordinator will have the following skills and experience:

  • 2+ year's experience in road freight forwarding, transport planning or european freight.-
  • Experience of pricing, quotation and planning customer deliveries across road freight in the UK and EU.-
  • Desirable experience of customs compliance (not essential)
  • Excellent customer service experience
  • Knowledge of INCOTerms is advantageous
  • Commutable to Nottingham-on a hybrid basis

What's-On Offer?

  • -33,00038,000
  • 32 days annual leave
  • 10% - 15% company bonus / profit share
  • Comprehensive company benefits account.
  • World-class training andamp; development and large opportunities to progress.-