European Road Freight Operator - Michael Page : Job Details

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

Client Details

My client is a market-leader in the shipping industry and has offices based across the world (in Germany, Spain, USA & more recently in the Far East). You will be joining a fast-pace environment assisting in finding logistics solutions for some of the world's largest industrial, retail & FMCG based freight forwarding customers. My client focuses on searching air freight, sea freight & road freight solutions, which are both cost effective & time sensitive.

Description

As a European Road Freight Operator you will report in to the Freight Supervisor, in Nottingham, on a daily basis. You will be responsible for the following areas for responsibility:

• Preparing road freight pricing & customer quotations - Informing about the freight prices, port charges, cost of special documents, insurance prices as well as prices for handling the goods
• Organising transport through third party transit means - such as full loads, part loads, courier and dedicated transport.
• Providing valid insurance for the vehicles - trucks and trailers
• Providing appropriate transportation means with adequate load capacity
• Handling customs entries and arranging billings for VAT/Duties
• Ensuring, booking and conducting customs clearance.

Profile

The successful candidate will have an expansive background in the freight forwarding industry with a bias towards either road freight. The ideal European Road Freight Operator will have the following skills and experience:

• 2+ year's experience in freight forwarding in either road or air freight
• Experience of pricing, quotation and planning customer deliveries across road, air & sea freight.
• Desirable experience of customs compliance
• Excellent customer service experience
• Knowledge of INCOTerms is advantageous
• Commutable to Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.

Job Offer

• £24,000-£38,000 - Basic Salary
• Structured commission and bonus model
• 25+8 days annual leave
• Access to a growing career ladder
• World-class training & development within one of the UK's fastest growing markets