Details:
- Salary: £28,000 - 34,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Feltham London
- Date: 2 weeks ago
Description:
Air Import Coordinator - Feltham - Up to £34,000
Our client who are an international logistics company are looking for an Air Import Coordinator to join their growing team in Feltham.
As Air Import Coordinator, you would be tasked to provide the effective delivery of valuable cargo consignments for clients via air freight.
Job type: Permanent
Hours: 08:30am to 17:00pm
Salary: Up to £34,000 DOE
Daily duties:
Execution of operational tasks including handling daily imports, customs clearance and deliveries as directed.
Create, maintain and complete job shipment files on relevant in-house systems.
Also create, maintain and complete hard copy files of these shipments. Ensuring all relevant paperwork (Shipment request, AWB's, security receipts etc) are kept within.
Co-ordinate shipments with relevant UK and international vendors ensuring proactive communications at all times.
Creation of relevant documents for all shipments, including AWB's, guard sheets and other.
Effective and proactive communications with the customer, providing full details of all stages of the shipment process
Special projects and other reasonable tasks / duties as delegated by Operations Manager.
Maintain meaningful vendor relationships ensuring security and service expectations are preserved.
Escalate any major customer issues.
Offer ideas to improve and standardise operations.
Provide operational coverage for colleagues as directed.
Highlight jobs at negative and limited margin to the Operations Manager.
Ensure Jobs are costed correctly on the system in a timely manner
Feedback on job related cost variances as requested.
Embrace new ways of working
Understand the sales process and undertake elements of this as part of role
Good time management ensuring work is completed in line with daily business requirements
Ad hoc tasks as directed.Experience required:
Previous operational/coordinating experience within a logistics environment.
Previous experience of customs entries (imports)
Good working knowledge of customs procedures
Good to fluent knowledge of software from ASM Sequoia
Experienced in Airfreight.
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