Air Freight Forwarder

JR United Kingdom; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the shipping industry is seeking an Air Freight Forwarder to join its team at Manchester Airport. This hybrid role requires managing freight bookings, customer relationships, and providing logistics solutions for major clients. The ideal candidate will possess relevant experience in freight forwarding, customs compliance, and excellent customer service skills.

Benefits

Annual bonus of £2,000-£3,000

32 days annual leave

Comprehensive company benefits account

Opportunities for career progression

Qualifications

• 2+ years experience in freight forwarding (air, sea, or road).
• Experience in pricing, quotation, and planning deliveries.
• Knowledge of customs compliance is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Manage air freight import and export bookings.
• Raise additional customs documentation for freight movements.
• Develop customer relationships to ensure high service levels.

Skills

Freight forwarding

Customer service

Customs compliance

Knowledge of INCOTerms

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Green & Wolvin Recruitment

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Posted:

18.06.2025

Expiry Date:

02.08.2025

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Job Description:

We are actively looking to engage air, sea and road freight professionals with a passion for freight forwarding and aviation shipping for a new role as an Air Freight Forwarder at Manchester Airport in Wythenshaw! The role is based at Manchester Airport on a hybrid basis (2-3 days per week).

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 customers. My client focuses on searching air freight, AOG, sea freight & road freight solutions, which are both cost effective & time sensitive.

Job Description

As an Air Freight Forwarder you will report in to the Freight Branch Manager on a daily basis. You will be responsible for the following areas for responsibility across the Wythenshawe office in Manchester:

• Manage air freight import and export bookings including pricing, quotations, end-to-end shipping and customs documentations.
• Documents of Operations and transportation (booking, airway bills and loading confirmation)
• Nominating carriers, airlines and GSA in-line with rates, OTIF value and customer requirements in line with a variety of INCOTerms.
• Raise additional customs documentation to ensure the freight can move from country to country (ISF,COO, clearance documentation etc)
• Customer rate analysis on route guidance, whilst monitoring and secure allocations and operation efficiency
• Develop and build relationships to ensure a high level of customer service is provided to clients with a knowledge of the clients business requirements

The Ideal Candidate

The successful candidate will have an expansive background in freight forwarding across both import and export. The ideal Air Freight Forwarder will have the following skills and experience:

• 2+ year's experience in freight forwarding in either air, sea or road freight forwarding.
• Experience of pricing, quotation and planning customer deliveries across air & road freight.
• Desirable experience of customs compliance
• Knowledge of INCOTerms is advantageous
• Commutable to Wythenshawe, Manchester on a hybrid basis (2-3 days per week).

What's On Offer?

• Annual bonus of between £2,000-£3,000
• 32 days annual leave
• Comprehensive company benefits account.
• Large opportunities to progress knowledge and job banding