Air Freight Forwarder (Weekends)

Green & Wolvin Recruitment; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonus scheme - up to 15% of basic salary

32 days annual leave

Comprehensive company benefits

Job summary

A leading logistics company in the East Midlands is seeking an experienced Air Freight Forwarder for weekend shifts in Derby. This role involves managing air and road freight bookings, handling customs documentation, and ensuring top-notch customer service across a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate will bring 3+ years of freight forwarding experience and be willing to work remotely over the weekends. A competitive bonus scheme and comprehensive benefits are on offer.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in air freight forwarding.
• Ability to work 3 days a week, including weekends.
• Commutable to Derby office one day per week.

Responsibilities

• Manage air & road freight import and export bookings.
• Handle customs documentation and entries.
• Develop relationships to ensure quality customer service.

Skills

Experience in freight forwarding

Knowledge of airway bills (AWB / MAWB / HAWB)

Pricing and quoting experience

Job description

We are actively looking to engage shipping, freight and road transport professionals with as passion for air freight forwarding for a new role as a Air Freight Forwarder on a weekend shift in Derby. The role is scheduled across Friday, Saturday and Sunday (10-12 hour shifts) with the Saturday and Sunday being worked remotely.

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

Job Description

As a Air Freight Forwarder (Weekends) you will report in to the Air Freight Operations Manager on a daily basis. You will be responsible for the following areas for responsibility across the Derby office:

• Manage air & road freight import and export bookings including pricing, quotations, end-to-end shipping and customs documentations - additionally informing about the freight prices, port charges, cost of special documents, insurance prices as well as prices for handling the goods.
• Responsible for MAWB and HAWB documentation.
• Nominating carriers, hauliers, shipping lines, airlines and GSA in-line with rates, OTIF value and customer requirements in line with a variety of INCOTerms.
• Handling customs entries and arranging billings for VAT/Duties
• 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
• You will operate across Friday, Saturday and Sunday on a 10-12 hour shift pattern), Only the Friday will be office based with the weekend worked remotely.

The Ideal Candidate

The successful candidate will have an expansive background in the air freight forwarding industry. The ideal Air Freight Forwarder (Weekends) will have the following skills and experience:

• 3+ year's experience in freight forwarding in air freight
• Experience of pricing, quoting and operation air freight shipments
• Knowledge of airway bills is highly desirable (AWB / MAWB / HAWB)
• Commutable to Derby one day per week.
• The ability to operate 3 days per week across Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

What's On Offer?

• Company bonus scheme - up to 15% of basic salary
• 32 days annual leave
• Comprehensive company benefits account.
• World-class training & development and large opportunities to progress.