End-to-End Air Export Operator — Vietnam Focus

Right Now Recruitment; Staines-upon-Thames; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family-run, close-knit environment

Sea Freight exposure

Exposure to busy international export

Job summary

Right Now Group is recruiting an Air Export Clerk to join their Heathrow-area freight forwarder. The role covers start-to-finish Air Export shipments with potential cross-training into Sea Freight, reporting to the Export Director. You will handle quotations, bookings, and customs documentation in a busy export environment.

They primarily operate Air Freight (about 80%), with opportunities to expand Sea Freight experience and work within a close-knit, family-run team.

Qualifications

• Experience in Air Export Freight Forwarding is essential.
• Proven ability to handle shipments from quotation to documentation.
• Good understanding of export customs procedures.
• DG training advantageous but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage Air Export shipments from start to finish.
• Handle Back-to-Back and Consolidation shipments.
• Coordinate exports predominantly into Vietnam.
• Prepare freight quotations for customers and overseas agents.
• Make airline bookings and coordinate shipment movements.
• Complete Export customs declarations using Descartes.
• Prepare and check all relevant Air Export documentation.
• Manage shipment files using Cargo Forwarder.
• Liaise with airlines, handling agents, overseas agents, hauliers and customers.
• Monitor shipments through to departure and provide proactive updates.
• Ensure documentation and shipment information is accurate and completed within required deadlines.
• Support Sea Export shipments following training.

Skills

Air Export Freight Forwarding

End-to-end shipment handling

Export customs procedures

Consolidations & Back-to-Back

Attention to detail

Communication with customers/airlines

Tools

Descartes

Cargo Forwarder

Job description

Right Now Group is recruiting an Air Export Clerk to join their Heathrow-area freight forwarder. The role covers start-to-finish Air Export shipments with potential cross-training into Sea Freight, reporting to the Export Director. You will handle quotations, bookings, and customs documentation in a busy export environment.

They primarily operate Air Freight (about 80%), with opportunities to expand Sea Freight experience and work within a close-knit, family-run team.