Export and Receiving Specialist

Countrywide Freight Group; Newtownabbey; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Countrywide Freight Group in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Export Department Senior Supervisor to oversee day-to-day export operations, ensuring freight is processed, loaded and dispatched accurately and on time.

The role requires leadership, strong communication, forklift licence, and proven ability to coordinate UK and Ireland collections and deliveries, liaising with hauliers and depots to maintain service levels.

Qualifications

• Experience in freight, transport, shipping or logistics.
• Proven supervisory or team-leader experience in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong organisational and communication skills.
• Able to liaise with customers, depots and hauliers and coordinate UK & Ireland collections/deliveries.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day export department activities ensuring freight is processed, loaded and dispatched on time.
• Prepare quotations and pricing as needed, process invoicing and input data.
• Coordinate with departments to ensure on-time collections and deliveries.
• Supervise loading of outbound trailers and offloading of vehicles.
• Maintain accurate communication with customers, depots and transport partners.

Skills

Forklift licence

Leadership

Communication

Team supervision

UK & Ireland logistics

Job description

Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm

Holiday Cover: Flexibility required to work until 7:00pm when required

We are looking for an experienced and highly organised Export Department Senior Supervisor to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day activities of the export department, ensuring freight is processed, loaded and dispatched accurately and on time.

Key Responsibilities

• Preparing customer quotations and pricing
• Processing invoicing and general data input
• Liaising with customers, depots and hauliers
• Arranging collections and deliveries throughout the UK and Ireland
• Coordinating with other departments to ensure collections are completed on time
• Proactively informing customers and depots of any delays or operational issues
• Supervising the loading of outbound trailers
• Supervising the offloading of collection and delivery vehicles
• Ensuring freight is correctly routed and dispatched to the appropriate delivery depot
• Supervising and supporting administrative shipping clerks and warehouse shipping personnel
• Ensuring efficient communication between the office, warehouse, customers, depots and transport partners
• Helping maintain a high standard of accuracy, service and operational efficiency within the department
• Good geographical knowledge of the UK
• Valid forklift licence
• Strong organisational and communication skills
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and manage competing priorities
• Flexible approach to working hours and operational requirements
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Previous supervisory or team-leader experience
• Previous experience within freight, transport, shipping or logistics
• Experience coordinating UK and Ireland collections and deliveries

The Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate will be reliable, proactive and extremely flexible, with a strong team-working mentality and the confidence to use their own initiative. They should be comfortable supervising both administrative and warehouse personnel while maintaining excellent communication with customers, depots and hauliers.