Export Shipping Co-ordinator

AB Agri Ltd; Rugeley; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join AB Agri as an Export Shipping Coordinator in Rugeley, where you'll play a critical role in the export operations team. This position involves ensuring efficient processing of export orders, preparing documentation, and collaborating closely with logistics partners. If you have experience in international logistics and excellent communication skills, this is an exciting opportunity to grow in a supportive agribusiness environment.

Benefits

Annual salary reviews

Incentive bonus

Ongoing career development

Enhanced family and wellbeing benefits

Qualifications

• Proven experience in export coordination or international logistics, ideally within agribusiness.
• Ability to manage documentation, customs procedures, and shipments.
• Excellent communication skills in English and ability to build relationships.

Responsibilities

• Process export orders and create accurate shipping and customs documentation.
• Liaise closely with hauliers, customs agents, and internal teams.
• Monitor export schedules and proactively address any delays.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Initiative

Education

Experience in export coordination or international logistics

Job description

The Role & Key Responsibilities

Job Title:Export Shipping Coordinator

Location:Rugeley, Staffordshire, UK

Contract:Full time, Permanent –Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm, with occasional presence at the Fradley site as required.

About the role:

As an Export Shipping Coordinator at AB Agri, based in Rugeley, you will be a key part of the export operations team, ensuring the smooth processing of export orders and the accurate preparation of shipping and customs documentation.

This role involves close collaboration with internal teams, hauliers, customs agents, and veterinary services to coordinate transport and compliance for international shipments, with a particular focus on the Irish market and growing European trade.

You will manage daily export activities, assist with health and veterinary certificates, and support customs procedures.

Working in a demanding environment, you will be expected to demonstrate strong attention to detail, proactivity, and excellent communication skills, this position offers a valuable opportunity to develop your expertise in international logistics within a supportive and expanding agribusiness.

What you'll be doing:

• Process export orders, arrange transport and veterinary appointments, and create accurate shipping and customs documentation.

• Liaise closely with hauliers, customs agents, and internal teams to ensure smooth and compliant export operations.

• Prepare and submit health and veterinary certificates, including processing for Irish shipments, ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements.

• Monitor export schedules and shipment progress, proactively addressing any delays or issues to maintain timely deliveries.

• Use Excel and other reporting tools to generate operational reports and support data-driven decision-making.

• Communicate clearly and professionally with customers, freight forwarders, and stakeholders to provide updates and resolve export-related queries.

• Collaborate with the export team to identify and implement process improvements that enhance efficiency and accuracy.

• Support and assist the export vet on scheduled days to facilitate smooth export procedures.

• Participate in ongoing training to deepen knowledge of export documentation, customs regulations, and industry best practices.

What we're looking for:

• Proven experience in export coordination or international logistics, ideally within agribusiness or related industries. (Desirable)

• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage export documentation, customs procedures, and shipment scheduling independently. (Essential)

• Excellent communication skills in English are essential; additional language skills, particularly Irish or European languages, are a plus.

• Initiative-taking and confident in building relationships with internal teams, hauliers, customs agents, and external partners. (Essential)

• Ability to work effectively across multiple sites, with a valid driving license and access to a car. (Essential)

• Meticulous with a thorough understanding of export compliance, veterinary and health certificates, and customs regulations. (Desirable)

• Willingness to learn and develop export knowledge, with the potential to grow into a senior role within the wider agribusiness group.

About The Company

Rewarding your passion

When you join us, you'll do meaningful work and be rewarded fairly for it.From annual salary reviews and incentive bonus, ongoing career development and enhanced family, financial and wellbeing benefits – these are just some of the ways we reward you - from day one.

About us

Premier Nutrition are a leading provider of vitamin premix to manufacturers of animal feed across Europe and Asia and offers expert advice to customers from some of the worlds leading nutritionists.

We’re part of AB Agri, the agricultural division of Associated British Foods (ABF plc) and we’re passionate about feeding the world responsibly and affordably by making quality animal feed, creating nutrition and technology-based products, and offering data services for the agri-food industry. What sets us apart is how we delight our customers - and that’s because of great people like you. People with different life experiences who share common values. Together we’re building a fair, innovative and inclusive culture.

As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to ensuring our application and recruitment processes work for everyone so if you need any additional support (like alternative formats for your application, bringing a support dog to the offices, a sign language interpreter - or anything else) just let us know.

Application Notes

We hope you feel that AB Agri is somewhere you can thrive and so we’d love to hear from you. We get a lot of applications for our roles and sometimes need to close the process early so register your details and upload your CV via our careers website as soon as you can – it will only take a few minutes.

When you do, we’ll ask you some equal opportunities questions just to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive – or show us areas we can improve. This information is anonymised, separate from your application and is never seen by the hiring panel. You can choose not to answer these questions and this won’t affect your application.

Apply today or contact our recruitment team for more information.

Agencies and media sales

AB Agri group politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We don’t accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.