Freight Co-Ordinator

Green & Wolvin Recruitment; Greater Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics recruitment firm is seeking a Freight Co‑ordinator to join their team in Manchester. The successful candidate will manage air, sea, and road freight import and export bookings, ensuring compliance with customs documentation and building strong client relationships. This role offers a competitive salary of £34,000-£38,000, an annual bonus, and comprehensive benefits, while working on a hybrid basis with 2-3 days per week at the office.

Benefits

Annual bonus

32 days annual leave

Comprehensive company benefits

Qualifications

• 2+ years' experience in air, sea, or road freight forwarding.
• Experience in pricing and planning customer deliveries.
• Knowledge of customs requirements.

Responsibilities

• Manage air, sea, and road freight bookings including customs documentation.
• Nominating carriers and airlines as per customer requirements.
• Develop relationships to ensure high customer service.

Skills

Freight forwarding experience

Customer service

Knowledge of INCOTerms

Customs compliance

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 Freight Co‑ordinator in Manchester. The role is based at Manchester Airport on a hybrid basis (2-3 days per week).

Client Details

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 Freight Co‑ordinator you will report in to the Freight Manager on a daily basis. You will be responsible for the following areas for responsibility across the office in Manchester:

• Manage air, sea & road 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 Freight Co‑ordinator 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
• Excellent customer service experience
• Knowledge of INCOTerms is advantageous
• Commutable to Manchester on a hybrid basis (2-3 days per week).

What's On Offer?

• £34,000-£38,000
• Annual bonus of between £2,000-£3,000
• 32 days annual leave
• Comprehensive company benefits account.
• Large opportunities to progress knowledge and job banding