Freight Forwarder (Aerospace / AOG)

Green & Wolvin Recruitment; Hounslow; Hybrid; GBP 41,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus package

Private healthcare

33 days leave

Benefits account

Career progression

Job summary

Green & Wolvin Recruitment in Heathrow seeks a Freight Forwarder (Aerospace / AOG) for a hybrid/remote role. You will handle air freight bookings, pricing, end-to-end shipments and customs docs, with travel only 1 day per week to the Midlands or Heathrow.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years in air freight forwarding, experience with pricing/quotations, familiarity with INCOTerms and strong customer service. Aerospace/AOG knowledge is advantageous; commute once weekly within the UK.

Qualifications

• 3+ years' experience in air freight forwarding.
• Experience with pricing, quotations and planning customer deliveries across air freight.
• Experience of AOG and/or the aerospace sector is advantageous.
• Desirable experience of customs compliance.
• Excellent customer service experience.
• Knowledge of INCOTerms is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Manage air freight import and export bookings, including pricing, quotations, end-to-end shipping and customs documentation.
• Specialise in AOG, air charter and OOG aerospace shipments from pricing to final mile facilitation.
• Focus on both import and export air freight shipments.
• Handle documents of operations and transportation (booking, airway bills, loading confirmations).
• Nominate carriers, airlines and GSA per rates and customer requirements; align with INCOTerms.
• Raise additional customs documentation to enable movement across borders (ISF, COO, licensing).
• Perform customer rate analysis and monitor allocations and operational efficiency.
• Develop relationships to ensure high levels of customer service and understand client needs.
• Provide export and import customs clearance services to clients.

Skills

Air freight forwarding

Pricing & quotations

AOG / aerospace knowledge

Customs compliance

Customer service

INCOTerms

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 Forwarder (Aerospace / AOG) in Heathrow on a hybrid / remote basis. This role would require travel only 1x day per week to either the Midlands or Heathrow. The incumbent could be based across the United Kingdom.

Client Details

My client is a market-leader in the shipping industry and has offices based across various areas of the UK! You will be joining a fast-pace environment assisting in finding logistics solutions for some of the world's largest industrial, aerospace, 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 Forwarder (Aerospace / AOG) you will report in to the Freight Branch Manager on a daily basis. You will be responsible for the following areas for responsibility across the new Heathrow and Midlands offices.

• Manage air freight import and export bookings including pricing, quotations, end-to-end shipping and customs documentations.
• Specialising in AOG, Air charter and OOG aerospace shipments from pricing to final mile facilitation
• Focused on both import and export air freight shipments.
• Documents of Operations and transportation (booking, airway bills (AWB) 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, dual use export licencing, 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
• Providing export and import customs clearance services to our clients.

The Ideal Candidate

The successful candidate will have an expansive background in freight forwarding across both import and export. The ideal Freight Forwarder (Aerospace / AOG) will have the following skills and experience:

• 3+ year's experience in freight forwarding in air freight forwarding.
• Experience of pricing, quotation and planning customer deliveries across air freight.
• Experience of AOG and or the aerospace sector would be advantageous.
• Desirable experience of customs compliance
• Excellent customer service experience
• Knowledge of INCOTerms is advantageous
• Commutable (one day per week) to Heathrow or the Midlands on a hybrid / remote basis.

What's On Offer?

• £41,000-£53,000
• Comprehensive bonus package
• Private healthcare coverage
• 33 days annual leave
• Comprehensive company benefits account.
• Large opportunities to progress knowledge and job banding