Freight Forwarding Manager

Green & Wolvin Recruitment; England; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Freight Forwarding Manager in Castle Donington. This role involves managing a team of freight forwarders and overseeing pricing and customs processes. The ideal candidate will have over 4 years of experience in freight forwarding and proven leadership skills. Competitive salary of £50,000-£60,000 along with comprehensive benefits and hybrid work options.

Benefits

32 days annual leave

Comprehensive company benefits

World-class training & development

Qualifications

• 4+ years' experience in freight forwarding, ideally focused on sea and air freight.
• Proven people leadership experience managing teams.
• Experience of pricing, quotation, and planning customer deliveries.

Responsibilities

• Managing a small team of 8 specialist freight forwarders across road, air & sea freight.
• Overseeing the preparation of pricing & customer quotations.
• Handling customs entries and arranging billings for VAT/Duties.

Skills

Experience in freight forwarding

People leadership

Customer service

Knowledge of INCOTerms

Job description

We are actively looking to engage shipping, freight forwarding professionals with as passion for freight forwarding for a new role as a Freight Forwarding Manager in Castle Donington, Leicestershire on a hybrid basis!

Client Details

My client is a SME freight forwarding business, with huge ambitions for growth, in the freight & shipping industry. 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, sea freight & road freight solutions, which are both cost effective & time sensitive.

Job Description

As a Freight Forwarding Manager you will report in to the Freight Director on a daily basis.

• Managing a small team of 8 specialist freight forwarders across road, air & sea freight
• Overseeing the team responsible for preparing road, air and sea freight pricing & customer quotations - informing about the freight prices, port charges, cost of special documents, insurance prices as well as prices for handling the goods.
• Organising transport through third party transit means - such as air freight, sea freight and dedicated road freight transport.
• Providing appropriate transportation means with adequate load capacity and regulations around IMDG, IATA.
• Handling customs entries and arranging billings for VAT/Duties
• Ensuring, booking and conducting customs clearance.

The Ideal Candidate

The successful candidate will have an expansive background in multi-modal freight forwarding (either road, air or sea freight). The ideal Freight Forwarding Manager will have the following skills and experience:

• 4+ year's experience in freight forwarding in any mode of freight (ideally focused on sea and air freight)
• Proven people leadership experience of small or large teams
• Experience leading or managing teams within a freight forwarding or shipping environment.
• Experience of pricing, quotation and planning customer deliveries across road, air & sea freight.
• Desirable experience of customs compliance
• Excellent customer service experience
• Knowledge of INCOTerms is advantageous

Commutable to Castle Donington, Leicestershire on a hybrid basis

What's On Offer?

• £50,000-£60,000
• 32 days annual leave
• Comprehensive company benefits account.
• World-class training & development and large opportunities to progress