Freight Operations Assistant (Part-Time)

Green & Wolvin Recruitment; England; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 29,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a part-time Freight Operations Assistant to work 20-25 hours per week in Castle Donington, Derbyshire. The role involves managing supplier invoices, resolving queries, and providing administrative support to the operational team. The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years of experience in finance or logistics and knowledge of invoice processing. The position comes with a salary of £27,000-£29,000 pro-rata, private healthcare, and hybrid working options after probation.

Benefits

Private healthcare coverage

32 days annual leave (pro-rata)

Comprehensive company benefits account

Opportunities for knowledge progression

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in a freight, logistics or finance role.
• Experience with high volume invoice processing and payment forecasting.
• Strong administration and customer service knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Resolve internal queries on costings, quotations & pricing.
• Provide administrative support to operational and finance teams.
• Process supplier invoices and manage payment runs.
• Control supplier freight invoices across various systems.
• Manage daily Direct Debit reporting and payment schedules.

Skills

Account payable processing

Financial administration

High volume invoice processing

Payment forecasting

Bank transaction processing

Job description

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, sea freight & road freight solutions, which are both cost effective & time sensitive. This role is for between 20-25 hours per week.

Job Description

As an Freight Operations Assistant (Part-time) you will report in to the Operations Manager on a daily basis. You will be responsible for the following areas for responsibility across Castle Donington office in Derbyshire:

• Working with internal stakeholders within the operational shipping team to resolve internal queries surrounding costings, quotations & pricing queries.
• Providing monthly administrative support to operational, freight & finance team and wider business.
• Processing supplier invoices & managing payment runs.
• Control of supplier freight invoices and overhead invoices to our in-house operating and financial systems.
• Resolving supplier invoice disputes via active management and discussion.
• Manual payment runs within GBP and FX currency (such as USD, EUR, etc.).
• Daily management of Direct Debit reporting and payment schedules.
• Management and accountability for the control of the accounts payable system across numerous sites and various countries.

The Ideal Candidate

The successful candidate will have an expansive background in account payable processing and financial administration. The ideal Freight Operations Assistant (Part-time) will have the following skills and experience:

• 2+ year's experience in either a freight, logistics or finance role
• Experience with high volume invoice processing, payment forecasting and bank transaction processing.
• Administration, freight and / or customer service knowledge
• Commutable to Castle Donington in Derbyshire for 20-25 hours per week.

What's On Offer?

• £27,000-£29,000 (pro-rata)
• Private healthcare coverage
• 32 days annual leave (pro-rata)
• Comprehensive company benefits account.
• Hybrid working after probation period
• Large opportunities to progress knowledge and job banding