Freight Operations Manager

Green & Wolvin Recruitment; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

32 days annual leave

Comprehensive benefits

World-class training & development

Job summary

Green & Wolvin Recruitment seeks a Freight Operations Manager for our Manchester-based role on a hybrid basis. You will lead a team of eight freight forwarders across road, air and sea freight, ensuring accurate pricing and efficient operations.

You’ll oversee pricing, quotations, transport planning, and customs entries, coordinating with internal stakeholders to deliver cost-effective logistics solutions for major customers. Hybrid role with strong progression opportunities.

Qualifications

• 4+ years' experience in freight forwarding (sea/air preferred).
• Proven people leadership experience managing teams.
• Experience pricing, quotations and planning customer deliveries.
• Knowledge of INCOTerms and customs compliance.
• Ability to organize transport via air, sea and road.
• Hybrid work flexibility and commutable to Manchester.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team of eight freight forwarders across road, air and sea freight.
• Oversee pricing, customer quotations, port charges and insurance pricing.
• Organise transport through third party transit means (air, sea, road).
• Provide transport options with load capacity and regulatory compliance.
• Handle customs entries and arrange VAT/Duties billing; ensure customs clearance.

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 Operations Manager in Manchester on a hybrid basis!

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

• 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 Operations 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).
• Experience in AOG, OBC or Charter work would be advantageous
• 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
• Knowledge of INCOTerms is advantageous
• Commutable to Manchester on a hybrid basis

What's On Offer?

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