Freight Operations Manager

Green & Wolvin Recruitment; Ringway; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

32 days annual leave

Benefits package

Training & development

Job summary

Green & Wolvin Recruitment seeks a Freight Operations Manager for Manchester on a hybrid basis. You will lead a team of 8 freight forwarders across road, air and sea, and report to the Freight Director.

The ideal candidate has 4+ years in freight forwarding, strong leadership, and hands-on pricing, quotations and planning deliveries. Experience with INCOTerms and customs is desirable. Commutable to Manchester.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in freight forwarding (sea or air preferred).
• Proven people leadership of freight teams.
• Experience pricing, quotations and planning deliveries.
• Experience in multi-modal freight forwarding (road/air/sea).
• Desirable: INCOTerms knowledge; customs compliance.
• Willing to commute to Manchester and work on a hybrid basis.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of 8 freight forwarders across road, air & sea.
• Oversee pricing and quotations for freight, port charges and documents.
• Organise transport through third-party transit for air/sea/road.
• Provide transport options with load capacity and IMDG/IATA regs.
• Handle customs entries and VAT/Duties billings.
• Ensure, book and conduct customs clearance.

Skills

People leadership

Pricing & quotations

Freight forwarding

Customer service

Incoterms knowledge

Team management

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!

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 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
• Excellent customer service experience
• Knowledge of INCOTerms is advantageous
• Commutable to Manchester on a hybrid basis

What's On Offer?

• £55,000-£65,000
• 32 days annual leave
• Comprehensive company benefits account.
• World-class training & development and large opportunities to progress