Freight & Shipping Co-ordinator

Green & Wolvin Recruitment

Manchester

Hybrid

GBP 26,000 - 38,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus between £2,000-£3,000

32 days annual leave

Comprehensive company benefits

Opportunities for career progression

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Freight & Shipping Co-ordinator for a full-time position in Manchester. The role requires over 2 years of experience in freight forwarding, managing logistics for air, sea, and road freight. Key responsibilities include handling import/export bookings and ensuring customs compliance. The position offers an annual bonus, 32 days of leave, and opportunities for career progression, with a hybrid working model of 2-3 days per week.

Qualifications

2+ years of experience in freight forwarding across air, sea, or road.
Experience in pricing and planning customer deliveries.
Desirable understanding of customs compliance.

Responsibilities

Manage air, sea & road freight import and export bookings.
Nominating carriers and airlines based on customer requirements.
Raise additional customs documentation for freight movements.

Skills

Freight forwarding experience

Pricing and quotation

Customs compliance knowledge

Knowledge of INCOTerms

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Managing Director | Green & Wolvin | Logistics, Shipping & Supply Chain

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 & Shipping Co-ordinator in Manchester. The role is based at Manchester Airport on a hybrid basis (2-3 days per week).

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, AOG, sea freight & road freight solutions, which are both cost effective & time sensitive.

Job Description

As a Freight & Shipping Co-ordinator you will report in to the Freight Manager on a daily basis. You will be responsible for the following areas for responsibility across the office in Manchester:

Manage air, sea & road freight import and export bookings including pricing, quotations, end-to-end shipping and customs documentations.
Documents of Operations and transportation (booking, airway bills 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 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

The Ideal Candidate

The successful candidate will have an expansive background in freight forwarding across both import and export. The ideal Freight & Shipping Co-ordinator will have the following skills and experience:

2+ years experience in freight forwarding in either air, sea or road freight forwarding.
Experience of pricing, quotation and planning customer deliveries across air & road freight.
Desirable experience of customs compliance
Knowledge of INCOTerms is advantageous
Commutable to Manchester on a hybrid basis (2-3 days per week).

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