Land Freight Operator

Top Talent Recruit; Basildon; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Land Freight Operator in Basildon. This role involves overseeing import/export activities, ensuring accurate invoicing, maintaining customer relationships, and assisting with financial transactions. Ideal candidates will have experience in freight forwarding and a strong commitment to operational excellence.

Benefits

Paid overtime

Qualifications

• Understanding of import/export processes.
• Ability to handle invoicing and financial transactions accurately.
• Strong communication skills for client interactions.

Responsibilities

• Understand and execute the vision for business development.
• Ensure correct and timely invoicing of customers and clients.
• Complete all import/export documentation accurately.

Job description

Our client, a freight forwarder is looking for a Land Freight Operator to join their office in Basildon.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Understand and execute the departments vision of good business development in order to successfully import/export products
• Ensure all customers and clients are invoiced correctly and on time in conjunction with SOPs.
• Ensure all duties/VAT is charged correctly upon invoicing and collect any monies due in line with SOPs.
• Complete all import/export activities and documentation correctly and on time.
• Ensure all other operational activities are completed on time and in conjunction with SOPs including financial, legal and invoicing transactions.
• Ensure all other operational activities are completed on time including preparing spot quotations, raise jobs, liaise with overseas offices/clients and raise delivery orders.
• Scrutinise all documentation for accuracy, authorise and pass for payment all invoices on time.
• Maintain excellent customer and inter-departmental relationships including assisting with client audits, inspection and collections and liaising with sales.
• Aid credit control with collection of overdue payments from suppliers and clients
• Report internal leads to the line manager/sales team.
• Follow up late customer payments in conjunction with credit control.
• Maintain and utilise the operational system at all times.
• Oversee client and sub-contractor management in conjunction with SOPs.
• Ensure all reports are generated by given deadlines.
• Maintain regular communication with sales teams reporting new sales leads and handover of shipments.
• Create new and maintain current SOPs for the department.
• Communicate quotations to the line manager/sales team within two hours of receipt and ensure all quotations are recorded on the system in one format.
• Ensure best value for money is obtained during procurement processes.
• Implement and improve new efficiencies in workflow in conjunction with line manager.
• Provide holiday and sickness cover as required.
• Paid overtime during the week and weekend will be required as and when necessary