Ocean Export Coordinator

Crane Worldwide Logistics; Manchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Crane Worldwide Logistics in Manchester is seeking an Ocean Export Coordinator to manage international shipments from pickup to delivery. You will coordinate routing, prepare export documents, and track cargo while ensuring accurate invoicing in the global transport system.

Ideal candidates have at least 3 years in ocean freight exports, fluent English, strong communication and customer service skills, and proficiency in Microsoft Office.

Qualifications

• 3 years’ experience in Ocean freight export.
• Confident in closing, innovative, energetic, motivated and flexible.
• Strong communication and customer service skills.
• Fluent level of English, both written and spoken.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Deals directly with clients, customs and agents to ensure the quickest and best movement of cargo throughout the world.
• Prepares documents necessary to complete export, and customs clearance process.
• Track and trace cargo as necessary to insure proper movement and delivery.
• Proper and correct billing and cost information populated in the global transport management system for accurate invoicing and job costing.
• Communicate with customers regarding disposition of Freight (i.e., tracking & tracing, routing & dispatching, and rate quotations).
• Communicate & correspond with other Company branches and agents for customer satisfaction and ensure excellent service execution.
• Seek the most profitable mode of shipment yet meet customer’s requirement for the movement of freight.
• Daily KPI adherence.

Skills

Strong communication

Client service

Attention to detail

MS Office

Education

Ocean freight export experience (3 years)

Fluent English (written and spoken)

MS Office knowledge

Job description

Crane Worldwide Logistics is a leader in supply chain solutions with over 130 locations across 30 countries providing individual services that address our client's logistics challenges.

The Ocean Export Coordinator is responsible for the coordination, routing, rating, monitoring of international shipments (ocean export) from pick-up through to delivery.

Essential Job Funcations:

• Deals directly with clients, customs and agents to ensure the quickest and best movement of cargo throughout the world.
• Prepares documents necessary to complete export, and customs clearance process.
• Track and trace cargo as necessary to insure proper movement and delivery.
• Proper and correct billing and cost information populated in the global transport management system for accurate invoicing and job costing.
• Communicate with customers regarding disposition of Freight (i.e., tracking & tracing, routing & dispatching, and rate quotations).
• Communicate & correspond with other Company branches and agents for customer satisfaction and ensure excellent service execution.
• Seek the most profitable mode of shipment yet meet customer’s requirement for the movement of freight.
• Daily KPI adherence.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Requirements:

• Talking, hearing and using hands to operate a computer keyboard, mouse and other computer components
• Sitting for extended periods of time.
• Vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Other skills/abilities:

• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Must have excellent client service skills, responding promptly and professionally to client needs and requests for service and assistance.
• English language knowledge (oral/written) - level B1 minimum
• Ability to read and interpret documents and write routine correspondence.
• Must be detail oriented with good organizational skills.

Experience and Education required:

• 3 years’ experience in Ocean freight export
• Confident in closing, innovative, energetic, motivated and flexible.
• Strong communication and customer service skills.
• Fluent level of English, both written and spoken
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office.

Certifications and Licenses required:

• Professional certification may be required in some areas.

Disclaimer:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.

Recruitment Agency Policy

At Crane Worldwide Logistics we manage all hiring directly and do not accept unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles from recruitment agencies or search firms. Agencies must not contact our employees or managers directly with candidate details.

Where recruitment support is required, we will engage trusted partners through a formal written agreement. We will not be liable for be liable for any associated placement fees for any CVs received without such an agreement.

We appreciate your cooperation in respecting this policy.