Road Freight Forwarder

Green & Wolvin Recruitment; Derby; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £34,000–£38,000

32 days annual leave

Bonus 10–15%

Company benefits

Training & development

Job summary

Green & Wolvin Recruitment is seeking a Road Freight Forwarder for Derby to join a SME freight forwarding client. You will handle pricing, quotations and booking across EU and Turkey, driving efficient road freight solutions.

The ideal candidate has 2+ years in road freight forwarding and strong customer service, with INCOTerms knowledge as a plus and a willingness to commute to Derby. Competitive salary and benefits are on offer.

Qualifications

• 2+ years' experience in road freight forwarding or transport planning.
• Experience in pricing, quotation and planning deliveries across UK/EU.
• Knowledge of INCOTerms advantageous; commuting to Derby

Responsibilities

• Managing the pricing, quoting, booking and file monitoring of freight across import & export road freight to and from EU and Turkey.
• Preparing road 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 road transport through third party transit means throughout Europe and Turkey.
• Providing appropriate transportation means with adequate load capacity and regulations around WTD and VOSA regulations.
• Handling customs entries (EUR1's / ATR1's) and arranging billings for VAT/Duties
• Ensuring, booking and conducting customs clearance.

Skills

Road freight forwarding experience

Pricing & quotations

Customer service

INCOTerms knowledge

Commutable to Derby

Job description

We are actively looking to engage shipping, freight and European road transport professionals with as passion for freight forwarding for a new role as a Road Freight Forwarder in Derby.

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 Road Freight Forwarder you will report in to the Road & European Freight Manager on a daily basis. You will be responsible for the following areas for responsibility across the Derby office:

• Managing the pricing, quoting, booking and file monitoring of freight across import & export road freight to and from EU and Turkey.
• Responsible for preparing road 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 road transport through third party transit means throughout Europe and Turkey.
• Providing appropriate transportation means with adequate load capacity and regulations around WTD and VOSA regulations.
• Handling customs entries (EUR1's / ATR1's) and arranging billings for VAT/Duties
• Ensuring, booking and conducting customs clearance.

The Ideal Candidate

The successful candidate will have an expansive background in either air or road freight forwarding industry. The ideal Road Freight Forwarder will have the following skills and experience:

• 2+ year's experience in road freight forwarding, transport planning
• Experience of pricing, quotation and planning customer deliveries across road freight in the UK and EU.
• Desirable experience of customs compliance (not essential)
• Excellent customer service experience
• Knowledge of INCOTerms is advantageous
• Commutable to Derby

What's On Offer?

• £34,000-£38,000
• 32 days annual leave
• 10% - 15% company bonus / profit share
• Comprehensive company benefits account.
• World-class training & development and large opportunities to progress