Shipping and Logistics Manager

Career Hive; Old Warren; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Career Hive is recruiting a Shipping and Logistics Manager for their busy Reading office. You will liaise with customers and suppliers, manage inbound/outbound bookings, and ensure correct receipting and release for packing in line with shipping schedules.

You will handle Bills of Lading, shipping documentation and internal charging, and report KPI performance to management. You will work with Transport and 3rd party carriers to coordinate deliveries, provide excellent customer service, and

Qualifications

• Functional experience within the logistics sector, especially export documentation.
• Excellent communication skills, including negotiation skills and ability to manage non-standard requirements and situations.
• Client focused.
• Strong administration skills and highly organised.
• Ability to follow processes and develop new processes where appropriate.
• Assertive and able to make decisions.
• Able to show initiative and solve problems.
• Good analytical skills and excel proficiency.

Responsibilities

• To communicate with customers and suppliers and manage the inbound and outbound bookings to and from our warehouses.
• To ensure materials are adequately receipted and both received and released for packing in line with shipping schedules.
• To ensure successful planning and completion of shipments through communication with client and operations department. This includes managing shipping documentation such as Bills of Lading.
• To take responsibility for customer charging/internal charging and job costing
• To report to the Management team on customer KPI's, service level agreements and financial targets
• To work with the Transport Department, 3rd Party Carriers and delivery points to manage incoming and outgoing deliveries
• To offer excellent customer service to the client.

Skills

Logistics experience

Export documentation

Negotiation

Communication skills

Client focus

Administration

Problem solving

Excel

Job description

Our client, a very successful recycling company are looking to recruit a Shipping and Logistics Manager to their busy office in Reading.

Key Responsibilities:

• To communicate with customers and suppliers and manage the inbound and outbound bookings to and from our warehouses.


• To ensure materials are adequately receipted and both received and released for packing in line with shipping schedules.


• To ensure successful planning and completion of shipments through communication with client and operations department. This includes managing shipping documentation such as Bills of Lading.


• To take responsibility for customer charging/internal charging and job costing


• To report to the Management team on customer KPI's, service level agreements and financial targets


• To work with the Transport Department, 3rd Party Carriers and delivery points to manage incoming and outgoing deliveries


• To offer excellent customer service to the client.

Key Requirements:

• Functional experience within the logistics sector, especially export documentation


• Excellent communication skills, including negotiation skills and ability to manage non-standard requirements and situations.


• Client focused.


• Strong administration skills and highly organised.


• Ability to follow processes and develop new processes where appropriate.


• Assertive and able to make decisions.


• Able to show initiative and solve problems.


• Good analytical skills and excel proficiency.