Temporary Shipping Administrator

Berry Recruitment; Abingdon; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Berry Recruitment is seeking a committed Shipping Administrator on a temporary basis at Milton Park, Oxfordshire. The role runs Monday to Friday, 8:30am–5:30pm, at a rate of £14.23 per hour.

You will handle shipping documents, compliance, and communications with customers and internal teams to ensure timely, accurate deliveries. Ideal candidates will have excellent communication and IT skills, strong attention to detail, and a proactive, continuous improvement mindset.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent IT skills
• High attention to detail and accuracy
• Able to manage multiple tasks and priorities
• Strong problem solving and analytical thinking
• Commitment to continuous improvement
• Health & Safety awareness and training

Responsibilities

• Adhere to and promote all company policies, procedures and ethics codes.
• Follow shipping procedures and country-specific compliance.
• Ensure transportation standards and legal requirements for shipments.
• Prepare duty statements and ensure goods qualify under customs notices.
• Prepare shipping documents - invoice, packing lists, Airway Bill.
• Inform relevant departments of shipments and tracking numbers ETA.
• Coordinate with Border Force and authorities to clear goods.
• Communicate shipping instructions and details to customers and production.
• Provide shipping costs, weights and dimensions to other departments.
• Invoice deliveries and monitor departmental costs within budget.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement within the department.

Skills

Excellent communication

Excellent IT skills

Attention to detail

Time management

Problem solving

Continuous improvement

Health & Safety training

Job description

Berry Recruitment are NOW hiring for a committed and experienced Shipping Administrator to work for a company in Milton Park on a Temporary basis.

Role

Temporary Shipping Administrator

Salary

£14.23 per hour

Location

Milton Park Oxfordshire

Hours

Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 5:30pm

Key Responsibilities of the Shipping Administrator

• Adhere and promote all company policies, procedures and business ethic codes.
• Follow shipping procedures and compliances - country specific.
• Ensure the transportation standards and/or legal compliance requirements are being followed for all shipments.
• Preparing preferential duty statements and ensuring goods qualify as per the relevant customs notices.
• Preparing shipping documents - invoice, packing lists, Airway Bill.
• Advise relevant departments of shipments inc. tracking numbers ETA.
• Clearing held goods with customs in the UK and abroad - working with Border Force and relevant government departments to resolve issues and to enable an efficient process.
• Communicating with customers regarding shipping instructions and details.
• Communicating with production regarding readiness of orders/deadlines.
• Communicating instructions for shipment preparation to planning and the despatch cell.
• Booking collections with freight forwarders and couriers and communicating accordingly.
• Advising other departments of shipping costs, weights and dimensions, as required.
• Invoice deliveries.
• To promote ensure the business requirements and customer deliverables, as well as ensuring the departmental performance against targets.
• Identify and participate in continuous improvement activities throughout the department.
• Promote awareness of customer satisfaction throughout the department.
• Ensure the cell runs within its budget and all costs are returnable.
• Carry out any other duties deemed appropriate by manager.

About you

• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent IT skills.
• Good in pressurised situations and a logical / analytical thinker.
• High level of attention to detail.
• Manage multiple projects and remain aware of the priorities.
• Results oriented.
• Brings solutions and options not just a problem statement.
• Health & Safety training.
• Desire to learn.
• Questioning nature with an inability to take 'no' as the final answer.
• You have a 'can do' attitude and a flexible approach to work.
• You are passionate about continuous improvement.
• You are driven and motivated.
• You can work on your own initiative.
• You have a methodical and logical approach to problem solving.
• You inspire with your passion and values.
• You are culturally sensitive.
• You are a collaborative team player.
• You are straightforward and have no interest in politics.
• You are curious and disrupt the status quo.

No candidate will meet every single desired qualification we have listed. If your experience looks a little different but you think you can role; value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!

We are committed to fair and inclusive recruitment. All applicants will be considered on the basis of their skills, experience, qualifications and ability to perform the role, and no applicant will be treated less favourably because of a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010