Trade & Transportation Administrator

ABB LTD; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global technology company in Warrington is seeking a Transportation Specialist to manage documentation and optimize transportation processes. You will work with transport suppliers and ensure quality service delivery. Ideal candidates have 1-2 years of customs experience and are adept in customer interactions. Competitive salary and flexible benefits are offered, contributing to a supportive team environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Competitive contributory pension scheme

Life assurance

Flexible benefits scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• 1-2 years of experience in customs clearance activities.
• Passionate about delivering world-class service to internal customers.
• Skilled in managing operational relationships with transport suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Generate required transportation documentation and ensure completeness.
• Manage operational relationships with transport suppliers.
• Validate transportation invoices and ensure proper visibility of expenses.

Skills

Customs clearance experience

Internal customer interaction

Freight forwarder coordination

SAP system knowledge

Job description

At ABB, we help industries outrun – leaner and cleaner. Here, progress is an expectation – for you, your team, and the world. As a global market leader, we’ll give you what you need to make it happen. It won’t always be easy, growing takes grit. But at ABB, you’ll never run alone. Run what runs the world.

This Position reports to: Trade & Transportation Specialist

In this role, you will have the opportunity to develop, maintain, and improve transport/documentation processes. Each day, you will ensure goods are received and shipped while meeting quality, legal, and cost parameters. You will also showcase your expertise by optimizing inbound and/or outbound processes and delivery of goods to external and internal clients.

Our Team Dynamics

Our teams support each other, collaborate, and never stop learning. Everyone brings something unique, and together we push ideas forward to solve real problems. Being part of our team means your work matters – because the progress we make here creates real impact out there.

What's in it for you?

We want you to bring your full self to work –your ideas, your energy, your ambition. You'll have the tools and freedom to grow your skills, shape your path, and take on challenges that matter. Here, your work creates impact you can see and feel, every day.

Your Role and Responsibilities

In this role, you’ll help run what runs the world, by taking on meaningful work that drives real impact.

• Work model: hybrid
• Generating the required transportation documentation and ensuring completeness of documentation.
• Managing operational relationships with transport suppliers and implementing all transportation-related plans and processes.
• Validating transportation invoices and ensuring proper allocation and visibility of expenses.
• You have 1-2 years of experience in customs clearance activities.
• You are highly skilled in working with internal customers, external partners e.g. freight forwarders, customs brokers and the import & customs market.
• You possess some knowledge of the SAP system.
• You are passionate delivering a world‑class service to internal customers.

ABB Motion provides pioneering technology, products, solutions and related services to industrial customers to increase energy efficiency, improve safety and reliability, and maintain precise control over processes. The portfolio includes motors, generators and drives for a wide range of applications in all industrial sectors.

Join us. Be part of the team where progress happens, industries transform, and your work shapes the world. #RunWhatRunstheWorld.

We value people from different backgrounds. Could this be your story? Apply today or visit www.abb.com to read more about us and learn about the impact of our solutions across the globe.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Competitive contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Flexible benefits scheme (Includes options to buy/sell holidays, health checks, dental, eye care, gym memberships, cycle to work, gadget discounts and more)
• Internal mobility opportunities, mentorships & access to projects globally
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Generous employee referral scheme

For the 5th consecutive year ABB UK has been recognised as a Top Employer in UK. Being certified as a Top Employer showcases an organisation's dedication to a better world of work and exhibits this through excellent HR policies and people practices.