Job Title: Sea Freight Specialist
Location: Nottingham
Salary: Competitive – Dependant on Experience
Job type: Full time – Permanent.
About Baxter:
Baxter Freight is one of the UK’s fastest growing Freight Forwarders, already reaching £37million turnover within eight years. Our success is built on the relationships we nurture and delivering the best customer experience in our industry. Proud to be based in Nottingham, a home to many thriving industries. We focus on recruiting the best talent in the midlands.
We work with leading brands to connect their goods to the global market. Our reputation has put us at the forefront of innovative supply chain solutions and we are proud to be the UK sales partner for DHL Freight, the world’s leading logistics company.
The Role:
How does working for a rapidly growing business, with a vibrant work culture, where you feel invested in and supported sound? We have the role for you. As a Sea Freight Specialist, you can enjoy the stability of a career in logistics and focus on your career development and personal growth, where work/life balance is valued supported by a team that are rooting for your success.
The Impact You Will Have:
You’ll be immersed in a problem-solving and dynamic environment where every day you will be organising and arranging sea freight shipments whilst providing the best quality service.
As a Sea Freight Specialist, you will play a vital role in ensuring the day-to-day sea operations run efficiently and in accordance with supplier agreements. You will handle the Import and Export Sea freight shipments including liaising with shipping lines, overseas agents and both internal and external customers. By using your customer service skills, you will manage and resolve any customer issues and tracking and tracing freight through to final destination.
A Typical Day:
- Managing the sea freight operations from receipt of bookings from customers to arranging collection and booking cargo with carriers.
- Requesting and gathering quotations from suppliers in a timely and efficient manner.
- Generating Export Booking Confirmations/Import Arrival Notices and advising to clients/overseas agents.
- Managing sea freight export customs entries via an agent.
- Managing shipments covered by letters of credit and issue certificates of origin when required.
- Preparing documentation for import clearance, ready for clearance broker or to complete the clearance inhouse. Keeping a track of entries and arranging import deliveries in a timely and efficient manner.
- Maintaining communication and control throughout all phases of the sea freight operations process ensuring all necessary information is communicated to colleagues and third parties, ensuring the operation runs smoothly to achieve deadlines.
- Developing relationships with shipping lines and overseas agents to ensure our customers’ expectations are met.
- Ensuring documents and clearance instructions are available.
- Updating account managers with the status of their shipments and dealing with enquiries.
- General freight administration.
Is this the Role for you?
- You have a 2:1 logistics and supply chain degree, a placement year in industry would be advantageous OR experience in a similar role within a freight forwarding operational environment.
- You have strong organisational skills and excellent attention to detail.
- You are able to work to a deadline and make decisions under pressure.
- You are a natural problem-solver and is someone that can think on their feet quickly.
- You have a methodical approach to work, whilst being able to work accurately at speed, when required.
- You can work independently and are able to manage and prioritise a busy work schedule.
- You must possess exceptional customer service skills, and can provide updates in a professional timely manner
Benefits:
Besides being a great place to work with a lovely bunch of people (well we think so anyway!) here is what we have to offer you;
- Competitive salary
- Contributory pension with up to 6% employer contribution
- Life Assurance of 4 times basic salary on commencement of employment
- 25 days Holidays plus bank holidays
- Family focused: Up to 8 weeks paid Enhanced Parental Leave for new parents
- Monday – Friday, 9-5 pm inclusive of an hour’s lunch
- Opportunity to work from home 1 day per week
- Charity top-up scheme
- Coffee house with 200 Degrees Coffee and Bird and Blend tea
- Free offsite parking a short walk away
- Short walk to local retail park
- Regular social events
- Culture of internal promotion and progression
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with experience of: Graduate, Graduate Worker, Logistics Graduate, University Graduate, Graduate Co-ordinator, Logistics Specialist, Customs expert, Logistics and customs expert, Ocean Import Coordinator, Sea Import Coordinator, Ocean Export Operator, Sea Export Operator, Import Operator, Export Operator, Multi Modal Imports, Multi Modal Exports, FCL Import Operator, Import Ocean Operator, Air Import Operator may also be considered for this role.
