European Road Freight Co-ordinator

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 European Road Freight Co-ordinator in Derby!
Client Details
My client is a leading freight forwarding business, with huge ambitions for growth,in the freight & shipping industry. You will be joining a fast-pace environment assisting infinding 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 European Road Freight Co-ordinatoryou will report in to the Road& European Freight Manageron a daily basis. You will be responsible for the following areas for responsibility across the Derby office:

• Leading and supervising a small team of 4 European and UK road freight co-ordinators on a daily basis.
• Managing the pricing, quoting, booking and file monitoring of freightacross import & export road freight to and from EU, Switzerland and Turkey. The business is mixed across groupage services, full-loads and part-loads.
• 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, Switzerland 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 roadfreight forwarding industry. The ideal European Road Freight Co-ordinator will have the following skills and experience:

• 2+ year's experience in road freight forwarding, transport planning or european freight.
• 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 Derbyon a hybrid basis

What'sOn Offer?

• 33,000-38,000
• 32 days annual leave
• 10% - 15% company bonus / profit share
• Comprehensive company benefits account.
• World-class training & development and large opportunities to progress.