Senior Forwarder / Operations Manager - Freight Forwarding - Aberdeen
- Employer
- Corrigan Bentley Recruitment ltd
- Location
- Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Salary
- 28000 - 40000
- Closing date
- 31 Mar 2019
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- Specialist Area
- Import & Export
- Sector
- Accountancy, Advertising & Creative, Automotive, Aviation, Banking, Finance and Insurance, Charities & Not For Profit, Construction, Consultancy, Customer Service, Defence, Distribution, Education, Electronics, Energy & Utilities, Engineering, Event Management, FMCG, Food Services, Healthcare, Housing, Human Resources, Information Technology, Internet, Insurance, Legal, Leisure, Management & Executive, Manufacturing, Marketing, Media, Military, Oil & Gas, Pharmaceutical, Private sector, Production & Operations, Professional Services, Public Relations, Public Sector, Recruitment, Retail, Sales, Scientific, Secretarial & Administration, Social Services, Telecommunications, Training, Transport & Distribution, Travel & Hospitality, Utilities
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
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This niche freight forwarder in Aberdeen are seeking a proven freight forwarding operations potential to lead the handling of a portfolio of O+G accounts, and potentially manage a small team.
The successful candidate will have:
Key Skills:
- A minimum of 5 years multi-modal end-to-end freight forwarding experience
- Good working freight knowledge and experience with air, sea and road carriers, routings, processes and requirements
- Good knowledge and working experience of HMRC regulations including but not limited to Shipwork End Use, Inward Processing Relief, T1, Union Customs Code
- Knowledge and working experience of electronic customs declaration systems
- Ability to build strong and effective relationships with colleagues and internal departments to deliver a cohesive and valued service to clients
- Ability to follow and develop work procedures for workscope
- Meticulous attention to detail and a high level of accuracy in work
- Good written and verbal communication skills to effectively provide information to clients and internal colleagues
- An excellent working knowledge of MS Office including Outlook, Excel and Word
Personal Skills:
- Organising and adapting to multiple and changing priorities at once
- Ability to develop effective relationships with clients and colleagues
- Ability to work and contribute as part of a busy operations team
- Good time-management abilities to work and prioritise tasks within tight and sometimes challenging delivery timescales
- A friendly and professional demeanour when dealing with clients and colleagues
- High degree of attention to detail and pride in the work output being produced
- Attitude and willingness to learn and broaden duties and responsibilities as well as driving and evolving processes and procedures to improve efficiency and/or improve service to client
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