Job Description
Our client close to Heathrow are looking for an Operations Clerk
As an Operations Clerk you will be joining a highly skilled Operations team to facilitate imports, exports and cross trade [Air/Road/Courier & more] shipments in close liaison with staff in our overseas offices, our international agents and of course our clients. The ability to work pro-actively with the tenacity to see each job through to delivery, despite challenges specific to each territory, is a necessity - along with the ability to work independently and under pressure.
This is not the usual run of the mill forwarding as we work in a Hi Tech area; we service the largest global IT and networking companies with their logistics requirements end to end. The job involves not just arranging freight but also assessing for export and import licences as most goods are controlled.
· Overseeing Importer and Exporter of Record (IOR/EOR) movements to / from UK + Worldwide for major accounts
· Clinical checking of import and export documentation
· Liaising with overseas offices to ensure smooth and swift service
· Timely email and response times, ability to monitor and control a shared operational email inbox
· Arranging air/road/courier export/import shipments to + from UK, of controlled goods, to include completion of export /import entries
· Dealing with IOR/EOR general and sales inquiries, as required
· General handling of both imports and export airfreight shipments, (non IOR/EOR)
· Cutting AWBs raising C88s EXA/EX1 for export entries and CDS import clearance
· Arranging general airfreight imports shipments door to door liaising with our overseas agents
· Acting as Warehouse when/if required
Car driver due to location
The hours are 9am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday. Office based.
As this post is subject to pre-employment checks, the successful candidate will need to undergo a DBS and background check.
Salary up to GBP38K depending on previous experience
* We are only able to accept applications from candidates with previous experience for this role.
If you do not hear from us your application has been unsuccessful.
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