Green & Wolvin Recruitment
Freight Operations Manager
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We are actively looking to engage shipping, freight forwarding professionals with a passion for freight forwarding for a new role as a Freight Operations Manager in Manchester on a hybrid basis!
Client Details
My client is a SME freight forwarding business, with huge ambitions for growth, in the freight & shipping industry. You will be joining a fast-paced environment assisting in finding 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 Freight Operations Manager you will report into the Freight Director on a daily basis. You will be responsible for the following areas of responsibility across the Manchester office:
- Managing a small team of 8 specialist freight forwarders across road, air & sea freight
- Overseeing the team responsible for preparing road, air and sea 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 transport through third party transit means - such as air freight, sea freight and dedicated road freight transport.
- Providing appropriate transportation means with adequate load capacity and regulations around IMDG, IATA.
- Handling customs entries and arranging billings for VAT/Duties
- Ensuring, booking and conducting customs clearance.
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The successful candidate will have an expansive background in multi-modal freight forwarding (either road, air or sea freight). The ideal Freight Operations Manager will have the following skills and experience:
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- 4+ year's experience in freight forwarding in any mode of freight (ideally focused on sea and air freight).
- Experience in AOG, OBC or Charter work would be advantageous
- Proven people leadership experience of small or large teams
- Experience leading or managing teams within a freight forwarding or shipping environment.
- Experience of pricing, quotation and planning customer deliveries across road, air & sea freight.
- Desirable experience of customs compliance
- Excellent customer service experience
- Knowledge of INCOTerms is advantageous
- Commutable to Manchester on a hybrid basis
What's On Offer?
- £55,000-£65,000
- 32 days annual leave
- Comprehensive company benefits account.
- World-class training & development and large opportunities to progress.
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