We are actively looking to engage shipping, freight and road transport professionals with as passion for freight forwarding for a new role as a Freight Operations Supervisor in Manchester!

Client Details

My client is a market-leader in the freight & shipping industry and has offices based across the world (in Italy, Croatia, France and the UK). You will be joining a fast-pace 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 Supervisor you will report in to the Freight Branch Manager on a daily basis. You will be responsible for the following areas for responsibility across the Manchester office:

* Managing a small team of 12 specialist freight forwarders across air, sea and road 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 full loads, part loads, courier, air freight, sea freight and dedicated transport.

* Providing valid insurance for the vehicles - trucks and trailers

* Providing appropriate transportation means with adequate load capacity and regulations around ADR via road freight.

* Handling customs entries 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, sea or road freight forwarding industry with a bias towards either road freight. The ideal Freight Operations Supervisor will have the following skills and experience:

* 3+ year's experience in freight forwarding in either road or air freight.

* 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 daily basis

Whats On Offer?

* £42,000-£46,000

* 32 days annual leave

* Comprehensive company benefits account.

* World-class training & development and large opportunities to progress