European Road Freight Operator - Basildon, United Kingdom - LEMON TREE RECRUIT LTD

LEMON TREE RECRUIT LTD

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Basildon, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Position 1:
Road Freight Operator (Full title to be confirmed)
We require someone to fill a position within our road freight department based at our Basildon office.

Main duties:

Handling imports and exports to and from Europe, from groupage shipments, part / full loads and express vans
Liaising with customers and suppliers daily, ensuring shipments are running according to schedules
Liaising closely with our customs dept. ensuring paperwork is accurate and clear instructions provided. Once received, supplying the customs paperwork to the relevant parties
Good telephone manner and customer service skills is imperative
Spot quoting customers for shipment requests
Booking the orders on the system and booking with the suppliers
Invoicing/supplier invoice passing
Brokering experience within road freight advantageous

We require a "Team" player.

Not on a regular basis but sometimes the position isn't 08.30 to 17.30, and sometimes the workload does require an early start or late-ish finish.

However, this is where the team steps up, and helps each other out to ensure theseare kept to a minimum.

We need someone who understands this and is willing to jump in and contribute to an "all for one" attitude.

Salary:

Experience related. The position we feel warrants a salary of around £28-30k +/- for a semi-experienced person.

Internal systems used:
FCL (Forward Computers Freight System)

Outlook

Word

Excel

Google docs

Monday to Friday to Hour for lunch

Benefits received concerning the position:

Holiday Allowance 20 days per annum excluding bank holidays.

These holidays run from January to December and after the first full year of full-time employment, the following January you would receive an extra day per year every January for a further 5 years, for a maximum of 25 days per annum, excluding bank holidays.

Position after 3 months' probation also has a contributory pension, NHS Top up health scheme and after the first full year of employment, an extra day per year capped at 25 days excluding bank holidays.