Senior Ocean Import Clerk - Egham, United Kingdom - SEKO Logistics

SEKO Logistics

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Egham, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

About Us
At SEKO, expert logistics and supply chain management is what we do. We deliver award-winning Ecommerce Solutions, Value-Added Freight
Forwarding and specialist White Glove Services - empowering our clients with the tools to achieve remarkable growth across borders.

To ensure we retain our position at the forefront of this exciting and rapidly developing industry, we want to find new people to work with us, who want to share in the future success of the business.

We're always looking for ambitious, dedicated, and problem-solving individuals to join us in providing game-changing solutions for our clients.

Job Purpose:

The purpose of this role is to manage and oversee ocean imported goods for assigned accounts. Being responsible for arranging the movement of goods from destination to the customer door.

Accountable for correctly costing/ charging of consignment, flow of paperwork to ensure customs clearances are obtained quickly and within the required time frame to avoid any unnecessary storage charges and delivery of goods are made in good time.

To be responsible for managing the full ocean import process whether this is for a shipment or specified accounts from start to finish.

To liaise with overseas offices, partners and agents to assist in the smooth running of operations' for the department.

Key responsibilities:

To ensure compliance with the customs regulations of the UK, through internal notifications and customs web site
To transpose customs declaration information from documents, and or other data sources into the customs brokerage system accurately
To manage and meet required internal and external KPIs specific to the customer base
To build and maintain strong relationships with the customer base
To be responsible for arranging and completing all associated paperwork, which documents the nature of the goods being imported from abroad and that they are legal and legitimate
Ensuring all is in order in relation to import quotas, customs tariffs, trade agreements and HM Revenue and customs regulations
To keep up to date on all regulatory requirements governing imports.
Being commercially aware of job costings and profitability, ensuring maximum profitability for the organisation
Ability to manage deadlines and sometimes difficult situations.
Accountable for printing and active allocation of all prealerts to ensure files are not missed and handed out promptly to the individuals within the department, on a daily basis
Using in house tools Seko 360 / Upstream to monitor and update shipment ETA's to the specific customer base and also used to ensure shipments are not missed.
To ensure that all deliveries (within remit) are arranged 2 weeks prior to vessel arrival at port, the same to be booked with hauliers.
To ensure that customs formalities are completed at least 3 days prior to delivery of goods if possible
To ensure that if declaring any values on Seko deferment account for duty/vat these should be billed onto the customer same day as declaration
To ensure all files to be passed over to the PAC team for billing within 2hrs of delivery of goods, each file should contain a full set of documents, copy entry, origin invoices, origin profit shares.
To be prepared to be flexible, accommodating and assisting elsewhere in the team as and when required
To escalate and issues or problems in a timely manner

Skills and qualifications:

Education GCSE (or equivalent) English and Maths require
A-C grade
Specialized knowledge
Skills Knowledge of customs import declaration procedures
Knowledge of customs regimes and legislation
Knowledge of classification, incoterms, valuation and origin rules
Ability to work to deadline
Skills tenacious, well organised, friendly, detail oriented, completer/finisher. outgoing and friendly, and commercially aware.

Abilities

Strong administrative skills, works well under pressure.
Able to prioritise work. Good communicator both written and verbal.

Good numeric skills.

Experience knowledge or experience in the following areas is desirable: air, road or ocean movements, customs documentation and procedures, transport procedures, shipping schedules, freight tariffs and rates, ability to raise and complete documentation

Details:

Monday
Friday
95:30pm
37.5 hours per week
Permanent

Compensation and benefits:

Pension scheme (5% employee, 3% employer contributions)
Discounts at various retailers
Referral scheme
Death in service (4x salary)
Private healthcare after 1 year service
25 days annual leave + bank holidays with an extra day after 5,8, and 10years' service
Employee assistance programme