Freight Operations Manager

Warrington Source: WhatJobs

£55,000–£65,000

We are actively looking to engage shipping, freight forwarding professionals with as 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-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 Manager you will report in to the Freight Director on a daily basis. You will be responsible for the following areas for 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.

The Ideal Candidate

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:

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