Road Freight Forwarder

We are actively looking to engage shipping, freight and European road transport professionals with as passion for freight forwarding for a new role as a Road Freight Forwarder in Cannock, West Midlands.�
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 Road Freight Forwarder�you will report in to the Road�& European Freight Manager�on a daily basis. You will be responsible for the following areas for responsibility across the Cannock, West Midlands�office:

• Managing the pricing, quoting, booking and file monitoring of freight�across import & export road freight to and from EU and Turkey.


• Responsible for preparing road 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 road transport through third party transit means throughout Europe and Turkey.


• Providing appropriate transportation means with adequate load capacity and regulations around WTD and VOSA regulations.


• Handling customs entries (EUR1's / ATR1's)�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 or road�freight forwarding industry. The ideal Road Freight Forwarder will have the following skills and experience:

• 2+ year's experience in road freight forwarding, transport planning


• Experience of pricing, quotation and planning customer deliveries across road freight in the UK and EU.�


• Desirable experience of customs compliance (not essential)


• Excellent customer service experience


• Knowledge of INCOTerms is advantageous


• Commutable to Cannock on a hybrid basis

What's�On Offer?

• �28,000-�33,000


• 32 days annual leave


• 10% - 15% company bonus / profit share


• Comprehensive company benefits account.


• World-class training & development and large opportunities to progress.�