Multimodal Import Operator

Position: Multimodal Import Operator

Location: Farnborough, GU14

Salary: £28,000 – £35,000 DOE

Hours: 09:00 – 17:30 Monday to Friday with potential for overtime and weekend work

Multimodal Import operator overview

We are recruiting on behalf of one of the leading freight forwarding companies in the UK with the role based in Farnborough GU14. The ideal candidate should have a strong knowledge in ocean freight, air freight and road freight operations. Additionally, they need to have dealt with imports and if they have export experience that is a bonus. This position will involve overseeing the import process and ensuring a smooth and efficient movements of goods. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is looking to progress in ocean import and freight forwarding.

Role purpose

• To provide a day-to-day process/ service in all import freight processes to internal & external client base.
• Key Accountabilities/Key Activities
• Support customers’ processes to ensure precise and timely arrangements of shipments and disbursement requests (Import)
• Clearances, arranging disbursements & transportation and where necessary freight planning and import bookings (air, road, courier and some seafreight) with suppliers and oseas
• Build strong internal and external relationships to exceed customer’s expectations.
• Liaise/co-ordinate with carriers, agents, warehouses and customers to arrange deliveries, manage queries and follow up discrepancies in a timely manner.
• Data entry: processing orders on the internal management/operations system
• Documentation creation
• Customs entries: CPC Codes, Good knowledge of import customs procedures.
• Understand bonded procedures.
• Understand requirements for port health.
• Day-to-day administration: couriering documents, filing
• Answering enquiries and effectively resolving problems.
• Raise invoices and transport documents & pass to clients and importers.
• Organisation of daily workload
• Actively commit to self development
• Utilise all your learning resources available
• Maintain good working knowledge of systems and continuing updates
• Successful network between members of the team
• Proactively support colleagues as dictated by changing work load demands.
• To Share skills and knowledge within your team.
• Respect for confidentiality and integrity of your actions and be able to identify any relevant additional service opportunities within your existing work load you can offer Executive Freight Services Ltd

Multimodal import operator responsibilities

• Gathering import docs (AWBs, CIs) and execute import entries.
• Arrange disbursements & timely deliveries avoiding storage and bad will.
• Knowledge of the airport and airlines.
• Monitoring shipments.
• Quotations to oseas agents for arrival charges & some import spot quotations for established commercial supply chain clients.
• Knowledge of processing CARNETs and bonded procedures good
• Gathering import docs (BLs, CIs) and execute import entries.
• Arrange disbursements & timely deliveries avoiding storage and bad will.
• Monitoring shipments and issuing NOAs when required.
• Quotations to oseas agents for arrival charges & some import spot quotations for established commercial supply chain clients.
• Knowledge of main Uk ports, PINS, processes an advantage for both LCL and FCL
• Knowledge of inventory and non inventory linked clearances and EU movements since

Experience to require

• Min of 3 years recent clearance and current CDS experience in an import ops environment working for a freight forwarder.
• Knowledge of incoterms and all modes shipping, the UK transport landscape and Heathrow.
• Air, Sea and Road clearances and arranging deliveries and some international shipping arrangements.
• Must be quick to learn and a self starter.
• Knowledge of Sequoia an advantage.

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