Freight Forwarding Logistics Assistant

apartmentGET STAFFED ONLINE RECRUITMENT LIMITED placeNottingham calendar_month 

Are you an experienced Freight Forwarding Logistics Assistant?

Are you an ambitious yet frustrated because you are not getting the recognition or rewarded appropriately for the results you are getting?

Do you love customer interactions and the challenge of getting goods to their destination efficiently?

Are you striving to continually improve the success of your output, but you are not getting the support or rewards that you deserve from your present employer?

Do you want to be paid pro rata with your results, and do you want to join an Established Business who want to grow their business by excellence in the service they deliver?

Our client is an Established International, yet Locally Owned, Shipping Agency based in Goole with associated businesses across the logistics and manufacturing industries.

They are seeking an experienced, passionate and service-oriented, Shipping Logistics Assistant to support the Shipping Manager to grow the business in line with targets.

This is a new role for the business, so you will be an important part of a growing successful team who are focused on growing the business to the next level and will mean the opportunity for business career growth for you within the company.

Key Requirements of the role

Responsibilities
  • Proactively manage and deliver new and existing jobs
  • Book all transport and logistics with suppliers
  • Engage with customers from quotation stage to complete job and create customer opportunities
  • Work as a team member
  • Cover colleagues when required
Expected Results
  • Generate new leads in line with the business plan
  • Achieve job delivery on time 95% +
  • Future opportunity to take on a Management Role
  • Develop and maintain existing freight forwarding business
  • Engage well with customers at events
Standards to be upheld
  • Work to ISO 9001
  • Creative
  • Well Organised
  • Timely
  • Financial awareness
  • Good with words
  • Have formalised plans
  • Good Housekeeping
Skills & Knowledge
  • IT Literate across multiple software
  • An affable and confident telephone manner
  • Able to create systems
  • Good software knowledge
Qualifications
  • 2 years + experience of working in a Shipping Freight Forwarding business
  • Regular telephone user and online meeting software
  • Use of zoom or other online meeting software

Salary & benefits package

£30 to £40K PA dependent on background knowledge and experience. This is a Full Time Commitment Position.

Benefits they offer
  • Results based Bonus Structure commensurate with results
  • Business Career Growth opportunities
  • Two-way flexible working agreement

If you want to join a well-established, successful organisation and be a catalyst for their future growth, then this is the job for you.

Our client’s selection process is unique in the marketplace and attracts motivated, productive team members, who they know will be successful and have a great career with themselves.

They look forward to hearing from you. Don't miss this opportunity.

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