Import Operator - Ocean or Air Experience

Basildon, Essex

Full time, Permanent position (Monday - Friday)

£30,000 - £35,000 per annum

We are looking for a confident and experienced Import Operator to join an established and well-run team based locally in Basildon, Essex.

Your responsibilities include:

• Manage import process from pre-alert to release
• Send invoices to UK importers prior to shipments arriving – whilst checking correct tariff
• Ensure cost estimates are entered on all jobs within the correct accounting month
• Check purchase invoices are correct on receipt. Pass all correct invoices for payment and dispute anything that is not as agreed.
• Close files after checking everything has been charged/costed and maximum profitability is achieved
• Obtain rate of exchange from carrier and update system
• Book deliveries with hauliers
• Monitor any port health hold where applicable
• Manage email communications from customers, hauliers and warehouses
• Ensuring any clearance instructions are passed to the clearance team in a timely manner

Your Experience:

·Import Experience within either Ocean or Air Freight

·Driving license and vehicle to get to the location

·Worked within a Freight Forwarding environment recently

·UK resident and the right to work in the UK.

Important Notice: Noble Recruiting Limited, based in Billericay, Essex, is an equal opportunities employer. With over 17 years of industry experience, we specialise in both permanent recruitment and the provision of temporary workers. By submitting your application, you consent to the processing of your personal data by Noble Recruiting Limited. For further details on how we manage applicant data, please refer to our Privacy Policy available on our website.

Application Status: Due to the high volume of applications received, we regret that if you do not hear from us within 14 days, your application has not been successful on this occasion.