Our Client is an International Freight Forwarding company providing international and logistical needs from 3PL to sea, road and air freight.  Due to increased global growth, they are looking to appoint a Freight Forwarding Customer Services Operator to join their Customer Services and Freight Forwarding departments within their office in Basildon.
As Freight Forwarding Customer Services Operator, you will Assist the Head of Customer Services in support of the company ’s vision to become more competitive and profitable .
Freight Forwarding Customer Services Operator duties include:
* Understand and execute the departments vision of good business to ensure outstanding customer services to clients
* Maintain the operations system ensuring customer bookings are accurately recorded
* Maintain regular communication with sales teams reporting new sales leads and handover of shipments
* Create new and maintain current SOPs for the department
* Implement and improve new efficiencies in customer workflow in conjunction with line manager
* Maintain key accounts and ensure general enquiries are expedited
* Gain feedback where possible and follow up enquiries
* Deal with customer/client complaints are expedited in the agreed timeline in accordance with SOPs
* Aid Credit Control with collection of overdue payments from suppliers/clients
* Ensure customer due diligence checks are completed for new customers
* Maintain at all times high standards of personal quality, Health & safety and professionalism and actively promote all company policies and procedures
* Represent the company in the best possible light at all times
* Oversee client and sub-contractor management in line with polices, practices and procedures
* Ensure financial transactions comply with company policy and procedures, legal requirements, and good practice guidelines
* Ensure to carry out processes, practices in line with policies, practices, and procedures.
* Ensure customer b ookings are entered on to the operations system accurately
* Provide customers with accurate and cost-effective quotations within a timely fashion
* Confirm quotations received by telephone within half an hour
* Booking consignments with third party contractors
* Quoting cross trade consignments
* Booking deliveries in with customers
* Liaising with suppliers / Origin Offices
* Invoicing and Administration
* Ensure Bookings made with Origin office
Sound knowledge of freight market rates and services is vital as well as a good operational know-how of logistics processes and procedures.  You’ll be organised by nature and have and the ability to prioritise your own workload as well as be able to work as part of a team.  Being computer literate, having excellent attention to detail skills, as well as being good with numbers and a confident communicator are imperative attributes for the Freight Forwarding Customer Services Operator.
In return, the successful Freight Forwarding Customer Services Operator will receive a competitive salary and benefits package.
Contact us today.  
If this vacancy is something you would like to know more about, or you know of anyone that fits the bill, either forward this advert to them, send us their details or get in contact with us and we will do the rest. You can recommend as many people as you like via our website and earn a referral fee per candidate we place*. This is an unlimited offer. 
As recruiters specialising in freight and shipping, Red Recruit have vacancies at all levels within the industry, so please do get in touch to tell us what you’re looking for and we’ll do our best to assist. 
* T&C’s apply. Please contact the office for more information. 
Please note: - We do not advertise all of our vacancies as some are highly confidential. Therefore, please either submit your CV to us directly or call us in complete confidence. 
We have also setup a contacts list for candidates to join to be made aware of all relevant jobs to them. If this sounds of interest, then please get in contact with us via our website and send us your CV so that we can make sure you receive relevant updates on our latest vacancies.