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.


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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.