Our client, a well-respected player in the Supply Chain & Logistics industry, offering a number of specialist services such as freight forwarding, customs clearance and warehousing, are looking to recruit a Junior Ocean Pricing Co-ordinator to be based at offices in Basildon, Essex.
On Offer:
- An attractive salary up to £27,000 per annum, dependent on experience with yearly salary review
- Monday to Friday working hours, 08:30 am - 5:30pm
- 20 days annual leave (rising to 25) + Public holidays. Plus one Milestone Day per year to take as you wish
- Confidential EAP platform for you and your immediate family members as spouse/partners and children aged 16 to 24 in full-time education, living in the same household.
- Access to our Employee Discounts and Perks, which includes Grocery Shopping, Holidays, Movies, Sports, Wellness and many more.
- After 1 year of service - Private Medical Scheme & Company contributions increase 9% for the Group personal Pension Plan.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assist the Sea freight Manager in the execution of their duties in support of the Head of Ocean's vision of the company to become more competitive and profitable.
- Understand and execute the departments vision of good business development in order to successfully move Sea Freight products.
- Maintain and utilise the operational system at all times, ensuring customer bookings are accurately recorded.
- Maintain regular communication with line manager, reporting new sales leads and handover of shipments.
- Quote all new import and export enquiries received from our network and direct customers.
- Keep records of FCL and LCL rates for main markets with main carriers in a share folder.
- When a quote is won is to be sent to the Sea freight Manager, who will allocate it to sea operations.
- Create weekly report on number of quotes sent out, margins and comments.
- Follow up quotation 2 days after initially quote with phone call and if not available via email requesting feedback.
- Assist in maintain current SOPs for the department.
- Always maintain excellent customer and inter-departmental relationships giving regular feedback to line manager.
- Communicate quotations to the line manager/sales team and ensure all quotations are recorded on the system in one format.
To Be Considered:
- Knowledge of LCL and FCL services essential as well as systems [e.g., CNS, Destin8 and Sequoia] (or similar)
- Experience with import or export operations
- Proficient with standard software packages, especially MSWord, Excel and Outlook
- Impeccable attention to detail.
- Excellent customer service and communication skills
For more details, please contact Willis Global -a leading Recruitment Consultancy for the Supply Chain & Logistics industry.