Vacancy: Logistics Assistant
Pay rate: up to £26000 PA
Contract: 8 month fixed term contract (maternity cover)
Location: Rugby CV21
Working Shifts: Monday to Friday, between hours of 8.30am – 4.30pm (office based only), PART TIME or FULL TIME
Coventry Reed Specialist Recruitment are delighted to be representing company within the Rugby area that specialise in distribution
As a Logistics Assistant , you will be responsible for:
- Delivering excellent customer service to our on-site customer.
- Preparing shipping/transport quotation
- Booking dispatches with hauliers, forwarders, dispatch depots, and shipping lines.
- Creating invoices, packing lists, collection/dispatch notes, and any other related export documentation required for export dispatches.
- Entering bookings into our bespoke shipment software and managing specific projects.
- Expediting shipments, processing supplier and customer invoices, and ensuring costs are correct on the bespoke software.
- Answering telephone calls, expediting orders and shipments, and dealing with inter-company and external queries.
- Reporting and escalating issues to the Manager as required.
To be successful in this role, you will meet the below criteria:
- Knowledge of shipping methods and terminology.
- Experience within a freight forwarding environment.
- Intermediate experience of MS Office programs.
- Proven customer service experience.
- Excellent numeracy, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Strong administration skills and teamwork ethic, with the ability to work independently when required.
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Apply today with your CV and a Reed representative will guide you through the next steps of your application.
Interview process
- Reed registration video call
- 1st stage - MS Teams call with client
- 2nd stage - onsite interview with client