Shipping Coordinator - Permanent
Salary - £24k
Location - Birmingham
Hours - Monday - Friday 8:30am - 5pm
Shipping Coordinator / Metal / Administration / Shipping / Freight / Forecasting / Birmingham / Permanent
The Recruitment Group is working with a market leader in the supply of aluminium, steel, titanium, and other metals. They service their customers via a global logistics platform and offer many additional value-added services.
Purpose of the Shipping Coordinator role:
Our client is looking for a Shipping Coordinator to undertake all administration duties, to prepare accurate and efficient shipping documentation to ensure a seamless transition of goods from our client to their customers and through their supply chain.
Main duties and responsibilities of a Shipping Coordinator:
- Run the range to allocate the work to the production facility
- IP works orders as they come into the department ensuring stock is down-dated accurately and scrap is allocated correctly
- Create BOLs (Bill of Landing) for all work orders accurately and efficiently
- Obtain costs and quotes for each delivery
- Negotiate rates with hauliers and freight forwarders
- Ensure all paperwork is processed in line with promised dates
- Create shipping headers and produce all relevant export/UK shipping documentation
- Communicate with outside haulage and shipping companies to ensure a smooth handover of the goods takes place with all necessary documentation provided
- Communicate with the despatch team to ensure the correct material is pulled and loaded
- Ensure freight costs are correct and added to the system to ensure goods can be invoiced correctly by finance
- Scan all documentation to the system in line with AMS and customer processes
- Communicate with sales to ensure correct shipping terms are aligned to the orders and the goods incur no delays due to AMS errors
- Identify any issues and resolve them before the goods leave site to ensure we can maintain customer satisfaction
- Manage and maintain the relevant OBS statuses to ensure work does not exceed 5 days
- Ensure quality compliance when signing off shipping documents
- Ensures 5s standards are maintained at all times
Experience/knowledge requirements for a Shipping Coordinator:
- Administration skills
- UK & European shipping experience
- An understanding of Microsoft Office, Outlook and Excel
- Excellent analytical and organizational skills
- Strong mathematical skills
- Ability to work to a high degree of accuracy
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Ability to work using own initiative
- Time management
Please contact Amy @ The Recruitment Group on the contact details provided.