Sea Freight Export Clerk

Our client is a well-established freight forwarder offering bespoke freight solutions by air freight, sea freight, and road freight. With a global infrastructure, offering a personal service for global companies no matter how small or large the shipment.
We are now recruiting for a Sea Freight Exports Clerk based in Newcastle-under-Lyne. Your role will involve the full sea freight cycle from start to finish

Main Duties

* Booking in GRN's onto the freight system, updating on hand manifests and emailing to overseas customers.
* Taking bookings from customers & agents and making the subsequent bookings with the shipping lines
* Transferring LCL shipments to consol load warehouses.
* Arranging UK haulage when required.
* Competent with NES export declarations and pending CDS declarations.
* Booking in deliveries and sending load paperwork to our warehouse team for container loading
* Submitting VGM's using Destin8 and CNS.
* Sending UCR and Bill of lading instructions to the shipping lines.
* Quoting customers and overseas agents LCL and FCL.
* Raising MBL's and HBL's and all required paperwork for specific markets.
* Organising consular documents when required.
* Sending pre alerts to overseas agents
* Finalising the billing to either customer or overseas agent.

Experience required

* Sea Freight exports experience
* Customer service skills are essential to have good interaction with customers and overseas agents.
* Proficient in word & excel.
* Be cost conscious and profit aware.
* Full training will be given on the inhouse freight system.

Benefits

* Salary circa £27,000 and dependant on experience.
* Hours of work 09:00 - 17:00
* 1 hour for lunch
* 22 days holiday allowance - rising to 31 days depending on length of service.
* Available with an Immediate start.