Fine Art International Logistics Manager

Freightserve recruitment are looking for a Fine Art Logistics Manager for a niche sector Freight company based in SE16 area.

RESPONSIBILITIES:-

Estimates:

· Provide estimates for international road and airfreight shipments for both import and export. The estimate will include UK transport, packing and crating, export documentation, and all modes of international transport to include overseas charges.

· Provide estimates for international import and export full container sea freight shipments, to include all equivalent costs as per the airfreight estimates.

· Provide estimates for European import and export road transport shipments, both consolidated and dedicated, using both Company's own vehicles and 3rd party agents.

Shipping:

· Overseeing all aspects of the company’s international transport movements, managing two members of departmental staff (Road and Air).

· Carrying out all modes of shipping as above. This involves close liaison with the rest of the Team running UK transport, warehouses, and storage facilities.

· Liaising with our UK transport and customs brokers to ensure correct customs clearance procedures for all import and export shipments as well as providing instructions to same brokers for customs clearance diversions.

· Accurately maintaining and referring to the Bonded warehouse and control sheets.

· Liaising with clients including galleries and overseas agents to ensure delivery of all required services to an excellent standard at all times.

Accounts and Processing:

· Raising and managing workflow, invoicing and service purchasing using Moveware.

· Raise invoices to clients and making sure that all performed services are accounted for.

· Process purchase invoices, making sure that we are charged correctly for services bought and that the costs are accounted for in relative sales.

· Ensuring that all relevant paperwork and electronic data is processed correctly and stored with the appropriate shipping files.

Customer Services:

· Ensuring that our excellent client relationships are maintained by keeping customers updated and informed at all times, and going to whatever lengths are required to ensure maximum client satisfaction.

· Ensuring that other Team members are kept up to date on shipping and UK transport/warehouse movements in order that workflows can be planned properly and operations run effectively.

The ideal candidate will have at least five years’ experience dealing with multi-modal international fine art transport.

Will have extensive experience of both import and export fine art customs procedures and UK vat rules in relation to international shipping.

Direct customs clearance entry experience is not a necessary requirement as all clearances are done via 3rd party brokers.

The candidate should be highly competent in discussing UK customs procedures, airline and ocean shipping charges, worldwide geography, fine art packing and crating techniques, and air and sea shipping procedures.

As an agency we are fast becoming the number one Freight specialist in the UK. We have a fast growing reputation with most Freight related companies. Freightserve has been established since 1992 working within the Freight Forwarding and Shipping industry.