Junior Ocean Pricing Coordinator

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.