Road Freight Operator

Position Responsibilities

• Organisng the shipment of goods (e.g. mode of transport, best route)
• Negotiating terms of carriage with carriers outside our own traffics, booking of cargo space
• Managing customs clearance procedures, transport documents and if applicable insurance paperwork
• Doing customs entries export and import
• Monitoring and communicating shipment status
• Checking that shipments are delivered as planned and resolving any issues
• Check and approve customers invoices and send off
• Post supplier invoices to the system and send to accounts
• Help with implementation of Sequoia

Selection Criteria - Essential

• Making decisions - often within short timeframes
• Managing space and resources for traffic the employee is involved in
• Understand how to optimize space on trailers
• Attention to detail
• Forward thinking
• Verbal communication
• Written communication
• Building relationships with customers and colleagues
• Be a team player
• Working with numbers
• Problem solving