Experienced Import Clerk required for an independent freight forwarding company in Felixstowe, who provide worldwide shipping services. You’ll be working on their Sea Freight team, dealing with companies worldwide, liaising with overseas agents / customers / hauliers, handling all aspects of imports from start to finish and everything in between. We’d love to speak to enthusiastic people who have experience working as an Import Clerk from a logistics/freight background. The successful Import Clerk will receive a salary depending on experience.
As an Import Clerk, you will have a good operational know-how of import procedures, excellent customer service skills and commercial sense. You’ll be a proficient communicator; in person, on the phone and in writing.
Duties of the Import Clerk:
Liaising with overseas agents / customers / hauliers
Receiving pre-alerts from overseas agents
Creating files both manually and on the computer system
Advising customers of arrival of cargo into the UK
Planning loads and sending load lists to agents
Checking manifests once received
Receiving and checking relevant import documentation and passing on to shipping lines
Planning and arranging deliveries
If this Import Clerk role is something you would like to know more about or you know of anyone that fits the bill, either forward this advert to them, send us their details or get in contact with us and we will do the rest. You can recommend as many people as you like via our website and earn a referral fee per candidate we place*. This is an unlimited offer.
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