Our Client, a fast-growing freight forwarding company are looking for a Mandarin speaking Customer Service Operator to oversee smooth execution of the whole shipment lifecycle. Working with a small and friendly, but busy team based in Chelmsford, you’ll be the primary point of contact for the company’s Chinese customers. Day-to-day you’ll be working closely with shipping companies and hauliers on behalf of these key accounts. It goes without saying that first class customer service skills are a must for a Customer Service Operator, but Mandarin speaking is key for this particular position.
If you speak Mandarin and English and have some experience from a logistics/freight background, we want to hear from you!
Successful Customer Service Operators are organised by nature and computer literate, with excellent attention to detail skills. You’ll be a confident communicator as well as good with numbers.
Customer Service Operator duties include:
- Managing Key Accounts from start to finish
- Communicating in Mandarin and English
- Quotations
- Taking bookings
- Arranging collections with transport department / hauliers
- Creating files both manually and on the computer system
- Negotiating rates with shipping companies
- Preparing documentation, i.e. Bills of Lading
- Letter of Credit requirements
- Charging files
If you’ve been working as a Customer Service Operator, Customer Services Agent, Customer Services Clerk, Operations Coordinator, Import Operations, Freight Operations, please Apply Now immediately. Jobs are being filled very quickly at the moment!
Red Recruit has various freight-forwarding vacancies for this and similar roles, so please do get in touch to tell us what youre looking for and well do our best to assist.
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