Experienced Sea Freight Import Clerk required for an international freight forwarding company in Northampton. You’ll be 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 Sea Freight Import Clerk will receive a salary of £20-28k depending on experience.
As a Sea Freight 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. Customs experience is also an advantage.
Duties of the Sea Freight 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 you’ve got what it takes to be a successful Sea Freight Import Clerk, please ‘Apply Now’ immediately. Jobs are being filled very quickly at the moment!