Import Freight Forwarder

Do you have Import Freight Forwarding experience and looking to join a well-established modern freight forwarder? Our client based in Southampton may just have the ideal role for you.

The Role:

As an Import Freight Forwarder, you will be coordinating all the shipments from start to finish, collating shipping documentation & ensuring completing Customs declarations.

The successful candidate will look after key accounts, tracking shipments, issuing quotes, completing Customs formalities & arranging deliveries.

You will need to display your commercial awareness & will be heavily involved in operations from the start to finish whilst being proactive right through in this role.

Essential Criteria:

• Previous Import / Freight Forwarding experience.
• Sea Freight experience
• Customs entries knowledge
• Key Accounts experience.
• Good customer services skills
• Good IT knowledge

About the Company:

Our client based in Southampton is the leading Logistics Company in the UK, has a great reputation and as an employer with a fantastic working environment.

Salary & Benefits:

Our client is looking to pay between £25k – £30k for the right candidate, depending on experience. There maybe room for slight negotiation upwards for the right candidate.

Apply now as our client is keen to recruit asap.

Do you have multimodal – export freight forwarding experience? Confident managing shipments from start to finish and ensuring maximum profitability whilst delivering excellent customer service?

If the answer is yes & you are looking for a new challenge with a fresh thinking & expanding company? This could be the role for you.

The Role:

You will be responsible for managing export shipments from start to finish.

In this role you will be working within a small, friendly team managing air and export shipments for various types of cargo including Haz & DG.

You’ll be responsible for managing shipments from start to finish and ideally will have experience of using Descartes but this can be trained.

Essential Criteria:

• Previous export / forwarding experience.
• Familiar with shipping documentation
• Customs clearance experience
• Good customer services skills
• Good IT knowledge

About the Company:

Our client is an established freight forwarder who has a good reputation within the industry and prides itself on looking after its employees and providing a good working environment.

Salary & Benefits:

Our client is looking to pay between £28k – £38k for the right candidate, depending on experience.

Apply today – immediate interviews being held.

Do you have freight forwarding, shipping or logistics experience?  Looking to make your next career move in 2025, albeit looking to progress into a leadership role, expand your current knowledge or simply earn more money to improve your quality of life – we are ideally paced to help you.

Do you have a passion for moving goods around the globe and delivering solutions to customers, ensuring their cargo arrives on time and budget? Perhaps you are more UK logistics focussed, managing complex supply chains for your company or a as a solution provider?

We have clients looking to recruit for roles at all levels across the South Coast and all applications will be treated completely confidential, and your CV will never be sent to any company with out your full permission. You are always in complete control & we are hear to offer impartial, honest advice to help you make the best decision for you, your career & quality of life.

We are recruiting for various roles including:

• Customs Team Leaders
• Senior Freight Forwarding
• Multimodal Freight Forwarders
• Logistics Coordinator
• Operations Managers
• Port & Logistics Coordinators
• Supply Chain Planners

So, if you are looking to potentially make your next career move, we are ideally placed to offer advice & assist. No obligation, no pressure tactics and completely confidential.

We look forward to hearing from you & hopefully assisting you in making your next positive career move within the sector.

Do you have a passion for all things shipping & maritime? Do you enjoy the fast-paced nature of the industry? Can you think on your feet & lead a small team on a day-to-day basis?

If so, please read on…

A well-established shipping & logistics company based in Southampton is looking to recruit a Port Operations Team Leader to head up a small, dedicated team that coordinates vessel arrivals, departures, ships stores & provisions both locally in Southampton & worldwide.

The Role:

You will be responsible for leading a small team that ensures goods are moved to and from the port of call in a timely manner and ensuring the goods are Customs cleared. You will also manage marine logistics to and from destinations worldwide, by air & sea. You will be responsible for booking shipments, updating systems, and dealing with shipping paperwork, and above all ensuring a great customer experience.

A key part of the role will be attending & boarding vessels whilst in Port, which means that some weekend work and unsociable hours will be required. Driving licence a must.

You will have full support from the management, but will be responsible for the day to day planning of workload, problem solving and dealing with an issues, whilst mentoring other members of the team.

Essential Criteria:

• Previous shipping or maritime experience
• Leadership skills
• Positive, can-do attitude
• Attention to detail
• Good communication skills
• Ability to problem solve
• Driving licence

About the Company:

This company is well established logistics company with an excellent reputation as a service provider and as a local employer

Salary & Benefits:

The company is looking to pay a competitive salary for the right person depending on your experience.

Apply now to find out more (confidentiality assured).

Do you have previous shipping experience, ideally with a shipping line or a forwarder? Are you looking to join a global player in shipping beverage logistics, working with a number of high-profile retailers and manufacturers, providing end to end supply chain solutions?

The Role:

As a Logistics Coordinator, you will be responsible for speaking to offices around the world, taking shipping instructions and booking cargo with shipping lines. Tracking shipments, updating clients will also be a key part of the role, along with ensuring Customs formalities are adhered to. You will manage shipping documentation, final deliver to RDC or destination. This a rewarding role, providing a variety of solutions to shippers, importers & exporters.

Essential Criteria:

• Previous import or export forwarding / liner experience
• Documentation, such as Bills of Lading & Commercial Invoices etc..
• Good IT skills – Word & Excel
• Commercially minded
• Excellent communication

About the Company:

This is a position with a leading global drinks logistics company, which offers a great working environment, friendly colleagues and ongoing training & support.

Salary & Benefits:

Salary being offered is competitive and depends on experience. Fantastic benefit package, as you’d expect from a global player. Option to work 3 days in the office and 2 days from home.

For more information Apply Now!

Customer Service Administrator

Do you have solid freight forwarding experience and now looking for a new role. Are you looking to join a rapidly expanding company in which you will have every opportunity to progress? If so, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

The Role:

You will be responsible for managing the customer documentation, so this matches and customs clearance when required. Communicating with client and suppliers, imputing data, internal deadlines to ensure 100% compliance, Building and maintaining good working relationships with internal and external clients and being proactive plus other duties when required

Essential Criteria:

• Solid Freight Forwarding/ Shipping experience
• Experience in Operations and Logistics
• Experience working in a team-oriented environment.
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure.

About the Company:

Our client based in Southampton and a leader in their field. They have a supportive management structure with a professional team in place.

Salary & Benefits:

For this position, our client is looking to pay a salary up too around £30k depending on experience, pension scheme and 25 days leave plus free parking.

Apply today as our client is keen to hold interviews and appoint asap for this role.

Freight Account Manager

Our client is a well-established Freight Forwarder that are looking to add to their team in the Hampshire.

Are you confident building new relationships and bringing new business on board?

The Role:

In this role the successful candidate will need to apply your sales expertise and identity new business opportunities. You must have effective communication skills to build and manage relationships with the customers at all levels. The successful candidate will need to cost and quote for business plus maintain a good network of existing and potential customers, you must have also excellent negotiation skills and the ability to work as part of a team. You will also need to have experience in the operational side, a commercial understanding and excellent lead sourcing skills. The successful candidate would need to be a good all rounder and keen to succeed.

Essential Criteria:

• Previous Freight Forwarding Experience
• Proven sales / commercial background
• Experience in Operations and Logistics
• Excellent time management administration and planning skills
• Self-motivated with the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Full driving licence
• Good negotiation skills
• Excellent customer service and IT skills

About the Company:

Our client is based in the Hampshire area and have offices all over the country.

Salary & Benefits:

Our client is looking to pay a salary of £50k – £70k depending on experience for the right candidate, plus commission-based bonus scheme.

Apply now as our client is keen to hold interviews & recruit asap.

Experienced General Freight Forwarder

Are you an experienced freight forwarder looking for your next challenge? We’re looking for the ideal person to join our Felixstowe office’s operations department!

What You’ll Need

• 5+ years in freight forwarding• Knowledge of deep sea, short sea, FCL, LCL, and air shipments

• Customs clearance expertise and familiarity with systems like Destin8 and CNS

• Proven ability to manage deadlines while maintaining top-notch customer service• Experience in general freight forwarding and knowledge of Customs requirements and procedures.

• Proven ability to deal effectively with customers and suppliers

At Astral Global Logistics, our “Yes We Can” attitude is key to delivering excellent customer service. If you’re a driven individual with a passion for logistics, we’d love to hear from you!

Please apply by clicking the link or send your CV to careers@aglog.co.uk

Please note this in an in-person role, based at our office in Felixstowe, Suffolk.

Salary to be negotiated based on experience.

Anchor Freight are now seeking an experienced Operations Manager to start a new Freight Forwarding team at its Ipswich branch. This is a great opportunity for a dedicated and committed individual with a proven track record and customer base in the logistics industry.

You will need to live reasonably local to Ipswich and ideally have your own transport, although not essential.

The ideal candidate will:

· Have the ability to work as part of team as well the ability to build a new team.

· Have a professional mannerism when liaising with potential and existing clients.

· Be able to build and maintain relationships to a high standard with key clients.

· Be competent on all Microsoft packages including Excel.

· Have proven experience in an operations management role.

· Have a known customer base within the logistics industry.

Main duties:

· Development of new and existing business.

· Supporting the operations team, monitoring KPI’s and driving improvement.

· Pricing and obtaining rates as per client requests.

· Booking client deliveries.

· Requesting rates from shipping lines.

· Load new jobs onto the system.

· Job costing and passing purchase invoices.

We offer 23 days holiday plus bank holidays. Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

Apply directly to Anchor Freight using the link below – good luck!

Do you have logistics, shipping or supply chain experience?  Looking to make your next career move in 2025, then this is the ideal time to confidentially start your search.

Do you have a passion for moving goods around the globe and delivering solutions to customers, ensuring their cargo arrives on time and budget? Perhaps you are more UK logistics focussed, managing complex supply chains for your company or a as a solution provider?

We have clients looking to recruit for roles at all levels across the South Coast and all applications will be treated completely confidential, and your CV will never be sent to any company with out your full permission. You are always in complete control & we are hear to offer impartial, honest advice to help you make the best decision for you, your career & quality of life.

We are recruiting for various roles including:

• Customs Team Leaders
• Senior Freight Forwarding
• Multimodal Freight Forwarders
• Logistics Coordinator
• Operations Managers
• Port & Logistics Coordinators
• Supply Chain Planners

So, if you are looking to potentially make your next career move, we are ideally placed to offer advice & assist. No obligation, no pressure tactics and completely confidential.

We look forward to hearing from you & hopefully assisting you in making your next positive career move within the sector.