Road Freight Operator

AnaVation LLC; Basildon; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global logistics provider in Basildon is seeking an experienced Road Freight Operator. Responsibilities include coordinating road freight services, managing customs entries, and liaising with European partners. The ideal candidate has at least 1 year of experience and strong customer interaction skills. This role offers 25 days of holiday, private healthcare, and opportunities for career progression.

Benefits

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Private AXA Healthcare

Free parking

Qualifications

• At least 1 year of experience working in a similar Road Operations role.
• Knowledge of import/export procedures.
• Strong customer-facing and interaction skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and organize the full range of road freight services.
• Complete export and import customs entries.
• Liaise with cargo-partner in Europe regarding customs clearances.

Skills

Road Operations experience

Customer orientation

Team engagement

Ability to work under pressure

Job description

Are you an experienced in Road Operations and looking for a career with a growing global business?

In our relatively short time in the UK we have enjoyed remarkable success and as we look to strengthen our operations teams across the UK we are on the hunt for an experienced Road Freight Operator to join our Basildon branch. Here you will be responsible within a team to coordinate and organise the full range of road freight services such as bookings, pricing, import/export clearance, and stakeholder management.

For over 40 years, we have served our clients with our Air, Ocean, Road, and Warehousing portfolio and we have enjoyed another very successful year at cargo-partner having strengthened our global position by joining the Nippon Express Group.

At cargo-partner, we believe in comprehensive training, loyalty, and internal promotion to help our staff reach their full potential and our operations management team are there to support you in your personal development and give you the tools to build a successful career in the freight forwarding industry.

Who are we?

cargo-partner are a global info-logistics provider offering a comprehensive portfolio of air, sea, land transport and warehousing solutions. With nearly 40 years expertise in information technology and supply chain optimization, we design tailor‑made services for a wide range of industries to create competitive benefits for our customers all around the world. We are a diverse workforce with over 160 offices in more than 40 countries across the globe with new locations having already opened this year as we look to continue our growth.

Responsibilities:

• Loading bookings into the Ondot system
• Seeking the most cost effective domestic collection/delivery costs and booking with EU hauliers and pallet networks
• Completing export and import customs entries
• Completing export T1 documents
• Building export groupage trailers and completing export documentation
• Liaising with the warehouse regarding the loading/unloading of trailers, labelling and cargo discrepancies
• Liaising with cargo-partner in Europe regarding customs clearances, deliveries, collections and discrepancies
• Providing shipment updates to clients
• Requesting and providing POD’s
• Negotiating costs with suppliers
• Preparing each shipment/file for invoicing

Desired skills:

• At least 1 years’ experience working in a similar Road Operations role
• Knowledge of import/export procedures
• Strong customer-facing and interaction skills with high-level of customer orientation
• Team engagement and support
• The desire to progress within an international company
• The ability to work under pressure to strict deadlines

What we can offer:

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Private AXA Healthcare after completion of your probation
• Stability of employment working with a true international logistics business
• Opportunity to progress through the business
• A great team dynamic with a supportive and friendly culture
• Free parking