Road Freight Operator

Our client, a recognized player within the Freight Forwarding and Transportation industry offering specialist services within supply chain and logistics solutions, are looking to recruit a talented Road Freight Operator to join their team and offices local to Wythenshawe in the Manchester area.

On Offer:

• An opportunity to join a highly regarded global logistics specialist
• Salary negotiable and dependent on skills and experience
• Paid overtime
• Annual salary review
• 20 days annual leave + public holidays. Holiday loyalty days up to a maximum of 5 days (1 day on the anniversary of your start date) along with One Milestone Day per year to take as you wish
• After 3 months service, employees are entitled to become a member of the Group personal Pension Plan. After one year s service the company offers enhanced Pension contributions of 9% annual salary and are eligible to join the Private Medical Scheme (application process required)
• Confidential EAP platform for you and your immediate family members as spouse/partners and children aged 16 to 24 in full-time education, living in the same household
• Access to Employee Discounts and Perks, which include Grocery Shopping, Holidays, Movies, Sports, Wellness and many more

Main Purpose of the Road Freight Operator:

The successful candidate will assist with the day-to-day running of the road freight operations and assist the Road Freight Operations Supervisor in the execution of their duties in support of the Head of Operations Road Freight North s vision of the company to become more competitive and profitable.

Duties and Responsibilities of the Road Freight Operator:

• Understand and execute the departments vision of good business development in order to successfully import/export the companies Limited s products
• Ensure all customers and clients are invoiced correctly and on time in conjunction with SOPs.
• Ensure all duties/VAT is charged correctly upon invoicing and collect any monies due in line with SOPs.
• Complete all import/export activities and documentation correctly and on time.
• Ensure all other operational activities are completed on time and in conjunction with SOPs including financial, legal and invoicing transactions.
• Ensure all other operational activities are completed on time including preparing spot quotations, raise jobs, liaise with overseas offices/clients and raise delivery orders.
• Scrutinise all documentation for accuracy, authorise and pass for payment all invoices on time.
• Maintain excellent customer and inter-departmental relationships including assisting with client audits, inspection and collections and liaising with sales.
• Aid credit control with collection of overdue payments from suppliers and clients
• Report internal leads to the line manager/sales team.
• Follow up late customer payments in conjunction with credit control.
• Maintain and utilise the operational system at all times.
• Oversee client and sub-contractor management in conjunction with SOPs.
• Maintain regular communication with sales teams reporting new sales leads and handover of shipments.
• Create new and maintain current SOPs for the department.
• Communicate quotations to the line manager/sales team within two hours of receipt and ensure all quotations are recorded on the system in one format.
• Ensure best value for money is obtained during procurement processes.
• Implement and improve new efficiencies in workflow in conjunction with line manager.

To Be Considered:

• Proven experience as a Road Freight Operator
• Quality organisational skills and ability to manage many tasks or projects at the same time.
• Ability to prioritise own workload but also be able to work as part of a team.
• Conversant in IT skills e.g., Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel) and CRM systems.

For more details contact Willis Global a leading Recruitment Consultancy for the Supply Chain & Logistics industry.