Freight Admin Assistant
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United Kingdom - Northamptonshire - Crick - NN6 7GX
Job Description
In addition you will hold the following responsibilities:
- Thorough checking of freight invoices against our contract rates
- Accurate updates to shipment records (road / ocean / air)
- Day to day decisions on UK imports achieving efficient & timely consolidation of freight
- European road freight approvals / documentation
- Tariff coding for company Global Brand
- Obtaining bookings into our UK warehouses (road / ocean / air)
- Accurate updates to the shipment report in support of tripartite agreement
- ASN checking in support of warehouse processing
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Analytical skills - you will need to enjoy analyzing data and must have a high level of accuracy. Communication skills - you will be communicating with teams in the UK and overseas, our suppliers and our 3rd party logistics providers to get quick responses to queries. Commercial awareness - you need to understand what's going on in our business as well as our competitors. It's vital that you know our customers' needs and economic trends, to assist in making sound business decisions. Computer literacy - working with lots of data and figures, you will need to have a great understanding of Excel. In-house training on core systems will be provided.