Shipping Officer

2 weeks ago

Bolton, United Kingdom Guidant Global Remote Work Freelance Full time

Our client, a trusted partner of the UK's Ministry of Defence, seeks an experienced shipping officer. The ideal candidate should have domestic and international shipping experience and be familiar with road and air transportation. As a shipping officer, your tasks will include preparing export documentation and understanding incoterms, tariffs, and CPC codes. You'll collaborate closely with our client's in-house export control team, customs department, and freight forwarders.

As a shipping officer, you'll oversee all exports from the site to meet customer demands worldwide by air or road. Adhere to their processes for a benchmark service.

What we're looking for:

  • Detailed knowledge of export legislation
  • Ability to adapt style of communication to ensure effective delivery of service
  • Interpersonal skills across different business functions
  • Strength of character not to deviate from process when other demands conflict.
  • Strong communicator (both written and verbal) with attention to detail
  • Organised with excellent time management skills
  • Prioritise and work to deadlines without supervision.

What you'll get to do as a Shipping Officer:

The ideal candidate for this job will be responsible for ensuring timely product delivery that aligns with project demands. This involves managing export-related documentation, transportation, and compliance with export licenses and transport legislation. They will also identify and implement process improvements, maintain current knowledge of site movements, ensure administrative duties are completed for each shipment, and keep up to date with archiving and scanning. The candidate will be required to undertake Known Consignor training to promote functional excellence and remain compliant with the controls put in place. Collaboration with the export control team, customs officers, and freight forwarders will be necessary to ensure compliance and provide a benchmark export and shipping service.

"Please Note: MBDA UK requires all employees to achieve the appropriate clearance relevant to the role"

More about the role:

MBDA's relationship with the UK military spans back over 70 years. They have delivered countless landmarks in defence engineering, supplying vital defence capability to meet the needs of the armed forces over land, sea, and air.

This role is based in Bolton, one of MBDA's newest cutting-edge facilities, offering showers and bike racks. The Bolton site has been considered one of the North West's leading manufacturing capabilities for 25 years and beyond. Training and development are offered to all employees.

Guidant Global is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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