Freight Forwarder

7 months ago


Preston, United Kingdom Quay Recruitment Group Full time

**Overview**:

- **Job type**: permanent
- **Industry**: logistics
- **Earnings**: £30,000
- **Added to site**: 24/01/23
- **Start date**: 27/02/23
- **City/Town**: Preston
- **County**: lancashire
- **Commutable from**: Preston, Blackburn, Chorley, Bolton and surrounding area

**Job description**:
**Freight Forwarder **- Logistics - Preston**

Are you experienced in Freight Forwarding and looking for a new opportunity?

Do you want to work for a well-established company going through a period of consistent growth?

***We are assisting with the recruitment of a Freight Forwarder to join a well-established company who have successfully grown in the last few years and are now looking to grow their Freight Forwarding team by 3. This is an opportunity to join a multimodal supply chain operation and become an integral part of a close-knit team. This company are ideally looking for someone who has worked in a freight forwarding / shipping position with experience in either **Deep Sea, European or Irish Freight **operations.

**The Job role**:
As Freight Forwarder, you will be responsible for:

- Account Management - Full, Part Load and Groupage
- Increase business through Account Management
- Quoting
- Use of Freight Exchanges / platforms
- Administration - start to finish
- Building excellent relationship with hauliers and suppliers

**The Requirements**:
To be suitable for the position Freight Forwarder of you will ideally have the following:

- Experience in a Freight Forwarding / Shipping position
- Drive to grow the business
- Experience in quoting clients
- Ability to negotiate tariffs
- Familiarity of Azyra system would be advantageous

**Perks & remuneration**:
**The Package**:

- Salary circa £25K-£30K
- Annual attendance bonus
- Cash health plan after 6 months
- Life Assurance (2 x annual salary)
- Salary sacrifice pension scheme
- 20 days holiday per annum plus bank holiday (increasing with service)
- Office based role: 8am - 5.30pm Monday - Friday
- On site parking

Interested in navigating your career with us?

Key words: Export, Import, Freight Forwarder, Multi Modal, Freight Forwarding


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