Export Assistant

**Role: Export Assistant**

**Location: Newbury, Berkshire**

**Salary: £26,000**

Office Angels have teamed up with a forward thinking, dynamic client who are in the environmental industry, are looking to recruit a **Export Assistant.** This role is a busy role and you can work from home and in the office. You will join an established team of individuals who are hardworking, have excellent communication skills as well as enjoying developing within this companyand sector.

**The day to day duties in your new job will be.**
- Gaining a general understanding of the UK freight market to support sales staff and meet department objectives.
- Managing appropriate, internal mail inboxes.
- Assisting management in the procurement of freight.
- Order volume management (including appropriate weekly reporting)
- Order management including issuing purchase orders, facilitating collections and managing general supplier/customer expectations and service.
- Post loadings weight control (checking load weights in line with order specifications)
- Settling accounting related queries pertaining either to suppliers and/or freight providers.
- Day to day carrier relations. Includes placing bookings, receiving/reviewing confirmations and communicating time sensitive amendments.
- Supplier relations. Includes tracking orders, sharing schedules, notifying changes and through general efficiency, providing a good service.
- Understanding and using shipping lines websites to secure container bookings, schedules, and tracking information.
- Facilitating full trailer loads between the UK and Europe, including understanding of basic customs procedures in line with internal directives, as well as meeting supplier and customer expectations in the process.
- Assist management with and make use of monthly rate matrixes to guide sales staff and ongoing bookings.
- Updating and maintaining internal excel documents detailing orders, prices, collections and deliveries.
- Issuing export related and required paperwork to suppliers ahead of collections.
- Escalating any impending issues to relevant internal management regarding the department.
- Limit unbudgeted costs.

**Benefits**:

- Career progression
- Pension scheme
- Health scheme
- Strong training programme

**Next steps**

Office Angels acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Office Angels UK is an Equal Opportunities Employer.