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Assistant Shipping Manager

Employer
b3 jobs
Location
Surrey
Salary
£25,000 - £30,000
Closing date
15 Aug 2022

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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Logistics, Supply Chain
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

Assistant Shipping Manager

£25,000 - £30,000
Surrey
Ambient Food Ingredients
Job ref: 8186

The company

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a highly successful business which provides the best quality products together with excellent customer service.

Products are sourced from all over the world, and through a robust supply chain process, are supplied to further food manufacturing and speciality wholesalers.

About the Assistant Shipping Manager job

The purpose of your role will be to organise the efficient and cost-effective shipment of edible goods from all over the world to customers based in the UK, EU, and USA.

Key tasks:

  • Negotiate freight rates from overseas origins to country of sale.
  • Maintain records of all current freight costs and communicate that information to the Commercial Team.
  • Monitor shipment of called-off goods and take any actions necessary to maintain the estimated shipment programme.
  • Arrange clearance of all goods in full accordance with Tariffs and any quotas.
  • Arrange inland haulage and work with warehouses and customers to ensure smooth and timely arrival into store.
  • Evaluate the most cost-effective route/method of transporting goods from origin to Customer and adopt changes as identified necessary.
  • Manage damages to goods-in-transit and arrange debits on suppliers/shipping lines, as necessary.
  • Manage any insurance claims resulting from transit damage.
  • Check incoming invoices against original costings and authorise for payment, investigating any variances.

Skills & experience required for the Assistant Shipping Manager job

  • Solid experience in a related food supply chain related role such as shipping, logistics, freight movement, transport etc.
  • Knowledge of import, export and customs experience is preferred.
  • Highly organised with good numerical, negotiation and analytical ability.
  • Strong communicator and good relationship building skills.
  • IT literate.

More details

The Assistant Shipping Manager job is based in Surrey and is paying £25,000 - £30,000 according to your experience.

The package includes bonus, pension, and 23 days of annual leave plus bank holidays.

The working hours are Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm.

How to apply

To be considered for the Assistant Shipping Manager job, please click the Apply button.

After you have submitted your CV, we will aim to contact you in 1-2 business days on the assumption that your skills and experience match the job requirements.

On applying for this job, you consent to b3 jobs ltd holding your details on file to contact you about your job search. For full details of our GDPR policy, please refer to the b3 jobs website.

Alternate job titles

Logistics Coordinator | Assistant Logistics Manager | Supply Chain Coordinator | Freight Assistant | Supply Chain Assistant | Transport Manager | Distribution Coordinator

Company

Since 2000, b3 jobs has been helping to further 1000s of people’s careers within the food manufacturing industry, throughout the whole of the UK. As one of the leading specialist food manufacturing recruitment agencies, b3 jobs cover all disciplines both permanent and interim and from graduates to MD’s,

Our core values are always:

  • to find the very best job for you - not us!
  • to give you friendly, ethical, honest and expert recruitment services
  • to advise and not pressurise, so that you can make the right decisions for you

We genuinely strive to provide you with what you want – a job that not only offers the salary you’re after, but also the career progression and job satisfaction that makes going to work all the more worthwhile. Enough trumpet blowing though – visit our website to read just some of our happy previous candidate testimonials - we are more than happy to let our reputation precede us!

For a full up to date list of our jobs, visit www.b3jobs.co.uk

Food Industry Graduates

If you are graduating soon and looking for your first job in food manufacturing, have a look at our Graduate Resource Hub on the b3 jobs website.

https://www.b3jobs.co.uk/graduates

Here you will find everything you need to get started on searching for a new position, from CV and cover letter writing tips, sample food industry job descriptions, informative and entertaining blog posts, useful links and even live graduate vacancies you can apply for.

Company info
Website
Telephone
01435 866000
Location
Heffle Buildings
33a High Street
Heathfield
East Sussex
TN21 8HU
GB

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