Junior Freight Forwarder for Blue Water Shipping in Manchester

Are you looking for new challenges within a globally successful logistics company? Then take the initiative and play your part in the ongoing development of our unique company.

At our office in Manchester, we now have an opening for the right candidate that is looking for a new challenge. The Manchester office is situated in Trafford Park, less than 6 km from the center of Manchester with free onsite parking and excellent access to public transport.

The position

The position is a full-time office junior employment. It will involve dealing with our customers and partners handling traffic to various European destinations. There will also be heavy involvement in our established own controlled service lines between UK and Scandinavia. Building relationships with your fellow Blue Water colleagues overseas to create solutions together. The right candidate will receive full

training on all aspects of Freight Forwarding, no experience necessary.

The job includes:

• Bookings for both clients and partners
• Daily contact with customers, partners, drivers and colleagues
• Ensure that the transports are made in time
• Inform and update clients and partners
• Make transport documents, loading and unloading list for terminal
• Follow up on the daily work
• Transport planning
• Book ferries
• Data Entry
• Targeted Sales / Quotations

What we expect from you
Important that you have good communication skills in English. Furthermore, we expect that you:

• A willingness to learn new things and expand their skillset at a fast pace
• A high level of accuracy and diligence in daily tasks
• Strong IT knowledge, particularly Microsoft Office platform
• Can work independently and take responsibility for your own tasks
• Are motivated by a hectic workday and sometimes large workloads and deadlines

Requirements
The right candidate is a strong team player, who with structure, overview and a positive attitude can create strong relations and the best solutions for both our customers and Blue Water Shipping.

Furthermore, we are looking for the following requirements:

• High drive and not afraid to take decisions
• Can think outside the box
• Service minded and focused on customers
• Result oriented and can handle many things at the same time
• Good sense of humor and willing to contribute to the team

Want to know more?
In case you have questions or simply want to know more about the position, do not hesitate to contact Manager Road, David Earp at [email protected]

Together we create solutions

Blue Water Shipping is a global provider of all logistic services in modern supply chain management. Founded in Denmark in 1972, Blue Water is a global top tier organization of professionals, skilled to offer complete and tailor-made solutions for unique customer needs and any shipping requirement anywhere in the world within Energy, Port and Project logistics.

We are growing and expanding our global operation represented with more than 80 offices worldwide and offer clients the best service and highest quality. Challenging transports of oversized or heavy cargo is one of our core competences, and we are among the preferred suppliers worldwide with global know-how and local specialists in-house.

Department: Exhibition - Manchester

Deadline: 27 November 2024

Location: Manchester, United Kingdom