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Freightserve recruitment are looking for an experienced Import Road and Seafreight person for a small busy Freight Forwarder based in the Heathrow area.

Key responsibilities:

* To ensure compliance with the customs regulations of the UK, through internal notifications and customs web site

* To transpose customs declaration information from documents, and or other data sources into the customs brokerage system accurately

* To manage and meet required internal and external KPIs specific to the customer base

* To build and maintain strong relationships with the customer base

* To be responsible for arranging and completing all associated paperwork, which documents the nature of the goods being imported from abroad and that they are legal and legitimate

* Ensuring all is in order in relation to import quotas, customs tariffs, trade agreements and HM Revenue and customs regulations

* To keep up to date on all regulatory requirements governing imports.

* Being commercially aware of job costings and profitability, ensuring maximum profitability for the organisation

* Ability to manage deadlines and sometimes difficult situations.

* Accountable for printing and active allocation of all pre-alerts to ensure files are not missed and handed out promptly to the individuals within the department, on a daily basis

* To ensure that all deliveries are arranged prior to vessel arrival at port, the same to be booked with hauliers.

* To ensure that customs formalities are completed

* To ensure that if declaring any values on deferment account for duty/vat these should be billed onto the customer same day as declaration

Monday - Friday 9am - 5.30pm

As an agency we are fast becoming the number one Freight recruitment specialist. We have a fast growing reputation with most Freight related companies. Freightserve has been established since 1992 working within the Freight Forwarding and Shipping industry. Call now to avoid disappointment