European Road Freight Manager
Nottingham

£45,000 - £55,000

We are pleased to partner one of UK's fastest growing forwarders in their search for a new EU Road Freight Manager.

We are currently recruiting for an experienced EU Road Freight Manager to join one of the UK's fastest growing and award winning freight forwarding teams.

The Operations Manager will be able to work confidently under pressure and have good decision-making skills in a fast-paced, dynamic road freight environment. Strong commercial and customer focused skills are essential.

Key responsibilities include:

• Sales & Operations – full Freight forwarding operations cycle from quotation, implementation, process management and main escalation for operational queries.
• Support MD with delivering commercial growth by retaining existing trading clients and assisting new business development team through quotes/tenders and projects.
• Core focus on the day-to-day branch operations. Responsible for ensuring that all logistics and freight forwarding activities run smoothly at branch level.
• Identify weaknesses and make improvements to the import / export processes.
• Responsibility for growing team of Operations Coordinators and delegation of tasks in order to meet deadlines and business objectives.
• Liaise directly with customers and build strong relationships based on exceeding service expectations (this could include meeting face to face).
• Develop existing supplier base by introducing new partners and developing relationships.

Key Skills:

• Experience of European road freight operations (minimum 5 years)
• Extensive working knowledge and experience of customs procedure and documentation.
• A solid knowledge of the import and export market
• Display strong leadership and communication skills.
• Self-motivation, commitment, and a hunger to learn and thrive in a new environment.
• Customer focused and commercially aware.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft applications (Word, Excel etc.)