Logiskills Group Hiring for Road Freight Forwarder Job at Dublin , Ireland Full Time

Position: Road Freight Forwarder
Location: Dublin North

The role:

• The successful candidate will be a vital role in the movement of the import and export of goods.
• The candidate must have between 3-5 years of experience in Freight Forwarding position.
• Require strong customer service orientation, highly motivated, with strong business acumen and sound interpersonal skills
• Proficient in MS Office (e.g. Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook) Azyra experience advantage.
• Continuous professional development and ongoing training provided.

The job description for the role is as follow:

• Liaise with overseas partners to ensure the department is proactive in providing a quality operational performance
• Delivery and collection scheduling and dealing with Hauliers/subcontractors and third party
• Day to day operations to include dealing with customers/customs clearance/invoicing/creditors invoices/customer & other reports/other administration duties
• Develop in-depth knowledge of all aspects of the role to ensure full ownership
• Deal with all customer phone sales and/or customer queries
• Establish a good working relationship with the shipping department and customers
• Maintaining and/or implementing good working practices & procedures to ensure that departments run efficiently and with professionalism
• Managing your performance via Key Performance Indicators as discussed with your manager
• Promote company positively within customers premises through high quality of work, excellent communication, pro-active approach and positive attitude
• Other ad-hoc responsibilities as required by senior manager
• Taking and processing bookings according to company procedures
• Organising transport adhering to the customers’ requirements
• Rate negotiations
• Tracking and tracing
• Problem-solving and crisis management
• Communications with clients, subcontractors and internal teams

Salary: €38k to €40k depending on experience

For a confidential discussion on this or any other current opportunity please contact David Donegan

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