European Roadfreight Trainee

European Roadfreight Trainee

Earl Shilton

£21,000 pa

Work within the European Roadfreight team, based in Earl Shilton, and learn what it takes to be a logistics professional with full on the job training and ongoing career development.

This role will commence at Trainee level and is ideally suited to a college leaver looking to commence a career in Freight Forwarding, with a good level of IT literacy and who possesses excellent customer service.

The role:

• Take requests and queries and resolve them effectively and efficiently.

• Communicate with overseas agents and clients clearly, precisely and accurately.

• You will support our Senior Account Manager team with day-to-day operations.

• Ensure that the departmental manager is aware of the status of all shipments.

• You will be speaking to customers, suppliers and colleagues throughout the UK and Europe, you will help

facilitate smooth and frictionless transport of orders to, from and within the continent.

• Entering shipments on our in-house system, you will generate orders and instructions for our suppliers.

• We are all about our customers. You will need to understand their individual requirements and build strong and

lasting relationships with them.

• You will input relevant information into our internal system and follow our procedures.

• General freight office administration

General Skills

• Keen to learn

• Excellent attention to detail

• An interest in logistics, preferably road freight

• Good verbal and written communication, to provide a professional image to customers and suppliers.

• The capacity to work in a high-pressure environment whilst remaining calm when under pressure.

• The ability to liaise with a global network of agents, suppliers, shipping lines, hauliers.

• A positive attitude and good problem-solving skills.

• The drive to succeed and want to make a contribution to the business