Logistics Assistant

Vacancy: Logistics Assistant

Pay rate: up to £26000 PA

Contract: 8 month fixed term contract (maternity cover)

Location: Rugby CV21

Working Shifts: Monday to Friday, between hours of 8.30am – 4.30pm (office based only), PART TIME or FULL TIME

Coventry Reed Specialist Recruitment are delighted to be representing company within the Rugby area that specialise in distribution

As a Logistics Assistant, you will be responsible for:

• Delivering excellent customer service to our on-site customer.
• Preparing shipping/transport quotation
• Booking dispatches with hauliers, forwarders, dispatch depots, and shipping lines.
• Creating invoices, packing lists, collection/dispatch notes, and any other related export documentation required for export dispatches.
• Entering bookings into our bespoke shipment software and managing specific projects.
• Expediting shipments, processing supplier and customer invoices, and ensuring costs are correct on the bespoke software.
• Answering telephone calls, expediting orders and shipments, and dealing with inter-company and external queries.
• Reporting and escalating issues to the Manager as required.

To be successful in this role, you will meet the below criteria:

• Knowledge of shipping methods and terminology.
• Experience within a freight forwarding environment.
• Intermediate experience of MS Office programs.
• Proven customer service experience.
• Excellent numeracy, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Strong administration skills and teamwork ethic, with the ability to work independently when required.

Apply

Apply today with your CV and a Reed representative will guide you through the next steps of your application.

Interview process

• Reed registration video call
• 1st stage  - MS Teams call with client
• 2nd stage - onsite interview with client