Customs Coordinator Freight Forwarding

Senior Recruitment Consultant @ WR Logistics | Executive Search, CRM

Location: Bradford, UK

Job Type: Permanent / Monday – Friday

Join a leading freight forwarder in Bradford as a Customs Coordinator, where you’ll play a key role in ensuring smooth and compliant international shipments. This is a fantastic opportunity for a detail-oriented logistics professional with experience in CDS, imports, or exports to take ownership of customs processes, support key clients, and keep global trade moving efficiently.

• Understand the processes, documentation, and terminology involved in international shipping from time of purchase order issuance through the delivery of the cargo
• Identify and resolve issues that could potentially result in delayed cargo release or final delivery
• Demonstrate strong decision-making skills and ability to prioritize tasks between daily responsibilities
• Demonstrate proactive, professional, clarity, and reliability to our peers and our customers through verbal and written language
• Promote a positive working relationship for all team members
• Analyse and validate import documentation and data to ensure they are in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations prior to entry submission
• Receive and review documentation to input and transmit data
• Ensure regulatory requirements are met, and proper documentation exists for all shipments
• Manage customer invoicing, process vendor payables, and assist with receivables of assigned accounts

• Experience with CDS
• Experience in imports &/or exports
• Excellent communication, prioritization, and multi-tasking skills
• Excellent customer service skills and follow up to be utilized with customers and the network
• Proven track record of dealing with customers and being client focused
• Critical-thinking, flexibility, and problem-solving skills to adapt to ever-changing tasks and customer needs
• Reputation for logical, methodical, and expedient approach to problem resolution
• High level of attention to detail
• Values a diverse and inclusive work environment

Not Applicable

Full-time

Customer Service and Supply Chain