Logistics Accounts Coordinator

Location: Wales

Are you ready to be the trusted voice for some of our client's biggest customers? Elliot Marsh has an exciting Logistics Accounts Coordinator opportunity!

Location:

Llanharan

Salary: £23,000 to £25,000 per annum

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

About Us:

Our client is an established freight forwarding and logistics company providing shipping, transport and forwarding services to a wide range of customers. They handle multi-modal shipments by road and sea, and serve customers across multiple sectors. They are committed to delivering expert customer service and maintaining strong business relationships.

Logistics Accounts Coordinator
- The Role:

As Logistics Accounts Coordinator, you will be the nominated point of contact for some of the company's largest and most valued customers. You will manage their freight forwarding needs, handling multiple major accounts with the highest levels of attention to detail. Your focus will be on providing excellent shipping and transport expertise, building lasting relationships, understanding customer requirements, and promoting the company's full range of services to generate and retain business.

Logistics Accounts Coordinator
- Key Responsibilities:

- Provide service information, quotations and take bookings, championing customer needs at all times

- Receive and process incoming enquiries accurately, collecting all necessary information to ensure correct booking and timely shipment processing

- Handle road and sea forwarding shipments while protecting the company by monitoring credit ratings and outstanding account balances

- Follow up quotations and correspondence with customers to secure business and develop new opportunities alongside Sales Executives

- Manage customer order progress enquiries efficiently, keeping customers informed of shipment status at all times

- Demonstrate knowledge of customs regulations, dangerous goods and insurance requirements, liaising with customs staff as needed

- Collate and process claims information promptly and professionally

- Maintain accurate documentation, records and systems, preparing management reports as required

Logistics Accounts Coordinator - You:

- 2 years experience in similar role

- Comfortable working across the Microsoft suite, particularly Outlook, Excel and Teams

- A fast learner with new systems and generally computer literate

- Able to work from the Manchester site full time, ideally with your own transport

- Highly organised with strong attention to detail

- Minimum 5 GCSE’s with A-C grade (Incl Maths and English)   

- Calm under pressure, able to prioritise a busy workload and see it through

- Confident multi-tasking, with experience of this in a similar role

- Comfortable taking ownership of decisions and working independently within agreed boundaries

- A genuine team player with a can-do attitude

- Knowledge of freight forwarding, customs regulations and shipping procedures, or willingness to develop these

Benefits:

- Up to 27 days holiday plus Bank Holidays

- Life cover

- Performance bonus

- Defined contribution pension scheme

- Discounted shopping and store benefit scheme

- Private healthcare

- Car parking

- Employee Assistance Programme

- Mandatory training provided

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