Supply Chain Job - Shipping Coordinator - London
- £35k
- Permanent - Hybrid
- Central London
- Ref: 23582
Your New Job Title: Shipping Coordinator
The Skills You'll Need: Letters of Credit, Incoterms, Shipping, Import/Export, Commodities
Your New Salary: £35k
Location: Central London - Hybrid 4 days in office, 1 from home (5 days in office during probation)
Job status: Permanent
Start date: ASAP
Working hours: Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm
Who You'll Be Working for:
Trading company supplying Raw Materials and Machinery to meet the needs of manufacturing companies.
Shipping Coordinator - What You'll be Doing Each Day:
To support and assist within the Documentary Operations Team, ensuring contracts are executed in an efficient and timely manner.
- To ensure contract files are received from the Trading Team in good order and enter details into our SAP computer system.
- To ensure Documentary Instructions / Shipping Instructions are issued in a timely manner and in accordance with relevant Incoterm; FOB, CIF, CFR, FCA
- To co-ordinate with customers and suppliers world-wide, ensuring goods are expedited and shipped on time and in the correct manner
- To understand documentary requirements for different countries, including Legalization / Certification / Conformity Certificates
- To provide documents to customers in a timely manner, which include, Invoice, Bills of Lading, Certificate of Origin, Insurance Certificate, Packing List, Certificate of Analysis
- To present documents to Bank for payment under Letters of Credit and Documentary Collection basis
- Constant liaison between suppliers, buyers, traders
- To monitor shipments and provide regular updates to customers.
- To check and pass suppliers’ invoices to Accounts department for payment
- To liaise with suppliers and customers throughout the documentation process to ensure that client needs are being met.
Shipping Coordinator - The Skills You'll Need to Succeed:
- Import/export experience
- Ability to understand Contracts and INCOTERMS.
- Letters of Credit experience ideally
- Worked with high volume/value shipments
- Good communication skills both written and verbally.
- Ability to multitask.
- Very good attention to detail.
- Flexible attitude.
- Good computer and information technology skills. SAP experience ideally.
- Highly organised with an aptitude for problem solving.
- Strong team player and is able to take responsibility.
- Will fit in well with our multicultural environment.
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