Shipping Officer
Morson International •
Position Type: Permanent
Job Description:
Shipping Officer
12 Months
37 hours per week
Stevenage - Onsite
Inside IR35
Are you an experienced professional with a keen understanding of export operations and shipping logistics? We are currently seeking a dedicated and detail-oriented Shipping Officer to join our client’s team in Stevenage. In this role, you will play a vital part in ensuring the seamless movement of products in compliance with export regulations and project demands. If you possess in-depth knowledge of export legislation, excellent communication skills, and the ability to maintain high standards of compliance and efficiency, we invite you to explore this exciting opportunity.
Responsibilities:
- To liaise and work closely with our export control team, local customs officers, and freight forwarders.
- To deliver a benchmark export and shipping service to the business.
- Timely delivery of product in line with project demands.
- Creation, completion, and management of documentation required to effect export deliveries, to include, transport documents, hazardous goods note, customs formalities etc.
- Ensure topicality of Export Register, Transport Registers, Hazardous Goods Register.
- Arrange UK and International transport movements. This also includes liaising closely with Security and Export control departments.
- Assist Export Control Department in compliance with regards to Export Licences.
- Maintain topicality with all transport legislation up to and including prohibited weapons level.
- Identify process improvements to create an efficient and cost-effective service.
- Day to day knowledge of all movements from site.
- General day to day housekeeping, ensuring any required administrative duties are completed for each shipment, ensuring we are audit compliant at all times.
- Keeping up to date with the archiving and scanning.
- Promotion of functional excellence.
- The successful candidate would be expected to undertake Known consignor training and remain compliant to the controls put in place.
Required Skills and Experience:
- Detailed knowledge of export legislation.
- Ability to adapt style of communication to ensure effective delivery of service.
- Interpersonal skills across different business functions.
- Strength of character not to deviate from process when other demands conflict.
- A strong communicator (both written and verbal) with attention to detail.
- Organised with excellent time management skills.
- Able to prioritise and work to deadlines without supervision.
Morson is acting as an employment business in relation to this vacancy.
Job Ident #:
228666JCO
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