Senior Road Freight Operator
Spring Supply Chain
Location: Bradford
Salary: Depending on experience (£34,000 + )
Monday to Friday | Permanent Position
An Exciting Opportunity to Take the Next Step in Your Freight Career Are you an experienced European Road Freight Operator looking for your next challenge? Perhaps you're ready to step into a more senior position, or you're simply looking for a fresh opportunity with a company where your experience and contribution will be genuinely valued.
We are currently looking for an experienced Senior European Road Freight Operator to join a fantastic, close-knit team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a strong background in European road exports who is looking for a long-term career with a stable and supportive company.
You'll be joining a great, family-like team with a low staff turnover, where people work closely together and support one another. It's a company that values its employees and offers the opportunity to build a long-term career within the business.
The Role As a Senior European Road Freight Operator, you will be responsible for managing end-to-end European road freight exports, from the initial planning stages through to successful delivery.
You will play a key role in ensuring export loads are planned efficiently and cost-effectively, while maintaining excellent relationships with customers, hauliers and overseas partners.
Key Responsibilities
- Plan and coordinate European road export loads from start to finish
- Plan the most efficient and cost-effective loading of export trailers
- Manage the end-to-end road freight process, ensuring shipments are handled smoothly and efficiently
- Liaise with customers, hauliers and overseas agents on a daily basis
- Build and maintain strong customer relationships
- Deal confidently with clients via telephone and email
- Prepare and provide competitive quotations for prospective business
- Monitor shipments and proactively resolve any operational issues
- Ensure all relevant customs and export procedures are followed
- Use internal systems to manage shipments and operational processes
- Work closely with colleagues to ensure a high level of customer service
- Take responsibility for your own workload while contributing positively to the wider team
You will ideally have:
- At least 5 years' experience in European Road Exports
- Strong knowledge of end-to-end European road freight operations
- Experience planning and managing export loads
- Some knowledge of customs procedures
- Experience working with Sequoia or similar freight systems
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- A professional and confident telephone manner
- Good computer skills and the ability to learn new systems quickly
- Excellent organisational and time-management skills
- The ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- A proactive approach to problem-solving
- The ability to work effectively as part of a team while also using your own initiative
You can expect:
- £34,500 + salary
- Monday to Friday working hours
- A friendly, supportive family-like team environment
- Low staff turnover and a strong team culture
- An opportunity to take the next step in your freight career
- The chance to join a stable company and build a long-term career
- Additional training on the company's in-house systems
- A varied and rewarding end-to-end European road freight role
Apply now and take the next step in your European freight career!
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