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Salary- Do you have a passion for Fine Art and extensive knowledge of both Road and Air freight shipping practises?
Our client specialise in shipping fine art throughout the UK and around the world by both road and air and they are looking for someone to join their small but dedicated shipping team. You will be responsible for the import and export of high value cargo in and out and around the UK.
You should be highly adaptable as plans in this sector can change at very short notice requiring quick thinking, diplomacy and excellent problem solving skills.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Estimates:
• Provide estimates for international road and airfreight shipments for both import and export. The estimate will include UK transport, packing and crating, export documentation, and all modes of international transport to include overseas charges.
• Provide estimates for international import and export full container sea freight shipments, to include all equivalent costs as per the airfreight estimates.
• Provide estimates for European import and export road transport shipments, both consolidated and dedicated, using both our own vehicles and 3rd party agents.
Shipping:
• Overseeing all aspects of the company’s international transport movements, managing two members of departmental staff (Road and Air).
• Carrying out all modes of shipping as above. This involves close liaison with the rest of the Teams running UK transport, warehouses, and storage facilities.
• Liaising with our UK transport and customs brokers to ensure correct customs clearance procedures for all import and export shipments as well as providing instructions to same brokers for customs clearance diversions.
• Accurately maintaining and referring to the Bonded warehouse and TA control sheets.
• Liaising with clients including galleries and overseas agents to ensure delivery of all required services to an excellent standard.
Accounts and Processing:
• Raising and managing workflow, invoicing and service purchasing using Moveware.
• Raise invoices to clients and making sure that all performed services are accounted for.
• Process purchase invoices, making sure that we are charged correctly for services bought and that the costs are accounted for in relative sales.
• Ensuring that all relevant paperwork and electronic data is processed correctly and stored with the appropriate shipping files.
Customer Services:
• Ensuring that our excellent client relationships are maintained by keeping customers updated and informed at all times, and going to whatever lengths are required to ensure maximum client satisfaction.
• Ensuring that other Team members are kept up to date on shipping and UK transport/warehouse movements in order that workflows can be planned properly and operations run effectively.
The ideal candidate will have at least five years’ experience dealing with multi-modal international fine art transport.
Will have extensive experience of both import and export fine art customs procedures and UK vat rules in relation to international shipping.
Direct customs clearance entry experience is not a necessary requirement as all clearances are done via 3rd party brokers.
The candidate should be highly competent in discussing UK customs procedures, airline and ocean shipping charges, worldwide geography, fine art packing and crating techniques, and air and sea shipping procedures.
If this sounds like it could be your next opportunity then I look forward to receiving your application.
