Great opportunity for an experienced Freight Operations Manager to join a well established Global Freight Forwarder.

Role will involve managing a team of Import/Export operators working on a specific high profile customer account.

Managing a team of 6 (5 clerks, 1 supervisor)
Reporting to the General Manager.
Airfreight export bias preferred, overseeing air export, air imports, courier exports, courier imports, ocean exports and some road shipments.

Responsibilities include -
Plan and control department’s day to day activities
Manage and control departmental expenditure within agreed budgets
Monitor and evaluate performance and take necessary action to improve
Ensure that the Quality Management systems and SOP's are adhered to and kept up to date.
Attending regular customer meetings.
Working with suppliers and holding regular meetings on performance.
Lead, motivate and develop staff
Manage staff holiday, sickness and absence
The candidate should have good skills on excel, word and PowerPoint as they will be expected to work on reports and provide information to the contract manager.

Salary c.£55K plus 10% management bonus.
25 days holiday plus bank holidays - total 33 days