
Shipping Coordinator (12 Month FTC)
Role Overview & Responsibilities
- Liaise between logistics, shipping, merchandising, wholesale and warehouse teams to ensure a smooth delivery daily.
- Collaborate with colleagues and external partners to improve efficiency, productivity and processes.
- Work effectively within a dynamic team, always demonstrating integrity and respect for others.
- Be adaptable and flexible in support of the team and the needs of the business.
- Ability to establish, maintain and develop relationships with other Tedquarters departments.
- Assess current supply chain performance; help surface improvement opportunities that can deliver value by making the shipping operations more effective, efficient and well controlled.
- Lease in a timely manner with freight forwarders/couriers to arrange collections/deliveries from both suppliers and customers.
- Organize marketing/gift with purchase, shop fits and any non-sales items to be shipped from source supplier to destinations, and to be distributed efficiently to the final recipients.
- Arrange courier consignments
- Organize returns and reprocessing
- Assist Shipping & Logistics projects, including shipping operations in the USA and Hong Kong.
- Support the shipping team and wider business in all tasks and projects assigned to you.
- Monitor and collect data on various shipping functions.
- Produce all shipping documentation – COO / EUR1 and/or invoice endorsement with London Chamber of Commerce, Cross trade arrangement for fabric and trims.
- Investigate, resolve and process shipment discrepancies.
- Have a good understanding of shipping operation’s performance and targets.
- Demonstrate speed and efficiency in all tasks to support the team.
- Authorize forwarders and courier invoices on the company’s system with accurate information, cross checking with quotes and issue of debit notes for shortages.
- Document revised business processes and agreed target standards.
- Testing technology applications.
- Proven experience within a similar role within Shipping and Logistics
- Track record of working within an IMPORTS and EXPORTS shipping department structure.
- Working knowledge of INCOTERMS. (DDP, FOB, FCA)
- Ability to understand and interpret customs documents and processes (C88, CFSP, E2)
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills: VLOOKUP’s, pivot tables, analysing large sets of data, cleaning data.
- Being a fast learner who is computer literate: Knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics AX, MS Office (especially Outlook and Word) is advantageous.
- The successful candidate will be very well organised, and process driven.
- Have strong analytical skills and be detail orientated.
- Have an enthusiastic and positive attitude, that works well under pressure and to tight deadlines.
- A strong work ethic with excellent attention to detail which is applied to all daily tasks.
- Be a strong team player with strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Be a reliable and dependable member of the team.
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