Air Import Operator

Our client, a freight forwarder is looking for an Air Import Operator to join their office in Feltham.

Job Duties:

• Start to Finish Job

• Able to attend to quotations on request

• Experience in handling all types of Customs Entries from CITEs, Live Animals to TIB

• Liaise regularly with overseas offices, partners, or agents

• Responsible for arranging and completing all associated paperwork, which documents the nature of the goods being imported from abroad and that they are legal and legitimate

• Check all is in order in this respect to import quotas, tariffs, trade agreements and HM Revenue and Customs regulations

• Responsible for costing jobs and ensuring maximum profitability for the organization

• Establishing contacts and relationships with HM Customs to ensure efficient transfer of goods through the legal process

• Manage deadlines and sometimes difficult situations, therefore an element of negotiation is required to be able to meet timescales

• Able to work on own initiative as well as part of a team

Must have experience / skills :

• Minimum 5 years working in both Import Department in a Freight Forwarding Company

• Knowledge of all Customs Clearances regimes and regulations including European origins

• Confident client facing operator