Freight Forwarder

• Employee-focused environment with long-term career growth

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage Sea Freight operations, utilising 3PL vessels and major shipping lines

• Handle freight movements to global destinations, including specialist, oversized, and complex cargo

• Manage end-to-end shipments involving OOG, breakbulk, and project cargo

• Support Air and Road shipments when required, offering a fully multimodal service

• Deliver high levels of customer service while building and maintaining strong commercial relationships

• Manage bookings, documentation, quotations, and operational queries efficiently and accurately

• Liaise confidently with carriers, agents, and clients to resolve issues and ensure smooth operations

Requirements

• Essential: Hands-on experience with OOG, breakbulk, or project cargo shipments

• Experience within marine, yacht, heavy-lift, or specialist freight sectors highly desirable

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in Freight Forwarding (Sea Freight background preferred)

• Experience handling complex logistics operations and non-standard shipments

• Knowledge of vessel bookings, port operations, and cargo handling procedures

• Strong commercial awareness, including quoting, cost control, and client management

• Experience working with or booking onto major shipping lines is desirable

• Experience with Cargowise highly desirable

WR Logistics are a leading recruitment partner for the logistics and supply chain industry, recruiting across the UK, Europe, and the USA for permanent opportunities.

WR Logistics is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy

• Full-time
• Permanent
• On-site

Working Hours: Monday to Friday, flexible start and finish times Hybrid Working: 1 day from home per week

14 days ago