Logistics and Carrier Assistant Manager Job In Christchurch

We are proud to be working with a well-established and thriving distribution company in the Christchurch area. This Logistics and Carrier Assistant Manager job is an exciting opportunity for a supply chain professional with strong negotiation skills and an understanding of international logistics.

The successful candidate will be liaising and advising clients on shipping solutions, managing carrier relationships and deliver end-to-end logistic solutions.

Salary and Benefits:

* A salary of £30,000 - £35,000 per annum

* 23 days holiday + Bank Holidays (increasing with length of service)

* Westfield Health Cash Plan (after probationary period)

* Birthday off

* Free onsite parking

* Partner Discounts

* Company events

Duties and Responsibilities:

* Responsible in building strong commercial relationships with both domestic and global carriers and suppliers

* Provide support to global fulfilment centres, ensuring transportation capacity needs are secured based on proactive planning and forecasting consignment volumes across the year

* Identifying and overseeing the onboarding of new carriers into the network

* Establish reporting across the entire carrier base

* Responsible for all client communications, in particular timely notification of changes in carrier rates, carrier solutions and compliance changes

* Analyse patterns and trends in data to better understand key lanes and optimise client's carrier solutions

* Manage the supply, quality, and deliveries are in line with SLA with each carrier and challenge where appropriate

* Point of escalation and seen as the "expert" in the business to address carrier issues across different stakeholder groups

* Develop knowledge across internal and external stakeholders with regards to international customs requirements and procedures, dangerous goods requirements, etc

Minimum Skills and Experience Required:

* Minimum of 5 years' experience working within a logistics function, supply chain function or carrier business

* Highly organised with the ability to prioritise own workload

* Strong base knowledge of incoterms and how to ship goods internationally from a duty paid and unpaid basis

* Ideally dangerous goods trained and demonstrable experience of shipping restrictions/compliance requirements

* Excellent IT skills including MS Office 365 and Databases

* Strong analytical skills and attention to detail

* A problem solver with the ability to self-manage

* Strong commercial acumen with demonstrable experience of negotiating contracts and an understanding of margins

This Logistics and Carrier Assistant Manager would suit candidates who have a supply chain operations background, who are commercially aware