Logistics and Carrier Assistant Manager

Job title:

Logistics and Carrier Assistant Manager

Company

Dovetail Recruitment

Job description

Logistics and Carrier Assistant Manager Job In ChristchurchWe 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.

Expected salary

£30000 – 35000 per year

Location

Christchurch, Dorset

Job date

Fri, 06 Jun 2025 07:39:39 GMT

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