Currently recruiting for a permanent Bilingual Freight / Transport Planner (French & English) based in Trafford Park...
- Customer Liaison - updating customers on collections and deliveries
- Taking and processing orders
- Dealing with enquiries
- Providing quotes and negotiating rates
- Liaising with hauliers, sourcing trailer details
- Monitoring the workflow of collections and deliveries
- Admin relating to each transport
Hours: Mon - Fri 8:30 - 5:30 (1 Hr Lunch)
Salary depending on experience
25 days holidays per year
car parking space
Requirements
- Fluency in both English and French a must – both spoken and written (50% of the role over the phone, 50% over the emails)
- 1 year experience minimum in the European road transport / freight industry (export and / or import) preferred but not essential
- 1 year minimum previous customer service experience in a business / office environment essential
- Good communication skills, interpersonal skills and negotiation skills
- Good organisational skills
- Ability to cope with workloads that vary and can be heavy at times, as well as repetitive tasks and deadlines, working productively and accurately in a high-pressure environment.
- Enthusiastic and pro-active individual
- Commercially astute and good negotiator