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