Container Logistics Business Partner

Consortium Professional Recruitment are proud to be working exclusively with a long established and highly successful business, within a commutable distance from Hull. Due to continued growth, they are now looking to recruit an experienced Container Logistics Business Partner.

About the Role:

This role will involve working closely with the Container Logistics Manager, maintaining clear communication and building relationships with external customers, suppliers, container shipping lines/Forwarders and internal teams, upholding the values of the business at all times.

As the Container Logistics Business Partner, your role would include:

• Having sole responsibility for the management of the logistics for selected areas of the companies container trade
• Offer support to other team members for other areas of logistics within the business
• Manage projects alongside Container Logistics Manager when required
• Provide an innovative and personal service to their business partners on all container logistics matters
• Building and maintaining excellent relationships with new and existing freight providers, ensuring that the business are achieving preferential container freight allocations and costs.
• Produce forecasts in an accurate and timely manner
• Ensure container loadings are executed in line with requirements
• Liaise with all stakeholders and communicate clearly to ensure cohesion
• Work alongside external agencies when required to meet requirements of destination markets.
• Manage an mitigate associated risks associated with the container loads
• Using SAP Business system alongside the container logistics platforms

About you:

The successful Container Logistics Business Partner will have the following attributes:

• multiple years of experience of Container Logistics or other related international shipping management
• Excellent communication skills
• ability to juggle multiple work loads with acute planning skill and working to deadlines
• Teamwork, tact, and good interpersonal skills
• Sensitivity to culture and religion
• Good geographical knowledge
• Flexibility and the ability to adapt to changing circumstances
• Problem–solving ability, particularly when working under pressure.
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Experience of SAP is preferred but not essential
• Good knowledge of Shipping documentation

The company are offering an attractive salary up to GBP40,000 + bonus incentive scheme, stakeholder pension, private healthcare and other benefits included.

Consortium Professional Recruitment Ltd are a professional level recruitment consultancy specialising in the delivery of high relevance recruitment services on behalf of our clients across the UK. We regularly receive large responses to our advertising which can make providing individual feedback to every applicant challenging. If you haven t received a reply from us within 14 day of your application, we regret to say your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. We have a policy of retaining your details for future vacancies unless you request otherwise.