Your tasks
The position
We are looking for an Export Forwarder for our Air Freight location at Schiphol. As a Forwarder you provide the best Air Freight solutions for our customers.
You will get started with the following activities:
- Setting up, handling and administrative processing of air freight shipments
- Developing and maintaining contacts with potential and existing internal customers as well as with foreign branches and partners regarding transports
- Communication with customers about shipments, shortages, delays, damage
- Drawing up and communicating rates and making price agreements with customers for ad hoc shipments
- Issuing quotations and following them up
- Invoicing of shipments and the associated cost control
- Administrative handling and passing on papers, documents and information to other departments, agents and branches
Requirements
Requirements
- Minimum MBO working and thinking level
- Experience as an (assistant) forwarder in air freight
- Good communication and commercial skills
- Solution-oriented and perseverance
- Flexibility regarding working hours
- Good command of the English language, spoken and written. Dutch is an advantage
We offer
- A competitive salary based on knowledge and experience
- 27.5 vacation days
- Flexible work from home arrangement
- Career opportunities and room for personal development
- Fixed travel allowance
- Pension scheme
- Profit sharing benefit
A pre-employment screening is part of the selection procedure.
Our offer
Do you have experience in Air Freight and are you open to a new challenge? Then we are looking for you! From our office we look directly onto the Aalsmeerbaan. At Schenker you therefore have the best prospects in every respect!