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  • Air Freight

    Forwarder Air

    Location
    Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
    Career Level
    Professionals
    Employment Type, Work Type
    Full time
    Publishing Date, ID-Nr.
    , 348312

    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
    • 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 not recognise yourself in all the requirements listed, but are you interested and motivated? Then don't hesitate and apply immediately! We will look into the possibilities together.

    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!

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    DB Schenker is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

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