122 Import jobs in the United Kingdom

Our Felixstowe based client is looking for an experienced Import Operations Clerk to join their team.

Key Responsibilities:

Process and review import documents (invoices, bills of lading, etc.)
Coordinate with freight forwarders and customs brokers
Track shipments and update internal systems
Ensure compliance with import regulations
Resolve delays or documentation issues
Maintain accurate records for audits and reporting

Requirements:

Strong attention to detail and organization
Min 2 years Import experience
Familiar with Microsoft Office
Understanding of MCP, Destin8/CDS
Clear understanding of Bills of lading process
Good communication and problem-solving skills

Salary c£30,000 p/a

Are you experienced in Imports? My client are looking for an Import Administrator to join their team.

You will join a small but vital imports team currently consisting of two colleagues, working alongside three other staff members in a shared office. The role focuses on facilitating the smooth flow of shipments and data between our global suppliers, customers, and internal teams.

Fully office based in LS14.

• Communicating order and shipment updates to customers and internal teams

• Placing purchase orders with global factories for both stock and customer-specific orders

• Booking shipments with suppliers and coordinating deliveries to our warehouse and direct-to-customer

• Updating and maintaining accurate records on our internal system

• Tracking shipments and liaising with shippers, hauliers, and customers

• Filing and managing internal documentation

• Supporting the wider business, including accounts, imports, warehouse, and purchasing teams

• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy

• Strong organisational and time management skills

• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines

• Comfortable with repetitive tasks and maintaining high levels of accuracy

• Capable of working independently after initial guidance

• An understanding of imports and/or logistics (preferred but not essential)

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel

• Experience with database systems - familiarity with SAGE 200 is a plus, though full training will be provided

This is a great opportunity to become part of a supportive team within a stable and growing company, where your work will directly contribute to the success of daily operations and long-term growth.

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Import Coordinator - Feltham | 32,00

We're working with a well-established logistics and freight forwarding company, currently looking to appoint an experienced Import Coordinator to join their dynamic Operations team based in Feltham.

As an Import Coordinator, you'll take ownership of international and domestic freight movements, liaising with clients and carriers to ensure seamless delivery across air and sea. You'll be a proactive problem solver, support business growth, and help streamline operations for improved efficiency and profitability.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee full-cycle operations for multimodal freight

• Collaborate with sales teams to maintain and grow client accounts

• Ensure operational best practices and cost control

• Deliver excellent customer service and resolve queries promptly

• Liaise with suppliers and internal teams to meet deadlines and maintain service quality

Ideal Candidate:

• Experience in a similar freight forwarding role

• Strong understanding of air and sea freight operations

• Commercially aware with sound financial insight

• Knowledge of CargoWise is a plus

Benefits:

• Salary: 32,000
• Performance Bonus
• 22 Days Holiday (plus bank holidays)
• Life Assurance
• A collaborative, growing team with real career progression opportunities

WR Logistics are the #1 recruitment partner for all vacancies in the logistics industry. We recruit UK wide for permanent and contract jobs.

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

Import Coordinator - Feltham | 32,00

We're working with a well-established logistics and freight forwarding company, currently looking to appoint an experienced Import Coordinator to join their dynamic Operations team based in Feltham.

As an Import Coordinator, you'll take ownership of international and domestic freight movements, liaising with clients and carriers to ensure seamless delivery across air and sea. You'll be a proactive problem solver, support business growth, and help streamline operations for improved efficiency and profitability.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee full-cycle operations for multimodal freight

• Collaborate with sales teams to maintain and grow client accounts

• Ensure operational best practices and cost control

• Deliver excellent customer service and resolve queries promptly

• Liaise with suppliers and internal teams to meet deadlines and maintain service quality

Ideal Candidate:

• Experience in a similar freight forwarding role

• Strong understanding of air and sea freight operations

• Commercially aware with sound financial insight

• Knowledge of CargoWise is a plus

Benefits:

• Salary: 32,000
• Performance Bonus
• 22 Days Holiday (plus bank holidays)
• Life Assurance
• A collaborative, growing team with real career progression opportunities

WR Logistics are the #1 recruitment partner for all vacancies in the logistics industry. We recruit UK wide for permanent and contract jobs.

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

Job Role - Import Operations/Customer Service Operative
Hours - Monday-Friday 08:30-17:00
Location - Liverpool
Pay - 30,000 dependant on experience

Job Description

• Handle day to day freight forwarding operations (import/export - air, sea, and/or road)
• Liaise with clients, carriers, and overseas agents to arrange and manage shipments.
• Provide high-quality customer service and respond to customer inquiries promptly.
• Prepare and process shipping documentation, including customers clearance
• Monitor shipments and update customers on status and delivery timelines
• Resolve operational issues proactively and professionally
• Maintain accurate records using internal systems

Essential Skills/Experience

• Experience within a similar role
• Previous experience within logistics
• Previous experience within freight forwarding

Senior Import Operations Consultant – West Sussex – £30,000-£5,000

Senior Import Operations Consultant Package Overview:

• 0,000- 5,000 (Negotiable, depending on experience)
li>Full-Time, Permanent
• Hours of Work: Monday to Friday - (Apply online only) (1-hour Lunch)
• Overtime available after 3-month probation
• DBS will be required for this role
• Excellent Progression and Training Opportunities
• Location- West Sussex Commutable from Horsham, Crawley, Epsom, East Grinstead and Haywards Heath Areas

Company Overview - Senior Import Operations Consultant

Our Client are currently looking for a Senior Import Operations Consultant to join their highly valued team on a full-time basis.

This Company are a reputable business with over 20 years’ experience within the Industry. They are currently entering another period of growth and are looking to expand their team to keep up with high customer demand.

This is an exciting time for the company and the right candidate for the role will need to be enthusiastic, forward thinking and personable with the drive to hit the floor running in order to take full advantage of the opportunities available to them.

You will be part of a strong team who all understand the importance of working together to ensure a high level of service is delivered. You will be given support, training and a realistic workload to help ensure you achieve job satisfaction.

This Company are part of the Transport & Logistics sector and offer various services such as: Air Freight, Sea Freight & Specialist Freight  

Senior Import Operations Consultant Role and Responsibilities:

Handling Incoming Calls: Respond to customer inquiries and provide updates on import shipments.
• Job Quotations: Prepare and provide accurate job quotations for import services, including freight and customs costs.
• Processing Operational Import Jobs: Manage and process import shipments from start to finish, ensuring timely and accurate handling.
• Liaising with Contractors: Coordinate with airlines, freight forwarders, customs brokers, and other contractors to ensure smooth operations.
• Job Costing and Invoicing: Track and calculate costs for each import job, ensuring proper invoicing for services rendered.
• Customs Paperwork: Prepare and submit all required customs documentation for import shipments, ensuring compliance with regulations.
• Warehouse Duties (Occasional): Assist with monitoring, processing, and packing shipments when needed.
• Desk Management: Run your own desk in an organized, efficient, and tidy manner, ensuring all tasks are completed in a timely and accurate manner.

Senior Import Operations Consultant Skills and Experience:

• A Full UK Driving Licence or equivalent (Essential)
• Prior Import and Customs Experience: Essential experience in import operations and customs clearance procedures.
• Export Experience (Advantageous): Knowledge of export operations will be a plus but not mandatory.
• Sea Freight Experience (Priority): Candidates with a background in sea freight will be given priority, though air freight experience will also be considered.
• Dangerous Goods and Licensable Goods Handling: Experience in handling dangerous goods and licensable goods is highly desirable. Relevant training and certification will be required, or must be completed upon employment.
• Training and Development: We provide training for our in-house systems and packages, so a willingness to learn new processes and tools is essential.
• Relevant Certifications: Successful candidates must have or be willing to complete any relevant courses and certifications required to process dangerous and licensable goods, as per industry regulations.

DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY - APPLY NOW

Get Staff acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers

Please note that if you have not been contacted within 7 days, your application for this position has been unsuccessful. INDIND

Industry Key Words:
 

Import Operations, Customs Clearance, International Trade, Logistics Management, Supply Chain, Freight Forwarding, Sea Freight, Air Freight, Import Compliance, Customs Regulations, Cargo Handling, Import Documentation, Duty and Tax Management, Incoterms, Dangerous Goods, Licensable Goods, Hazardous Materials, Import/Export Compliance, Shipment Coordination, Import Billing & Job Costing, Regulatory Compliance, Freight Pricing and Negotiation, Warehousing and Distribution, Vendor Management, Risk Management, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Supply Chain Optimization, Operational Efficiency, Global Trade Compliance, Customs Duty Classification, Trade Agreements, International Logistics, Cross-Border Transportation, Process Improvement, EDI Systems.

Senior Import Operations Consultant – West Sussex – £30,000-£5,000

Senior Import Operations Consultant Package Overview:

• 0,000- 5,000 (Negotiable, depending on experience)
li>Full-Time, Permanent
• Hours of Work: Monday to Friday - (Apply online only) (1-hour Lunch)
• Overtime available after 3-month probation
• DBS will be required for this role
• Excellent Progression and Training Opportunities
• Location- West Sussex Commutable from Horsham, Crawley, Epsom, East Grinstead and Haywards Heath Areas

Company Overview - Senior Import Operations Consultant

Our Client are currently looking for a Senior Import Operations Consultant to join their highly valued team on a full-time basis.

This Company are a reputable business with over 20 years’ experience within the Industry. They are currently entering another period of growth and are looking to expand their team to keep up with high customer demand.

This is an exciting time for the company and the right candidate for the role will need to be enthusiastic, forward thinking and personable with the drive to hit the floor running in order to take full advantage of the opportunities available to them.

You will be part of a strong team who all understand the importance of working together to ensure a high level of service is delivered. You will be given support, training and a realistic workload to help ensure you achieve job satisfaction.

This Company are part of the Transport & Logistics sector and offer various services such as: Air Freight, Sea Freight & Specialist Freight  

Senior Import Operations Consultant Role and Responsibilities:

Handling Incoming Calls: Respond to customer inquiries and provide updates on import shipments.
• Job Quotations: Prepare and provide accurate job quotations for import services, including freight and customs costs.
• Processing Operational Import Jobs: Manage and process import shipments from start to finish, ensuring timely and accurate handling.
• Liaising with Contractors: Coordinate with airlines, freight forwarders, customs brokers, and other contractors to ensure smooth operations.
• Job Costing and Invoicing: Track and calculate costs for each import job, ensuring proper invoicing for services rendered.
• Customs Paperwork: Prepare and submit all required customs documentation for import shipments, ensuring compliance with regulations.
• Warehouse Duties (Occasional): Assist with monitoring, processing, and packing shipments when needed.
• Desk Management: Run your own desk in an organized, efficient, and tidy manner, ensuring all tasks are completed in a timely and accurate manner.

Senior Import Operations Consultant Skills and Experience:

• A Full UK Driving Licence or equivalent (Essential)
• Prior Import and Customs Experience: Essential experience in import operations and customs clearance procedures.
• Export Experience (Advantageous): Knowledge of export operations will be a plus but not mandatory.
• Sea Freight Experience (Priority): Candidates with a background in sea freight will be given priority, though air freight experience will also be considered.
• Dangerous Goods and Licensable Goods Handling: Experience in handling dangerous goods and licensable goods is highly desirable. Relevant training and certification will be required, or must be completed upon employment.
• Training and Development: We provide training for our in-house systems and packages, so a willingness to learn new processes and tools is essential.
• Relevant Certifications: Successful candidates must have or be willing to complete any relevant courses and certifications required to process dangerous and licensable goods, as per industry regulations.

DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY - APPLY NOW

Get Staff acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers

Please note that if you have not been contacted within 7 days, your application for this position has been unsuccessful. INDIND

Industry Key Words:
 

Import Operations, Customs Clearance, International Trade, Logistics Management, Supply Chain, Freight Forwarding, Sea Freight, Air Freight, Import Compliance, Customs Regulations, Cargo Handling, Import Documentation, Duty and Tax Management, Incoterms, Dangerous Goods, Licensable Goods, Hazardous Materials, Import/Export Compliance, Shipment Coordination, Import Billing & Job Costing, Regulatory Compliance, Freight Pricing and Negotiation, Warehousing and Distribution, Vendor Management, Risk Management, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Supply Chain Optimization, Operational Efficiency, Global Trade Compliance, Customs Duty Classification, Trade Agreements, International Logistics, Cross-Border Transportation, Process Improvement, EDI Systems.

You the Import Merchandiser will follow the Critical Path of production from start to finish with far east suppliers, working closing with the designers checking and raising purchase orders and checking gold seals for quality, colour etc.

Client Details

A business in the Harrogate area. They are known for their design lead products sold in to leading Ecommerce & High Street retailers. They are seeking another Import Merchandiser to join their Merchandising team.

Description

• Colour management including checking fabric qualities, prints, lace construction and approving colours.
• Critical Path dates are met.
• Negotiating pricing and handover dates with both the client and the factory
• Holding both handover and critical path meetings with Designers and Garment Technologists.
• Checking and Raising all orders / invoices.
• Track the production progress of purchase orders with the client suppliers, from receipt of the purchase order to delivery into our warehouse.
• Approving all garment compositions per order.
• Creating all packaging specifications.
• Checking all gold seals for quality, colour and packaging.
• Manage the delivery schedule - communicate production updates and ex-factory delivery dates to the business

Profile

• Proven previous experience working as a Buying Admin Assistant, Assistant Buyer, Import Merchandiser or similar
• A problem solver with an eye for detail and accuracy.
• A dynamic self-starter with a positive, enthusiastic can-do attitude.
• Keen progesser and willing to learn and adapt to a growing business.
• Excellent analytic skills and ability to investigate anomalies.
• Customer focused with excellent communication skills.
• The ability to multitask.
• Previous experience of managing tasks, including follow up, reporting, working with other departments and delegating

Job Offer

Hybrid Working -Office 3 days, Home 2 days

Flexible Hours

25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays

Free Parking

Progression Opportunities

A client of ours in the Basildon area are recruiting an Import Clerk to join their team. This is a full-time permanent position working Monday - Friday 9.00am - 5.30pm (37.5 hours) and paying 27,000 - 29,000 per annum depending on experience.

Key Duties include but are not limited to:

• Entering jobs and manifests onto the system
• Supplying the warehouse and all other depots with information required to enable the prompt and efficient off-loading of trailers.
• Liaising with agents and customers to obtain their needs and requirements to ensure all deliveries are completed.
• Daily collating information from hauliers of arrival/departure times.
• Daily calculation of prices and costs for certain manifests.
• Daily up-dating of spreadsheets.
• Assist the department manager with the consolidation and presentation of data for monthly KPI reporting

Skills and Experience required to be considered for this Import Clerk position:

• Minimum 2 years' experience in European Road Freight
• Logistics distribution and supply chain industry experience essential.
• Minimum 2 years' experience in an Import role
• Excellent communication skills

If you feel like you meet the above criteria & would like to be considered for this Import Clerk position, please apply with your CV and contact Abi at Prime Appointments for a confidential chat. #officejobs