Freight Operations Coordinator (US) - 6 Month Maternity Cover

Description
As a remote operations specialist, the key mission is to provide excellent customer service for our US customers. You would manage our customer shipments from PO raised to delivery, working collaboratively with Customer Success Managers, Sales, Pricing and Procurement.
As a member of the supply chain operations team, reporting to the Operations team, this role lies at the heart of the Zencargo business/customers and is a mission-critical role in helping Zencargo to continue to scale at pace. If you enjoy working in an open and collaborative environment, with a team that happily “go the extra mile” and a business that is constantly investing in learning for its people, then Zencargo is the right place for you.

Key Responsibilities
As a Zencargo Operations Coordinator you will:

• Ensure Zencargo delivers the highest standard for customers and all shipments move “on-time” and exceptions are handled appropriately. You will be responsible for ensuring we deliver our customers operational KPI’s
• Be responsible for executing the end-to-end movement of our customer product through our network (both imports and exports), including intermodal movements.
• You will understand and follow the customers requirements through their standard operating procedures (SOP). As the customer needs evolve, you will refine the customer operational requirements by working with the CSM to update the customers SOP.
• You will respond to customers escalations, collaborating with customer success managers to solve customer issues quickly and ensure smooth operations at origin and destination. You will handle client issues that require advanced industry knowledge.
• You will ensure shipment and data metrics consistently meet customer expectations.
• You will collaborate with our operations partners and external stakeholders to ensure the success of the shipment lifecycle.
• You will support in process improvement or implementing improved processes when required

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

• Understanding when to/ when not to escalate
• Minimum 3 years experience in logistics, freight forwarding or supply chain
• Must have air freight experience
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills
• Willing
• Able to react quickly whilst maintaining focus and attention to detail
• Embracing change management - short/ medium and long term
• EU Languages desirable but not essential
• Experience with ERP/ Microsoft Excel, PP + Word
• Challenge the status quo and be part of the solution

About Zencargo
Zencargo is a digital-first freight forwarder & logistics provider. Our platform allows customers to book, maintain and keep track of their international freight as well as use analytics to drive intelligent supply chain decisions that help their businesses thrive.

Whilst shipping is a complex trillion-dollar industry, you might be surprised to know that many of the processes that could be simplified with technology are currently done over the phone, by fax and email or even jotted down on scraps of paper

Our services include ocean, air and rail freight as well as trucking and cargo insurance. We deliver significant time, paper and financial savings to our customers offering instant quoting, easy booking and an online dashboard to give them 360 degree, 24/7 visibility on their shipments. Shippers and their counterparts collaborate to oversee their logistics on Zencargo and all their supply chain data is stored together in the cloud making business analytics easier than ever.

At Zencargo, we believe that technology can simplify logistical complexity and tear down barriers to trade. Automating trade and logistics operations and providing access to data and analysis will help companies to trade smarter and more efficiently, freeing businesses to concentrate on key outcomes. Only by combining human endeavour and technology, can we build smarter supply chains that know no borders.

Life at Zencargo

What’s in it for me?

• Zencargo is where you come to do something youre passionate about, and learn new things. We are in scale mode at Zencargo and we work to realistic growth targets and metrics. You will thrive here if you enjoy working in a scaling environment. As we grow we want you to grow with us.
• At Zencargo there is a huge opportunity to build your experience and grow your career. We want you to be part of the team for a long time to come, and we will focus on helping you get to where you want to be. We all have dreams and aspirations. As part of the Zencargo team, we ask you to deliver your optimum work and help us create real value for our customers and teams.

Work, Life and Balance
At Zencargo, we work hard! We do, however, realise that you have family, friends, interests and life outside the world of work. As a scaling business, we constantly evolve our reward and benefits approach.

Here are some highlights!

• Generous Annual Leave
• Flexible, Remote and Hybrid Working
• Home Equipment Allowance
• Vitality Private Medical Insurance
• Annual L&D Budget
• Paid Volunteering Days
• Pension Scheme
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, Adoption and Shared Parental Leave & Pay

Our Vision, Mission and Values
Zencargo is a company driven by our Vision, Mission and Values. We conduct values interviews as part of our recruitment process to ensure we are able to hire top talent that embodies concepts that align with our core values and beliefs.

• Our Zencargo Vision - "A world with smarter trade"
  
• Our Zencargo Mission - "To make customers supply chain their competitive advantage"
  

Our Zencargo Values

• We Learn Fast and Grow
• We Build Trust
• We Take Ownership
We Deliver Outcomes

A Fair Chance
Every role in the Zencargo team is open to applications from all sections of society. We believe in the superpowers and potential of everyone, regardless of race, religion or belief, ethnic origin, different physical ability, family structure, socio-economics, age, nationality or citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other difference that makes you, you.
More than just encouraging your application, were committed to conscious inclusion that (we hope and intend) cultivates an environment of belonging.
We open our doors to those who share these motivations.