Shipping Manager- Empoyment, career opportunity in Uk

Job Title:   Shipping Manager (Implant) Dorset
Job Type:    Permanent
Location:    Dorset
Start Date:    Immediate
Salary:    £30-40,000
Ref No:    129121-10724
Date Posted:    22 Sept 2013

Shipping Manager (Implant) required to manage a small team for this Dorset based fashion Retailer. You will have a sound import shipping background (air/ocean) with commercial retail shipping/forwarding experience.

Fantastic opportunity to work with a leading name.

• Work with Product Operations Manager to develop and implement a strategic shipping plan that ensures all delivery timescales are achieved.
• Receive order requirements from Sales Dept and place with allocated suppliers, negotiating production schedules and delivery dates
• Oversee deliveries from suppliers and into customers
• Oversee progress of all orders from salesman samples to final production using critical path management
• Manage and develop your team to ensure they are motivated, competent, commercially astute, dedicated and efficient.
• Liaise daily with suppliers on all shipping and order placement issues
• Manage in-season repeat opportunities, liaising with suppliers to obtain quick turnaround on established styles
• Oversee Purchase order cycle, ensuring all details are correctly logged and processes followed.
• Oversee Letter of Credit Management – setting up LCs in accordance with guidelines, collating orders by suppliers and identifying margins in order or to set up appropriate LCs. Assist with negotiation of terms with suppliers.
• Hangtag and Packing Purchase Management, including purchasing of tags in accordance with volume predications and production timelines. Liaise with designers to ensure timelines are met prior to production.
• Monitor and report on ad hoc costs / open accounts ensuring as many as possible (eg hangtag & screen costs) are included into FOB cost.
• Oversee management of air freight cost re-imbursements, liaising with suppliers where this applies.
• Oversee discount Checking and re- imbursements, applying penalties where appropriate for late deliveries.
• Oversee chasing of deliveries from suppliers, holding weekly meetings with Merchandising team to discuss issues and confirm priorities.
• Oversee management of Customs Classification, ensuring correct categories are applied and advising suppliers. This impacts on quota restrictions and duty payments, which are incorporated into costings information.

£30-40k according to experience



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