Logistics Officer

The Company

Dinner Lady is an award-winning premium and global vaping brand, manufacturing and providing vape products to specialist distribution partners and leading FMCG retailers around the world.

Dinner Lady has built an enviable reputation for manufacturing premium quality products, creating winning strategies with key partners globally and delivering successfully long term and sustainable commercial and brand value for partners and for itself whilst delivering world class premium quality products and best in class brand execution for millions of consumers around the world.

In recognition of these achievements, the industry has awarded Dinner Lady with more than 50 international awards including 3 lifetime achievement awards in 2021/22 for its leading contributions to a $20bn p/a industry. The outlook for the industry is healthy and Dinner Lady aspires to now achieve even greater heights as it enters its next chapter of growth which creates new positions to be filled.

We are expanding our Logistics team and looking for a forward thinking individual seeking a challenge and wanting to work for an exceptional organization that is on an exponential growth journey.

As a Logistics Officer you are responsible for ensuring shipments are arranged in line with our customer expectations. You will have knowledge of regulations and shipping requirements across the globe by Sea and Air.

As the representative of the Channel and be responsible for ensuring we deal with reputable, reliable shipping partners.

Main Duties

• Creating import/ export documentation for product shipments
• Liaising with Suppliers and internal teams to ensure smooth and timely delivery
• Sourcing and on-boarding new logistics partners to deliver best in class logistics service to customers
• Arranging transportation for shipments to global destinations from the UK, USA & China
• Ensuring shipments have correct certificates to meet custom requirements
• Coordinate with the warehouse to ensure all documentation for import shipments is prepared prior to arrival

Person Specification

• Prior experience within a manufacturing and/or distribution company that exports globally
• Strong administration experience in a logistics environment including import & export knowledge
• Flexible approach required to support the business in peak times, willingness to learn and adaptable to change
• Good communication skills (written and verbal)
• Excellent attention to detail
• Confidence working independently as well as in a team
• Comfortable working towards SLA’s to deliver best in class service

This is a perfect time to join our global business during a time of exponential growth offering excellent opportunities to progress

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Bereavement leave
• Casual dress
• Company events
• Company pension
• Discounted or free food
• Employee discount
• Employee mentoring programme
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Wellness programme

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Performance bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Blackburn: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• Logistics: 3 years (required)
• understanding INCO TERMS: 2 years (preferred)
• actually booking shipments with forwarders/airlines etc: 2 years (required)
• understand and dealt with custom clearance: 2 years (required)
• logistics to China: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person