International Shipping Associate

Job description

We are looking for an International Shipping & Receiving Associate for our Integrated Facilities Management Business Line

About JLL

We’re JLL. We’re a professional services and investment management firm specializing in real estate. We help organizations around the world achieve their ambitions by owning, occupying and investing in real estate.

We’re a Fortune 500 company.

We work across 80 countries, in 280 different offices, with a team of over 77,000 individuals. And we look after a property portfolio of over 4bn square feet, all on behalf of our clients.

If you’re looking to step up your career, JLL is the perfect professional home. At JLL, you’ll have a chance to innovate with the world’s leading businesses, put that expertise into action on landmark projects, and work on game-changing real estate initiatives.

You’ll also make long-lasting professional connections through sharing different perspectives, and you’ll be inspired by the best. We’re focused on opportunity and want to help you make the most of yours. Achieve your ambitions – join us at JLL!

Location: London

Role Purpose

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Shipping Associate in London. The Shipping Associate will be responsible for verifying and fulfilling all incoming shipments and to ensure stock is available for all orders prior to completion date. This opportunity would be ideally suited to a customer service focused individual with experience within a shipping/receiving related environment who would want to join a multinational fast paced environment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

·  Client facing environment. Excellent customer service is essential.
·  Distribution of Mail throughout the buildings.
·  A knowledge of the Bear tracking application is an advantage.
·  Deliver packages to departments and desks using P.D.A system to scan and sign for packages.
·  Ensure all packages including overnight deliveries and bulk shipments are logged on the package tracking system.
·  Work on a fast pace processing, sorting, and staging packages for delivery.
·  Collect data for and prepare both weekly and monthly reports.
·  Receive, count and verify all incoming parcels, freight, etc.
·  Log all incoming items, letters and packages.
·  Prepare and package outgoing materials to prevent in-transit damage.
·  Prepare all appropriate shipping documentation.
·  Prepare and maintain export compliance records, as required.
·  Coordinate export compliance issues and domestic shipping issues with shippers, as required, including shipment tracking and lost freight issues.
·  Manage “same day” packages to ensure same day shipment.
·  Coordinate all special requests as documented or requested by shipper.  For example: special crating, palletising, or customer labelling.
·  Stay current on global public holidays that might impact on delivery date and international exporting changes such as new commodity codes and customs regulations.
·  Records shipment data, including weight, charges, and space availability.
·  Reports damages & discrepancies for accounting, reimbursement and record keeping purposes.
·  Completes shipping and receiving reports.
·  Participate in export compliance audits.
·  Relies on instructions and pre-established guidelines to perform the functions of the job.
·  Maintain highest level of customer care while demonstrating a friendly and cooperative attitude
·  Satisfying customer demands in a high-volume environment.
·  Ability to demonstrate a high level of problem-solving skills.
·  Other duties as assigned to support the wider facilities event team
·  Post holder will be expected to transfer from Brock Street campus to Rathbone Square on opening of the new building

Qualifications

·  Minimum 1-2 years customer service and shipping/receiving related experience preferred.
·  Handle multiple projects at one time.
·  Ability to effectively work individually and in a team environment.
·  Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
·  Keyboarding and Windows environment PC Skills.
·  Attention to detail.
·  Flexibility and excellent communication skills (Fluent English)

Diversity and equality of opportunity should be the central principle of your selection process.  All stages of the process should be clear, objective and fair.  Ensure you are not discriminating against potential applicants on any basis.  Challenge each aspect of your job description to ensure that the requirements are essential to the role.
 

What you can expect from us

You’ll join an entrepreneurial, inclusive culture. One where we succeed together – across the desk and around the globe. Where like-minded people work naturally together to achieve great things.

Our Total Rewards program reflects our commitment to helping you achieve your ambitions in career, recognition, wellbeing, benefits and pay. We’ll offer you a competitive salary and benefits package.

Join us to develop your strengths and enjoy a fulfilling career full of varied experiences. Keep those ambitions in sights and imagine where JLL can take you...

Apply today!

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