Overview
Freight Booking Officer Jobs in Beirut, Beirut Governorate, Lebanon at GFS Global Group
Title: Freight Booking Officer
Company: GFS Global Group
Location: Beirut, Beirut Governorate, Lebanon
Job Summary
The ideal candidate will be reserving bookings and equipments for all EXW, FOB and FCA orders.
Evaluating the best combination between price, transit time & other requirements.
Responsibilities
Update daily report to follow up all ongoing shipments.
Request rates from different external freight forwarders.
Negotiate to receive a target rate if requested.
Make sure to send all requested rates to sales department on time.
Add rates on ERP system.
Get confirmations from the department manager for each order on how to proceed.
Coordinate with suppliers and freight forwarders for most convenient loading schedules.
Send inspection request to BV for the destination that might need to be inspected before departure.
Follow up with the freight forwarders or carriers to have the booking confirmation on time for the shipments after checking that all info mentioned is correct.
Follow up weekly with freight forwarders to get the invoices that must show the agreed rates.
Open claims for any issue and put the claim department in the loop.
Qualifications
BA Degree in transportation, Logistics or distribution.
Familiar with shipping incoterms.
2 to 4 years of relevant experience.
Fluency in Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)
