Description
We are looking for a highly motivated and organised Import Administrator to join our team at Footasylum. You will work closely with the Supply Chain and Merchandising team to manage Supply Chain Operations and Own Brand production/delivery, utilising your attention to detail and an understanding of the knock on effects of every task undertaken.
The role is varied and will include:
Manage all Imports documents data sheets and filing system
Weekly Data File Maintenance such as ex-factory and Country of Origin updates on ERP system.
Ensure documentation for import/export shipments is accurate for all Freight movements
Perform regular analysis, reconciliations, problem solving and progress chasing of all shipments and invoices
Understand financial documents and work with the Accounts team to manage payments and invoices
Work closely with the freight forwarders and suppliers on all documentation aspects
Airfreight quotes and approval requests
Provide clearance instructions to Freight Fowarders
Weekly warehouse Intake bookings
Support on all customers compliance shipment requirements approving carton labels and barcodes as when required
The Teams
The Merchandise team is an extended family split into departments, you will get to know the wider team but also across the departments. Within each department you will have the opportunity to make decisions influencing sell through, following through strategic plans and effecting profitability.
We drive personal development and provide all the tools to help you feel empowered. There are many examples of people who have joined the team and progressed quickly. We invest in our training and development and this role will be no different. Our aim is to help create an environment where you can achieve, progress, and grow, in addition to supporting, training, and mentoring the junior team, celebrating progression and success.
About You
We love people with passion. It can be with fashion, it can be with something else but we want to help utilise that passion in to your career. We encourage people to defy the ordinary.
You will be driven, ambitious and motivated and we will harness this into your development. You will care about the stakeholders and customers.
We are ideally looking for someone with experience and understanding of import/supply chain processes who possesses good analytical skills.
Diversity
We recognise and value the importance of diversity to help make sure we have lots of different perspectives when we are providing service to our colleagues and customers. We know that this will help us build a great service, which our customers will love. This is great news for our business. Diversity for us is also, importantly, about building happy teams full of people that want to learn and want to be inspired by each other and our different experiences.
Recruitment Process
We review applications on an individual basis, and if we feel you would be a good fit we’ll invite you for a call or Teams video for an informal chat about the role, and to see if we’re a good fit for you.
We value open and honest conversations and collaboration, giving you a chance to learn about what we are doing in an informal and friendly environment. We want to know about you and why you feel that this is the opportunity for you.
Please note, this is not a remote role and our expectation is that you will be able to attend Head Office in a hybrid way, in Greater Manchester.