Barbour has an exciting opportunity for a Shipping Administrator to join the Shipping team at our Head Office in South Shields on a temporary maternity-cover basis.

The Shipping Administrator will be key to providing right-first-time shipping to global customers, on time and in full, with high-quality presentation and documentation.  The successful candidate must ensure clear communication at all times, internally and externally, while working in line with Barbour's objectives and values.

Responsibilities of the Shipping Administrator:

• Ensure shared documents are updated in a timely manner to ensure visibility to all departments.
• Support forecasts for incoming and outgoing stock movements for 3PL warehouses.
• Ensure the agreed despatch targets are upheld by the warehouse.
• Ensure paperwork is complete and forward bookings are made with customers and forwarders in line with despatch plans.
• Complete any documentation or answer any despatch queries in a timely manner.
• Ensure strong working relationships with key internal departments and external partners.
• Ensure clear communication to management to ensure resolution of any issues.
• Complete internal and external customer paperwork, in line with shipping deadlines.
• Ensure forward bookings are made with customers and forwarders in line with despatch plans.
• Share all necessary shipment documentation with haulers and customers ahead of despatch.
• Understand and upload relevant shipping information to customer portals.
• Ensure shared documents are updated in a timely manner to ensure visibility to all departments.
• Shipments to be invoiced in a timely manner to achieve monthly sales targets.
• Ensure internal stock movements are moved in line with subsidiaries' warehouse demands.
• Tasks to be completed in line with business KPIs.

What Barbour is looking for:

• Good standard of education
• Experience in a warehousing and logistical environment
• Computer skills, including Outlook, Excel and Word
• Knowledge of shipping paperwork
• Experience in planning
• Excellent communication both internally and to external customers
• Excellent written communication skills in order to liaise with customers appropriately.
• Proactive planning/time management skills to enable effective prioritisation of workload
• Able to make appropriate decisions using own initiative
• Ability to work under pressure, within closely managed targets and deadlines
• Continually look for improvement and be committed to achieving the highest standards
• Effective administration skills

Barbour Benefits:

• Discretionary Company bonus scheme
• Staff Discount
• Staff Shop
• Healthcare Cash Plan
• 25 days holiday as standard increasing with length of service plus bank holidays
• Access to training and development activities to support your career development
• Free onsite parking
• Subsidised canteen
• Operate hybrid & flexible working
• 4 pm finish on a Friday
• Wellbeing support