Import Coordinator in Heywood, United Kingdom

At Lineage, helping to feed the world is more than a job – it’s a purpose we live every day. Lineage is the world’s largest and most innovative provider of temperature-controlled logistics solutions.

Import Coordinator

Shifts: Monday to Friday 08:00 to 16:30

Working at the heart of our Import team, you’ll find our busy and dynamic specialist team, continuously improving processes and finding ways to better service our customers. We thrive on creating the best solutions to complex and ever-changing challenges and we’re looking for an Import Coordinator to join us!

With the important task of coordinating the import processes for our vast supply chain, you will be part of the team that enables our flow of goods run seamlessly. Your input as a team player and import professional, will have a direct impact on our operations, and customers.

In Import, no two days are the same! As our Import Coordinator, you will constantly be bringing solutions to new and interesting challenges. As a great stakeholder manager, you will be working closely with internal as well as external teams with a global reach.

You’ll need brilliant communication skills and you’ll be in direct contact with our senior business leaders, as well as brokers and freight forwarders. This will be a fast paced, dynamic position where you’ll need to take a pragmatic approach to solving problems to ensure our imported products get to our customers on time.

If you thrive in dynamic, exciting, global environments, have an understanding of import processes and want to join a great team which values growth and development, this could be the role for you!

Duties and responsibilities

• Building and maintaining strong relationships with external stakeholders including customs brokers, freight forwarders and suppliers

• Working closely with internal teams such as Customs, Buying and Supply Chain, as well as International

• Building the necessary controls and processes around our Import systems

• Supporting managers to refine business processes

• Producing end to end documentation for all processes reflecting operational practices including systems, reporting, and training

• Understanding the objectives of our operational and project work, their impact on the business and dynamically driving solutions to business-critical issues

• Solving problems to key issues proactively and escalating in a timely manner

• Evaluating process and systems relating to all aspects of imports

What we are looking for

• An understanding of the variety of import processes and documentation

• Strong communication skills with the ability to liaise effectively with colleagues across all levels of the business

• Ability to work collaboratively with a range of business departments

• Good IT skills

• Self-motivated, proactive and a great can-do attitude

• Process focused with great attention to detail

• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to multi-task and prioritise

What’s in it for me?

As well as a permanent contract and all the benefits you would expect by working for a global company you will receive:

• Opportunity to develop a career in a growing site

• Social environment with a team who like to support each other to achieve goals, with recognition schemes, site events such as barbecues and shared spaces to enjoy lunch and rest breaks together.

• Support your emotional well-being with access to a 24/7 employee assistance phone line offering confidential free counselling and advice.

Job reference: INDUK

Why Lineage?

We are a global company with more than 22,000 employees spanning 20 countries and more than 400 locations across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and South America.

At Lineage Logistics, we have a shared purpose; we are transforming the food supply chain to eliminate waste and help feed the world. This means working at Lineage is not just a job – it’s an opportunity to innovate and put your mark on how food moves from the farm to dinner tables around the world. As a member of our team, you will be a critical link in the food supply chain.

Our shared purpose drives everything we do in all parts of our organisation, from the warehouse floor to the office. Our team members are passionate about the impact they make every single day.

We are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourage applications from persons regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. At Lineage we also recognise that Ex-Military, veterans, and military families have great experience with transferable skills and core values that can add significant value to our organisation.

Benefits

As a Lineage team member, we aim to provide everything you and your family need to thrive. That’s why we offer competitive rates of pay, paid time off, skills training, and development opportunities to grow a long and fulfilling career with us – plus generous financial rewards when you successfully refer new employees. This is enhanced by recognition schemes (so that your hard work won’t go unnoticed), plus the chance to make your salary go even further with our cycle-to-work scheme and preferential rates for loans and savings courtesy of a leading credit union.

Your everyday wellbeing is also important to us, so we will provide you with all the protective equipment you need to be safe and comfortable at work, and you will have access to a free 24/7 employee assistance phone line, which offers confidential counselling and advice. With all of this offered against the backdrop of a fun and social environment in which you will be supported by a team who enjoy helping each other in achieving their goals, we are confident you will excel with us.

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At Lineage, we have a shared purpose: We are transforming the food supply chain to eliminate waste and help feed the world.

Our shared purpose drives everything we do in all parts of our organization, from the warehouse floor to the corner office. The work we do is noble, and our team members are passionate about the impact they make every day.

Working at Lineage is not just a job – it’s an opportunity to innovate and put your mark on how food moves from the farm to dinner tables around the world. As a member of the Lineage Logistics team, you are a critical link in the food supply chain.

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At Lineage Logistics, helping to feed the world is more than a job – it’s a purpose we live every day. Lineage is one of the world’s leading temperature-controlled logistics companies. Driven by our core values, we’re reimagining the global food supply chain.

Lineage helps customers ranging from Fortune 500 companies to small family-owned businesses increase the efficiency and protect the integrity of their temperature-controlled supply chain. In recognition of the company’s leading innovations, Lineage was recognized as the No 1. Data Science company on Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies in 2019, in addition to ranking 23rd overall in an evaluation of thousands of companies worldwide.

As part of the Lineage family, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your career as we continually expand, using technology and award-winning innovations, to meet the needs of customers around the world.