Experience

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  ATLAS LOGISTICS UK LIMITED

  • United Kingdom
  • Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Team Leader & Compliance Officer

    • Sep 2021 - Present

    Managing the imports team and key accounts for european road imports & exports declarations and various T documents using ASM. Previously sea imports looking after key accounts. Experienced using ASM, AEB, CNS, Destin8 & Boxtop. I do also some airfreight imports. First Aid and Fire Marshal trained. Over 12 years in Customs experience from handling HMRC visits & audits to freight companies and suppliers. Assisting in writing the new ISO27001 & ISO9001.

  • Senior Operations Clerk & Human Resources

    • Sep 2021 - Apr 2022

    Handling the UK road import department for items from Europe into the UK.

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  Christie Lites UK

  • Coventry, England, United Kingdom

  • Transportation & Customs

    • Jun 2021 - Sep 2021
    • Coventry, England, United Kingdom

    Handling the world freight, custom procedures and Carnets for shows. Creating paperwork for various import, exports and also Carnets for European tours. Researching and adding 4000+ commodity codes to cover equipment in the UK, USA and Canada. Implementing PVA and other customs procedures to eliminate delivery delays.

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  ATLAS LOGISTICS UK LIMITED

  • Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

  • Senior Operations Clerk

    • Oct 2020 - Jun 2021
    • Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

    Dealing with imports from China and Brexit trucks from Europe.

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  Christie Lites

  • Coventry, United Kingdom

  • Transportation Coordinator

    • Nov 2019 - Sep 2020
    • Coventry, United Kingdom

    Moving items from a small package to a 40ft container to anywhere in the world. Christie Lites is the largest lights only company in North America and is quickly growing in the UK. I move items by road, air and sea making sure i use the best possible transport, a good price and getting it there in plenty of time so the show goes on. My other important role is checking customs entries and making amendments if required so the UK remain compliant.

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  Premier Paper Group Ltd

  • Minworth, West Midlands, United Kingdom

  • Stock Controller

    • Feb 2018 - Nov 2019
    • Minworth, West Midlands, United Kingdom

    Managing accounts to ensure the required stock is replenished and delivered into the appropriate warehouses. Using systems AS400 and Slim4 to produce reports and ensure required stock is ordered within the lead time and communicate with sales to manage ad-hoc orders. Reports managed in Excel and formulas used to manipulate the data to preview the expected sales and forecast.

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  Metro Shipping Limited

  • Birmingham, United Kingdom

  • Imports

    • Jul 2016 - Jan 2018
    • Birmingham, United Kingdom

    Sea imports door to door dealing with FCL and LCL. Looking after some major accounts and dealing with a variety of goods with strict deadlines and clearing using CNS and Destin8 systems.

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  PRG EMEA

  • Longbridge, Birmingham

  • Freight Head of Department

    • Nov 2011 - Jul 2016
    • Longbridge, Birmingham

    PRG is the world’s leading supplier of entertainment and event technology, PRG provides integrated services and equipment, including audio, video, lighting, rigging, staging, and scenery and automation systems, for these markets from more than 40 offices in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia.My role is to coordinate supply chain management activities. I am responsible for dealing with everything from initial quote off the desk to accepting bookings, arranging transport, liaising with carriers, issuing Export Docs, NES Entries, Invoicing, dialogue with Overseas Agents etc.I manage, problem-solve and provide excellent customer service to all customers, suppliers and third party logistics businesses ensuring maximum added value services.My main markets are China, USA, Middle East, Australia and Europe, although I handle any enquiry Worldwide. I organise freight movements from point of origin to final delivery including customs clearance for all modes of transport.Due to the short notice required to move some equipment I am used to working to a tight schedule and good at prioritising my workload. To deliver customer excellence I offer “out of hours” deployment.I am responsible for incoming freight invoices and checking the correct commodity codes for accuracy and percentages for duty payments to HMRC.