Ocean Freight Implant Apprentice - Larne

Who is DHL Global Forwarding?

DHL Global Forwarding (DGF) is part of the DHL Group.

While the DHL Group employs more than 580,000 people globally, DGF has around 31,000 freight forwarding experts in more than 190 countries around the world, with around 1,000 of us based in the UK across 15 Sites. As the experts in Freight Forwarding since 1815, we are the global specialists in Air, Ocean and Rail Freight. 

You name it, we’ve shipped it - from brown bears to aircraft engines, to lifesaving medicines and luxury cars! We are also proud to partner with some of the well-known global sporting series, movie franchises and music tours.

 

Our people are at the heart of what we do, and we’re committed to helping our Forwarders to realise their full potential, supported by our own development journey - Certified International Forwarder 

(CIF). 

Our Values 

Every day we are guided by our values: Passion, Entrepreneurship, Excellence and Teamwork.

We are extremely passionate about our people and what we do, which is why DHL Global Forwarding is recognised as a Top Employer and a Great Place to Work, because we are specialists in providing Excellence, Simply Delivered. 

 

In addition to our values, we promote an open and honest feedback culture based on Respect & Results, whereby our employees embrace diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, while ensuring that we never compromise our integrity and compliance.

Role Overview

As a member of the Outbound Prime Product Logistics Team, you will play a vital role in supporting the Trade Lane Management Team to drive Transportation operational efficiencies & processes for Prime Products moving from EAME facilities to Dealers or end customers internationally.

Integrated with orders management and planning processes, you will plan and execute international transportation shipments to reduce overall transit time and variability, in-transit inventory, and transportation cost.

 

Key Responsibilities:


* Daily execution of Ocean & Truck bookings from RTS (Ready to Ship) – Sail through Work In Progress (WIP) dashboards to ensure orders flow within defined Goal.


* Daily Execution of Transport Management Booking tool to automate bookings to our carriers.


* Collaborate daily with your Trade Lane Manager to provide feedback on impacted shipments.


* Daily communication with dealers to response to customer enquiries with 48 hrs.


* When necessary, raise Rate Request via Transport Management Systems in advance to ensure transport methods are in place prior to ready to ship.


* Data Management clean up to ensure visibility to our dealers with real time tracking information.


* Proactive forecasting to carriers via our internal Pre-Planning tool (SPP) to give carriers visibility in advance.


* Ongoing upkeep of Standard Operating Processes (SOP) 


* Daily support to the TLMs


* Daily collaboration with internal Value Streams, Facilities, Freight Forward...