Apprenticeship as a freight forwarding and logistics services clerk
(m/f/d)Job Description
Borderless work – Freight Forwarding and Logistics Services Specialist. Is the world your village? Great! As a freight forwarding and logistics services specialist, you can earn money with your passion for foreign countries. Bananas don't grow in the Black Forest, but people there also want to eat these tropical fruits. A lot of planning is necessary to ensure that bananas arrive ripe on supermarket shelves in southern Germany. As a freight forwarding and logistics services specialist, you ensure that goods travel smoothly from one place to another. You determine which means of transport is most suitable, check customs regulations and delivery times. Based on the collected data, you create quotes. Once the goods are en route, you take care of compliance with customs regulations and ensure that the necessary documents are always where they belong, so that the goods arrive safely and on time.
Job Profile
Graduation
Soft Skills
Grades
Areas of Interest
Important School Subjects
- math
- German
- Foreign languages
- Geography
- Business
Training Content
- Advising customers regarding the choice of suitable means of transport, transport methods and packaging
- Offer and cost calculation, contract drafting and conclusion
- Determining suitable routes
- Insurance coverage, accompanying documents, freight and customs papers, as well as official permits for special transports
- Monitoring of the entire transport route, problem management
- Control of incoming and outgoing goods, organization of storage and invoicing of forwarding services
- Customer complaints and claims settlement
- Correspondence and coordination with business partners involved in the transport chain
- Development of comprehensive logistics concepts for their customers
Salary
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