Vendor Booking and Freight Associate

Castore exists for one single reason to make athletes better. Our ethos is built upon the philosophy of BETTER NEVER STOPS an ideal deeply infused in our DNA and something we strive to live every single day. We utilise advanced engineering and unique technical fabrics to create the highest quality sportswear in the world for athletes who demand the very best. Designed with a passion for innovation with specialist features to help to optimise athletic performance in all conditions.

The founders vision is to build Castore into a brand respected across the globe for a deep and unrelenting commitment to engineering the highest quality sportswear in the world with no stone left unturned in its search for innovation and performance enhancement.

The sportswear market has been dominated by a small clique of massmarket brands and the vision is for Castore to be a premium alternative to these the natural brand of choice for discerning athletes who demand the very best.

The Role

An exciting role has been created for a Vendor Booking and Freight Associate to join our growing Operations team to lead and ensure a successful execution of the inbound operational functions.

Through our partnership profile and exciting growing mainline the demand for Castore is seeing us partner with the biggest retailers in the market as well as developing a distribution network on a global scale. This role will play an integral role in helping us deliver against our ambitious growth targets in this hugely strategic channel for our business.

Responsibilities

Develop new & maintain existing relationships with external Freight Forwarders 3PLs & internal stakeholders across all departments
Monitor compare and report on freight forwarder performance within agreed SLAs
Monitor compare and report on freight forwarder costs and rates
Manage vendor bookings
Review and check commercial documentation
Work closely with Supply Chain team giving visibility of inbound deliveries to the 3PL
Distribute a weekly shipment status report highlighting areas of risk
Weekly product data maintenance ensuring all product information for the open orderbook is accurate across all systems
Constantly driving for improvements and efficiencies through the team

Skills & Qualities

Essential Knowledge and Experience:

Experience of working in a similar role

Knowledge of commercial documentation and shipping terms

Experience of warehouse management and freight forwarder TMS

Ability to work crossfunctionally liaising with peer groups across the business to drive efficiencies and results

Ability to work within strict deadlines and able to be adaptive to changes

Comfortable in a fastpaced and everchanging business environment

Excellent planning and organisation skills

Flexible approach and willingness to further learn & adapt in a fast pace growing business

Computer literacy (Microsoft suite) Excel Word Outlook

Personal Qualities:

Excellent attention to detail & a natural problem solver

Excellent interpersonal skills

Organisation planning able to juggle multiple projects at once

Confidence in own ability to challenge current ways of working whilst delivering recommendations for improved process

Be a team player

Be results driven

Excellent communicator written and verbally

Share our ambitious outlook

Have a Better Never Stops Attitude

What We Offer

Competitive salary

Discretionary bonus scheme

25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)

Modern city centre offices in Manchester

An opportunity to work with global sporting partners

Office breakout space with pool tables dart board and TVs

A chance to build a career with a fast paced high growth brand

Employee assistance programme

Generous staff discount