Air and Ocean Export Specialist
19 days ago
Feltham
✈️ Air Export Specialist – High Value & Fine Art Location: Feltham Salary: £45,000 We are recruiting for an experienced Air Export Specialist to join a well-established freight forwarder renowned for handling high-value cargo and fine art shipments. This is a full start-to-finish position, offering complete ownership of the export process — from quotation through to final billing — with a strong focus on compliance, precision, and white-glove service. The Role You will be responsible for managing end-to-end air export movements, ensuring the secure and compliant transportation of time-sensitive and high-value consignments. Key Responsibilities: • Managing full-cycle air export operations (road and ocean experience advantageous), • Preparing and submitting complex export customs entries, including Home Use, End Use, Bonded movements, IPR, OPR, Carnets, and Returned Goods Relief, • Handling shipments requiring enhanced care, discretion, and regulatory compliance, • Liaising closely with airlines, specialist carriers, galleries, private clients, and internal teams, • Producing accurate, competitive quotations and completing final billing, • Ensuring all documentation, security protocols, and regulatory requirements are met without exception, • Proactively monitoring shipments to guarantee smooth, on-time delivery About You • Minimum 4 years’ air export experience within freight forwarding, • Demonstrable experience handling high-value, sensitive, or specialist cargo preferred, • Strong and stable employment history, • Confident with full customs processes, including special procedures, • Highly detail-oriented with a compliance-first mindset, • Calm, solutions-driven approach in time-critical environments, • Able to work autonomously while maintaining exceptional client service standards If you are an experienced export professional looking to join a respected forwarder operating at the premium end of the market, I would love to have a confidential discussion.