Customs Coordinator
Job Description & Overview
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Customs Clearance Coordinator</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Salary £30,000 - £36,000 + Profit Share + Bonus | Employee-Owned Business</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Location: Southampton</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Hours: Monday to Friday - 9:00 - 17:00 (Hybrid)</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Are you an experienced Customs Clearance Specialist looking for more than just another customs role?</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">This could be an opportunity to join an employee-owned business where your contribution genuinely matters, you can share in the success of the company, and your customs expertise is valued.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">We're looking for a confident, commercially minded Customs Clearance Specialist who understands the importance of accuracy, compliance and customer service, and who takes pride in getting things right first time.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">This is a role where you'll have genuine ownership of your clients, work closely with colleagues across the business, and play an important part in delivering a high-quality customs service.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">The Opportunity</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">As a Customs Clearance Specialist, you'll be responsible for managing customs entries from receipt of documentation through to completion, ensuring all declarations are accurate, compliant and processed within agreed timescales.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">You'll work with a portfolio of clients, providing practical advice on customs queries while building trusted relationships and ensuring their customs</p>
<h5 class="fw-bold text-success mt-4 mb-3">requirements are handled professionally and efficiently.</h5>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">The role would suit someone who already has solid customs experience and is looking to join a people-focused, collaborative and forward-thinking organisation where there is scope to develop and make a real impact.</p>
<h5 class="fw-bold text-success mt-4 mb-3">Key Responsibilities</h5>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Review all documentation received for customs purposes and ensure the required information is available to process entries accurately.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Submit customs entries using Descartes E-Customs, ensuring full compliance with current HMRC legislation and procedures.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Work to an agreed two-hour turnaround for EU traffic from receipt of the required documentation.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Provide copies of completed customs entries to clients by email.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Maintain accurate records within Leda, ensuring commercial paperwork and customs documentation provide a complete audit trail for client record-keeping.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Process customs amendments promptly and accurately.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">What We're Looking For</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">You'll ideally have previous experience in a customs clearance, freight forwarding, logistics or international trade environment, together with a strong understanding of customs procedures and legislation.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Why Join?</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">This isn't simply an opportunity to join another logistics business.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">As an employee-owned company, the people who work here have a genuine stake in the success of the organisation. Your contribution matters, and there is an opportunity to share in that success.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">WR Logistics are a leading recruitment partner for the logistics and supply chain industry, recruiting across the UK, Europe, and the USA for permanent opportunities.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">WR Logistics is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy</p>
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Key Details
- Date Posted: 08 Oct 2026
- Location: Southampton, Hampshire
- Employment Type: Permanent
- Category: Distribution
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