About the Role
Are you an experienced logistics and customs professional looking for a role where you truly own your area? Scorpion Automotive Group is looking for a Logistics Coordinator to take end-to-end responsibility for all inbound and outbound movement of goods across the Group — and to be our single point of accountability for import and export compliance.
Based at Scorpion House in Chorley, you'll work closely with our Warehouse, Sales Operations and Procurement teams to keep goods flowing reliably while protecting the business from customs, duty, carriage and trade-compliance exposure.
Key Details
Location: Scorpion House, Drumhead Road, Chorley, Lancashire, PR6 7DE
Reports to: Head of Supply Chain
Department: Group Operations & Supply Chain
Works with: Warehouse · Sales Operations · Procurement
What You'll Do
Import & Export Compliance (core accountability)
- Own day-to-day compliance with UK import and export law across all Group entities, acting as the primary internal contact for customs and trade-compliance matters.
- Ensure all customs declarations are accurate, complete and submitted on time via CDS, maintaining the Group's EORI registration and supporting records.
- Apply correct commodity (tariff) classification using the UK Integrated Online Tariff, ensuring correct duty and import VAT treatment — including Postponed VAT Accounting and duty deferment.
- Govern correct Incoterms 2020 on all shipments so that cost, risk and responsibility transfer points are clear and contractually sound.
- Ensure goods meet UK market-access requirements — including UKCA/CE conformity for electronic products and carriage requirements for lithium-battery products (UN38.3, UN3481/UN3091, ADR/IATA/IMDG).
- Operate export-control and sanctions/denied-party screening, escalating any restricted or high-risk matches before goods move.
- Maintain a complete, audit-ready compliance record set in line with HMRC retention requirements.
Inbound Logistics & Goods-In
- Coordinate all inbound supplier deliveries and international freight, tracking shipments from dispatch through customs clearance to receipt.
- Verify import paperwork (commercial invoices, packing lists, certificates and declarations) for accuracy and compliance before clearance.
- Reconcile goods received against orders and documentation with the Warehouse team, resolving discrepancies, shortages and damages.
Outbound Logistics & Dispatch
- Plan and book all outbound and export dispatches across every channel, ensuring correct documentation, labelling and carrier selection.
- Ensure export consignments carry the right commercial and customs paperwork and meet destination-country requirements.
- Manage returns and replacement logistics, including any associated customs implications.
Carrier & Provider Management
- Manage day-to-day relationships and performance of the Group's carriers, freight forwarders and 3PL providers against agreed service levels.
- Monitor cost, transit performance and service quality; raise, track and resolve claims for loss, damage and delay; check carrier invoicing for accuracy.
- Provide performance data and recommendations to support provider selection and contract reviews.
Risk Management & Continuous Improvement
- Identify, assess and actively mitigate logistics and trade-compliance risk — customs and classification error, duty exposure, carriage non-compliance, dangerous-goods handling and supply continuity.
- Drive continuous improvement across the logistics process — cost, speed, accuracy and compliance — keeping procedures and documentation up to date.
- Provide regular reporting on logistics performance, cost, compliance status and open risks.
What We're Looking For
Essential
- A hands-on background in import/export with practical UK customs and international logistics experience — this is essential.
- Working knowledge of customs declarations (CDS), commodity classification, duty and import VAT, and Incoterms 2020.
- Understanding of trade-compliance obligations including export controls, sanctions screening and dangerous-goods carriage (particularly lithium batteries).
- Strong organisation and documentation discipline, with high accuracy and attention to detail.
- Confident managing third-party carriers and logistics providers against service levels.
- Able to work effectively cross-functionally with Warehouse, Sales Operations and Procurement.
- Sound judgement to identify risk and escalate appropriately, with an ownership mindset and full accountability for the area.
Desirable
- Relevant qualification — e.g. CILT membership, BIFA training or a customs/trade-compliance certification.
- Experience with SAP or a comparable ERP/stock-management system.
- Experience importing from overseas suppliers (e.g. the Far East), including freight-forwarder and clearance coordination.
- Familiarity with UK producer-responsibility obligations (e.g. WEEE, batteries, packaging).
Pay: £35,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Work Location: In person
