Established freight forwarder based in Bedfont are looking for a Global Pricing Specialist to join their team.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and oversee all incoming pricing requests to convert business through accurate, effective, and timely submission.
- Maintain mailboxes under your control.
- Ensure that any quotes accepted comply strictly with the company's terms and conditions and accounting practices.
- Manage and follow up all quotes to obtain feedback to measure, analyse and circulate to the Commercial Manager, suggesting and adjusting pricing where possible to ensure security of business.
- Weekly monitoring of won/loss quotes and follow-ups.
- Follow up on sales leads, updating CRM and logging sales actions as follow-up, adding as new prospect where required.
- Price comparison analysis on key trade lanes, escalating partner performance to the Commercial Manager.
- Negotiate rates with carriers/hauliers/suppliers. Confirm availability of equipment and agree prices where no tariff exists to maximise cost-effectiveness.
- Produce strategic tariffs when required to ensure effective workload and to ensure these tariffs are kept up to date and relevant.
- Seek new carriers/routings that bring value to both the company and our customers.
- Identify and set goals for improved performance and deadlines in ways that comply with the company's plans and vision.
Ideal Candidate Key Skill Attributes
- Industry and operational multi-modal knowledge of airfreight, sea freight, road freight - inbound & outbound including cross trade.
- Strong team player, with ability to work independently when required.
- Able to cope and accustomed to working under pressure to meet fixed deadlines.
- Good analytical skills.
- Dangerous goods knowledge.
- Good communication, including ongoing negotiation skills.
- Enthusiastic, flexible, and self-motivated.
Hours
Monday to Friday 09:00 - 17:30hrs
Salary
£30,000 - £40,000 (depending on experience)
If you would like more information please contact us today.