Ocean Procurement Manager (West/up to $6k)
Kelly Services (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
Singapore
5-7 Years
60000-72000 SGD Per Annum
Job Description
Our client, a well-known freight forwarding company, is looking for candidates for the position of Ocean Procurement Manager.
Responsibilities
- Rate negotiation and procurement with Ocean Carriers, Capacity Management and Product Development.
- Manage relationship with Carriers to support local and global strategy.
- Maintain local handling charge and trade-lane freight standard rate to Sales Development team.
- Provide technical advice and market intelligence to Sales Development to price products with competitive and sustainable growth.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to analyze, review, and strategize RFI & RFQ.
- Review and monitor success rate of RFQ, work closely with internal stakeholders for post-mortem and make improvements.
- Intervene where needed regarding rates and contract clarification/dispute, space issues with carriers.
- Report and analyze cost management and capacity management to ensure process improvement efficiency and internal/external stakeholder satisfaction.
- Coordinate and support operational projects as assigned by Superior.
Requirements
- Tertiary Education, preferably with freight forwarding pricing (FCL/LCL) experience.
- Minimum 5 years work-related experience in Ocean Freight Procurement.
- Experience in Tariff management and Tender management.
- A team player and self-motivated individual.
- Ability to engage with various internal and external stakeholders.
- Detail-oriented and meticulous.
- A confident personality with strong interpersonal, negotiation, and communication skills.
For interested parties, kindly send in your resume in MS Word format to [HIDDEN TEXT]. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
Job Details
Industry: Other
Function: Purchase/Logistics/Supply Chain
Roles: Transportation/ Shipping Supervisor
Skills: Freight Forwarding, global strategy, Negotiation Skills, Ocean Freight Procurement, Product Development, Tender Management, Sales Development, technical advice, Trade Lane managing capacity, Rate Negotiation.