What You Can Expect:
•From day one, you take ownership of preparing, reviewing and submitting competitive quotations for ad-hoc ocean freight requests.
•When it comes to tenders, you lead the pricing process and team up with Sales and Inside Sales to develop attractive and commercially sound solutions.
•With an eye on performance, you monitor and analyze hit rates across different locations, spot trends and translate your findings into opportunities for improvement.
•Looking at the bigger picture, you optimize the entire pricing setup, from the main leg to local charges as well as pre-carriage and on-carriage costs.
•You connect the dots between Sales, Inside Sales, Operational Excellence and Carrier Management to balance customer needs, competitiveness and profitability.
•Last but not least, you actively contribute to the sustainable growth of our ocean freight business by continuously challenging and improving existing pricing approaches.
What You Bring:
•First things first: you bring several years of experience in ocean freight forwarding, ideally combined with a background in operational handling and/or pricing.
•You have strong analytical skills, a keen eye for detail and know how to turn data into smart commercial decisions.
•Even when things get busy, you keep a cool head, set the right priorities and work independently and reliably under tight deadlines.
•On top of that, you combine a hands-on attitude with a strong commercial mindset and always keep profitability and efficiency in sight.
•Last but not least, you are fluent in written and spoken English, while any additional language skills are a welcome bonus.
