Airfreight Pricing Expert

Are you looking for a challenging and rewarding career in airfreight pricing? We are seeking an experienced Airfreight Pricing Expert to join our team.

The successful candidate will have a strong background in airfreight operations, with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. As an Airfreight Pricing Expert, you will be responsible for managing the technical translation of customer formats, including collection of rates from country teams. This role requires strong communication and project management skills, as well as the ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Bid Management: Support the Gatekeeper from pre-bid to post-bid on nominated AFR opportunities. Manage incoming RFQ's and work together with all stakeholders in preparing, finalizing, and delivering a timely and winning tender response.
• Country Team Engagement: Engage with country teams and regional pricing teams to ensure all bid responses are checked and validated for accuracy, adherence to customer requirements.
• Technical Translation: Translate and execute CPT-IPT-CPT.
• Market Analysis: Evaluate country pricing to bid and benchmark against comparative bid data, so as to optimize customer pricing effectiveness.
• Customer Relationship Building: Develop and maintain strong contacts with internal customers such as Commercial Owner, Industry Sector Sales (Life Sciences and Healthcare, Chemicals, Automotive, Engineering & Manufacturing, Energy, Technology, Consumer and/or Retail), Account- and Product-Management.
• Market Research: Keep up-to-date with products and all relevant market information and developments.
• Post-Bid Analysis: Follow up on submitted bids with Bid Managers to understand and place on record the bid outcome and lesson learned.
• Complex Customer Requirements: Understand the complexity of customer requirements such as air and ocean transportation, sector-specific knowledge, IT customer solutions etc.
• Online Sourcing: Support and document online sourcing activates directly with the countries.
• Tech Narrative Development: Support and development of technical narratives related to Airfreight Solutions.

Requirements:

• Sanity Check & Review: Check of internal consistency with guidance/Pricing Instructions.
• Pricing Challenge: Challenge pricing as necessary with CACC/RACC.

Continuous Improvement:

• Turn-Around Time Reduction: Shorten turn-around times and improve quality.
• AFR Pricing Solutions: Work with Regional AFR teams to facilitate and enable competitive and differentiating AFR pricing solutions.

Account Ownership:

• Data Provision: Provide relevant data and BI as basis for pricing instructions.
• Proactive Bid Preparation: Proactive bid preparation prior to bid launch.
• Commercial Owner Guidance: Guidance of Commercial Owners on AFR RFQ approach.

Skills / Qualifications:

• Airfreight Forwarding Business Knowledge: Knowledge of Airfreight forwarding business and understanding of supply chain logistics.
• Operations Experience: Operations experience in a complex global environment.
• Communication Skills: Very Strong people and communication skills.
• Time Management: Effective time management with problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Teamwork: Proven ability to work independently and as a team member.
• Fluency: Fluency in English.

Experience:

• Minimum 3 Years Air Operations Experience: Minimum 3 years air operations experiences.
• Advanced Excel Skills: Very advanced knowledge in Microsoft Excel.
• Project Management: Advanced Project Management Skills.
• English Proficiency: Very good English skills, both written and spoken.

Educational Qualifications:

• Degree in Business Administration: Degree in Business Administration or related subject.