As an employer, Kuehne+Nagel stands for equal opportunity and we are committed to diversity in our teams with regards to people with disabilities. We believe that you can make a valuable contribution to Kuehne+Nagel and look forward to receiving your application.
Your Role
You are responsible for setting margins for pricing requests, ideally across all trades, taking a variety of elements into consideration (market levels, industry specifics, customer requirements + price sensitivities) while trading off against procurement levels + internal policies to maintain a profitable gross yield.
Your Responsibilities
To maintain + strengthen carrier relationships on operational levels.
To support sea logistics procurement + carrier relation management.
To execute pricing strategies by liaising on pricing + RFQ preparation.
To actively exchange of information + knowledge with your team + other stakeholders.
To provide timely responses to rate requests, finding mutual solutions for profit maximization.
To set selling prices within given bandwidths as per local conditions + pricing policy.
To direct the organisation to book shipments based on carrier agreements or lowest.
To ensure full transparency + sharing of same of current freight rate levels with CCLs.
To support + exchange information with others to gain new, retain + further develop existing accounts.
To get involved + assist business owners for non-standard RFQ related requests.
To seek out customer feedback to drive improvements.
To ensure that databases are always up to date with most relevant pricing information.
Your Skills and Experiences
At least 3 years of experience in Sea Logistics pricing (preferred).
Able to work under pressure in a fast paced environment.
Analytical skills related to supply chain, logistics, and transportation.
Possess solid PC operational knowledge along with MS Office applications experience.
Strong verbal/written communication and presentation skills.
Self-disciplined and self-motivated to produce outstanding results and be detail-oriented.
Kuehne + Nagel is an equal employment/affirmative action employer. If you require an accommodation for any part of the online application process due to a disability, please contact the Employee Services HR Help Desk at 1-800-267-1326 during the hours of 8:00am - 5:00pm EST; Monday through Friday or via e-mail at: [email protected] with the nature of your request. We will answer your inquiry within 24 hours.