Air / Sea Pricing & Procurement Specialist
Trafford Park
Up to 40,000 DOE
About the Business
- Danish parent company - UK division has been operating for 50 years.
- Based in Trafford Park. Office of approx. 35 staff with a further 30+ in Aberdeen/Heathrow.
- Actively expanding within Air, Sea, Road, Courier.
- Currently hiring for our General Cargo Sea/Air/Courier Division
- Business has grown +50% revenue in 2024 alone.
About The Team
- New and growing team so those who join have great say in direction and can put their own stamp on the business.
- Great career paths for team members who want to grow.
- Responsibility and accountability for the business.
- Comfortable with having to find solutions for clients at a high pace and able to build trust with clients.
Job Requirements
- This is a newly created role to support increasing demands for our services across new and existing clients.
- The role exists to secure the best possible buying conditions, ensuring alignment between client and company objectives by matching service/rate levels to new and existing business.
- The role sits between operations and clients and is responsible for Pricing/Procurement of Air and Sea enquiries, ensuring swift and accurate turnaround to increase our business conversion rate.
- The core function of the role is to facilitate enquiries, maximize profitability and ensure operations utilize the best possible supplier network.
- The role/candidate will have significant impact on the business with a great degree of autonomy.
- The right candidate must have operational experience in air/sea (import/export/cross trade) and actively working with pricing/procurement of these products.
Benefits Package
- Salary up to 40,000 DOE
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Pension scheme which is being increased to 8% employer match over next 2 years. (current 5%)
- Working hours M-F 9-5 - Hybrid working 2 days a week possible after probation on agreement with line manager