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Pricing Specialist - Air & Ocean Freight

Heathrow Personnel
Posted 6 hours ago, valid for 19 days
Location

Solihull, West Midlands B90 4SF

Salary

£35,000 - £42,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • An expanding freight forwarding company in the Birmingham area is seeking a Pricing Specialist with AIR or OCEAN freight experience.
  • The role involves receiving customer quotations, pricing for air and ocean freight, and negotiating rates with carriers and suppliers.
  • Candidates should have hands-on operational knowledge of air and seafreight, with strong numerical and communication skills.
  • The position requires a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in the industry, preferably with knowledge of dangerous goods.
  • The salary for this role ranges from £30,000 to £35,000, with working hours from Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM.

I'm recruiting for a Pricing Specialist to join an expanding freight forwarding company based in the Birmingham area. You must have AIR or OCEAN freight experience.

Daily duties will include:

  • Receiving customer quotations
  • Air & ocean freight pricing import, export and cross trade
  • Negotiating rates with carriers, hauliers and suppliers
  • Prepare and submit customer quotations and proposals within an agreed timeframe
  • Creating and issuing quotations
  • Communicate with customers to manage and follow up on all quotes, obtaining feedback to measure, analyse and circulate to relevant teams
  • Track success and failure rate of quotes
  • Develop and build relationships with customers
  • Updating tariffs

Experience needed:

  • Hands on operational and industry knowledge of air and seafreight inbound, outbound and crosstrade
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Dangerous goods knowledge is preferable
  • Strong numerical and commercial skills
  • Excellent communication skills

Working hours:

  • Monday - friday 0900am - 1730pm

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