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Ocean Trade Support

Heathrow Personnel
Posted 25 days ago, valid for 5 days
Location

Solihull, West Midlands B90 4SF

Salary

£28,000 - £33,600 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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Sonic Summary

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  • The Ocean Trade Support position involves handling customer quotations through various channels, covering ocean imports, exports, and cross trade.
  • Candidates should have industry knowledge of ocean freight and a strong understanding of pricing to enhance profitability.
  • The role requires excellent communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work under pressure while meeting deadlines.
  • The job offers a salary of £30,000 to £35,000 per year, depending on experience.
  • A minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in the ocean freight industry is required.

NEW VACANCY - OCEAN TRADE SUPPORT

Key Responsibilities

  • Receive customer quotations via varying methods - email / online portal etc
  • To cover Ocean - Imports / Exports / Cross Trade
  • Negotiate rates with carriers / hauliers / suppliers and confirm availability of equipment and agree prices where no tariff exists, to maximise cost-effectiveness.
  • Prepare and submit customer quotations and proposals within agreed timeframe
  • Work within our in-house system to create and issue quotations
  • Communicate with customers to manage and follow up all quotes to obtain feedback to measure, analyse and circulate to the relevant teams, adjusting pricing where possible to ensure we secure opportunities.
  • Track success/failure rate of quotes, reporting back to management
  • Develop and build relationships and provide the highest level of customer service to all customers
  • To produce strategic tariffs when required to ensure effective workload and to ensure these tariffs are kept up to date and relevant
  • Monitor carrier websites and notifications

General Skills

  • Industry and operational knowledge of Ocean freight - inbound, outbound, and cross trade
  • An understanding of how to influence the profitability through effective pricing
  • Able to cope and accustomed to working under pressure to meet fixed deadlines
  • Strong numerical and commercial skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Excellent attention to detail

Working hours

Monday - friday 0900am - 1730pm

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.