Freightserve recruitment are looking for a Airfreight Pricing Specialist for a well-established Freight Forwarder based in the Colnbrook area.
The Air Pricing Team are accountable for the internal and external pricing for UK Air products including consolidation and direct services, both inbound and outbound to and from the United Kingdom by Air. The role will report to the Head of Air Freight will work closely with the Gateway Manager, UK Senior General Managers, Trade Lane Managers and Regional Business Development Managers and the wider Business Development community both in the UK and the Global Network to support the growth of the UK Air Product.
RESPONSIBILITIES:-
- Support growth of UK book of business in conjunction with the head of airfreight and branch management and business development management, maintains history of transactions and adds in documentation for complete client profiles
- Utilise strategic pricing methods and make use of business line knowledge to collaborate with UK and Overseas colleagues to offer a robust and effective solution to secure new business within Trade lanes
- Promotional Tariffs & Pricing
- Network Enquiries
- BD Support
- Customer Quotations
- Builds relationships within existing accounts and expands/develops connection points in other areas of the business line to identify new business leads.
- Develops and maintains positive customer relations in assigned area of responsibility and resolve conflicts involving scheduling, resources, or technical issues with Branch management
- Leads effort to maximize satisfaction, retention and reference ability of customers Plan and Support local BD campaign and promotion order to drive result deliverable, including any Customer visits if required
- Raise customer quotations in a timely manner and follow up accordingly, including weekly KPI reporting
- Work closely within the UK FM business line team to ensure the turnaround of quotes and communicate updates.
- Continual monthly review of company's book of business for up trade and down trading clients to ensure client Churn is identified and resolved for development of branch and trade lane activity
- Responsible for ensuring that contract and promotional rates are maintained and updated .
- Improve productivity and efficiency.
- Trade Lane Tariffs
- Sales Leads
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:
Skills:
- Knowledge of Air freight Industry/ Trends.
- Identification of Opportunities and markets within the overall Airfreight environment
- Thorough understanding of the Rules and regulations to Air freight to and from UK, with clear understanding of
- Overseas regulations where appropriate
- Strategist able to use their experience and perspective help guide trade lane sales and local sales
Knowledge:
- Experience within Freight forwarding/logistics.
- Fully conversant within Procurement / Capacity management.
- Clear understanding and knowledge of Finance and controlling
- Knowledge of Process Engineering and Improvement methodologies
Ability to:
- Ability to communicate and interact effectively with people from multi- functional and diverse backgrounds.
- Strong customer service and people skills are essential.
- Ability to effectively marshal resources externally and internally to achieve deliverable results
As an agency we are fast becoming the number one Freight specialist in the UK. We have a fast growing reputation with most Freight related companies. Freightserve has been established since 1992 working within the Freight Forwarding and Shipping industry.