Freight Pricing Coordinator
Full job description
EL Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £14.22 per hour
The role
* Develop and build relationships to ensure a high level of customer service is provided to clients.
* Maintain a high level of awareness of market fluctuations in rates and charge.
* Negotiate and re-negotiate rates with carriers that are beneficial to customers.
* Provide quotations to customers, within short timescales, taking account of transit times, routes, and opportunities for minimising customer costs by utilising sharing between carriers.
* Maintain profit and loss data for all accounts.
* Requests and queries are resolved and actioned quickly and efficiently.
* Communication with overseas agents and clients is clear precise and effective.
* Accurate & timely reporting to department manager.
* Take ownership of own training and development so as to continuously improve and develop, including training new starters where required.
What we’re looking for
* Experience in freight forwarding including working for an independent.
* Experience of freighting costs involving shipments from Far East, Indian Sub-Continent and/or USA.
* Familiarity with the use of all forms of haulage, sea, road, rail and air.
* Experience of negotiating rates
* Experience of managing client/customer relations with good verbal and written communication, to provide a professional image to customers and suppliers.
* The ability to liaise with a global network of agents, suppliers, shipping lines, hauliers.
* A good awareness of spreadsheets and the ability to produce reports and use formulas to manipulate data.
* The ability to grow repeat business and develop new opportunities.
* International experience and exposure plus the ability to work with a global network of agents, suppliers, shipping lines, hauliers, and rail and air lines in other countries.
* The capacity to work in a high pressure environment whilst remaining calm when under pressure.
* The skill to prioritise a large number of tasks to ensure accuracy, and deliver results with great attention to detail and a high sense of urgency.
* A positive attitude and good problem solving skills.
* The drive to succeed and want to make a contribution to the business.
* Foreign languages would be an added advantage.
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