Pricing Controller Ocean Freight at DB Schenker

Responsibilities

• Support sales efforts through the preparation of accurate and relevant Ocean Import and Export estimates for clients and requests from within the company and the follow through of estimates to closure.
• Provide commercial insight through the evaluation of estimate results to improve company tender strike rate and competitiveness.
• Provide administrative support and back up including the creation and maintenance of estimate and freight registers.
• Develop and establish relationships through the provision of administrative support and back up to key stakeholders specifically origin offices and the various sales units and staff.
• Generate sales leads and distribute these to the respective Sales teams / management whilst ensuring that these leads have been attended to.
• Facilitate and address all inter-branch queries and proactively communicate with stakeholders in respect of rates / estimates.
• Ensure that all activities in the area of responsibility are compliant with current legal and company specific regulations.
• Develop relationships and support key stakeholders in the business, these being sales units, vertical markets and KAM’s.
• Assistance on global ocean freight tenders.
• This includes leading the tender process, analysis of requirements, gathering and compiling input from all stake holders, analysis of solutions and pricing, compilation and on time submission of tenders.
• Ensuring the solution and pricing meet the customer’s specific requirements as well as operational capabilities.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of clearing and forwarding industry and all its service offerings and all commercial terms (Incoterms).
• Grade 12 Certificate is essential.
• Relevant Diploma with a high level of numerical ability.
• 5 years’ experience in a Pricing and operational capacity in International Freight.