DHL
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Job details:
As an Airfreight or Ocean Freight Pricing Expert you will support the execution of an improved global tender process for airfreight or ocean freight product. The AFR / OFR pricing expert manages the technical translation of customer formats, including collection of the rates from the country teams not limited to: providing value proposition; translate bid strategy, customer requirements and network fit.
Key Responsibilities:
Bid Management:
- Support the Gatekeeper from pre-bid to post bid on nominated AFR / OFR opportunities.
- Manage incoming RFQ’s and work together with all stakeholders in preparing, finalizing and delivering a timely and winning tender response
- Engage with country teams and regional pricing teams to ensure all bid responses are checked & validated for accuracy, adherence to customer’s requirements
- Translation and execution of CPT-IPT-CPT
- Evaluate country pricing to bid and benchmark against comparative bid data, so as to optimize customer pricing effectiveness
- Develop and maintain strong contacts with internal customers such as Commercial Owner, Industry Sector Sales (Life Sciences and Healthcare, Chemicals, Automotive, Engineering & Manufacturing, Energy, Technology, Consumer and/or Retail), Account- and Product-Management
- Keep up to date with products and all relevant market information and developments
- Follow up on submitted bids with Bid Managers to understand and place on record the bid outcome and lesson learned
- Understand the complexity of customer’s requirements such as air and ocean transportation, sector specific knowledge, IT customer solutions etc.
- Support and document online sourcing activates directly with the countries
- Support and development of technical narratives related to Airfreight / Ocean Freight Solutions
Sanity Check & Review:
- Check of internal consistency with guidance/Pricing Instructions
- Challenge pricing as necessary with CACC/ROCC
- Support on re-rounds & final offers
- Validation with regional/countries as needed
- Analysis to support walk-away decision
- Support decision makers with final rounds
Support Continuous Improvement Processes:
- Shorten turn-around times & improve quality
- Work with Regional AFR / OFR teams to facilitate and enable competitive and differentiating AFR pricing solutions
- Others: As needed/required by Regional AFR / OFR Product.
Stakeholder: External
- Guidance of account owners to provide relevant data and BI as basis for pricing instructions
- Proactive bid preparation prior to bid launch Guidance of Commercial Owners on AFR RFQ or OFR RFQ approach
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Graduate (Bachelor’s degree from a recognized University in any discipline).
- Minimum 3 years air / ocean operations experiences.
- Knowledge of Airfreight / Ocean Freight forwarding business and understanding of supply chain logistics
- Operations experience in a complex global environment
- Very Strong people and communication skills
- Effective time management with problem solving and decision making skills
- Proven ability to work independently and as a team member
- Very advanced knowledge in Microsoft Excel
- Advanced Project Management Skills
- Very good English skills, both written and spoken
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