About BDP International:
PSA BDP, a leading provider of globally integrated and port-centric supply chain, transportation, and logistics solutions, is headquartered in Philadelphia, USA. It serves a wide range of multinational customers across diverse industry verticals, providing services that include lead logistics (LLP) and fourth-party logistics (4PL) solutions; ocean, air, rail and road transportation; barge services; complementary port services; origin management, export freight forwarding; import customs clearance and regulatory compliance; trade compliance, analytics and optimization solutions; contract logistics; project logistics; warehousing, and supply chain visibility and predictive ETA tracking through proprietary Smart technology and applications. PSA BDP is a unit of PSA International, a leading global port operator and trusted supply chain partner to cargo stakeholders.
Responsibilities:
Position: Assistance Manager - Pricing
To source for the best possible cost from Carriers so that we can provide our Sales’ organization with competitive pricing to win more businesses for BDP for Ocean Product ( Import & Export). Building good repo with Carriers / NVOCC and developing relationship to get the best rates.
Job specifications
- Tender Bids / Named Accounts / Regular Rate Requests
- Liaise with BDP Regional tender team on the tender bids received on the strategies involved.
- Work with local carriers on the tender bid/NAC/rate request(s) if required.
- Liaise with relationship holder(s) and carrier(s) for Named Accounts received directly via mail.
- Provide recommended selling costs to relationship holder(s)
- Follow up on Rate Requests with Lost Reason “Rates too high.”
- Uploading Rates from Carrier into our local system to have more visibility or rates options.
- Working with Core carriers and moving high volumes with them
- Assisting Sales Team in given the best and the lowest rates to get new customers onboard.
- In case of requirement, meeting customers and giving them best possible solutions and getting them onboard.
- Mediator between TRAC/GSC and Pricing teams
- Monitor the accuracy of the contract uploaded by GSC
- Provide advice/verification to GSC if required
- Market Updates
- Perform analysis on market trend to regional procurement team
- Send market updates from carriers to Sales team if required
- Trend export rates for means to forecast for longer validity
- Liaise with Internal Stakeholders
- Work with APAC, North America and Europe regional procurement and pricing teams to put forward the best pricing solutions for each and new business opportunity.
- Offer rates, alternative solution(s) and working towards problem solving approach
- Identify doubts and bridge differences on understanding and expectation(s)
- Provide timely response to enquiries
- Provide verifications on charges and rate discrepancies
- Request regional support for alternative solutions
- To intervene in operational issues whenever required
- Liaise with External Stakeholders
- Liaise with carriers to resolve operational issues including but not limited to rate disputes, space requests and etc.
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- Request for rates for Tender Bids/NACs/Requests with target rates
- Request for monthly lifting report, if not already provided for by carrier(s)
- Report Analysis
- Tally lifting reports between Cyberlog and carriers’ lifting
- Provide carriers with volume forecasts for NACs
- Analyze lifting reports for NACs and the forecast provided earlier
- Any other tasks assigned
Academic Qualifications:
- 3-4 years of relevant experience from freight forwarding pricing domain
- Good communication, Interpersonal skills.
Knowledge/ Skills
- Result oriented and target driven professional.
- Strong problem-solving and out of box thinking skills.
- Adaptability and go getter attitude.
- Good Interpersonal skills and Good Analytical bent of mind.
- Good communication and Presentation skills.
- Good knowledge of MS Office.
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