Our client is located in the West Midlands and they are looking for someone for their pricing department.
Monday - Friday 9am-530pm
Salary £30-34k
Duties Include:
*As a team we regularly monitor the sales mailbox throughout the day - Emails will require filing/actioning or categorising accordingly. This is a team effort.
*Take charge of quote requests from our US customer base.
*You will be required to continually develop your knowledge and relationships with our carriers in the UK & USA.
*Research and action routing requirements - This will involve looking at our customer’s requirements, carrier’s services, rates & margins.
*Research and action customer quote requests.
*Build quotes within our freight software or on an excel worksheet.
*As a team we consistently monitor current rates/bookings to ensure every booking has a valid quote.
*Provide sell rates to our operations team for road freight shipments and all ad hoc charges.
*Load carrier rates onto relevant excel documents.
*Monitor market trends and take action to always secure the best rates.
*Research and provide quotes to our overseas agents.
*Assist customers & our operations team with finding workable solutions in any given situation.
*Quote follow up and feedback.
*Document all quotes & NRAs in a central location.
*Negotiating with carriers within the UK & USA.
*Approving purchase invoices & querying where necessary.
*Building/logging door to door rates from service contracts into our buy rate sheets.
*Close/clear communications with your team/our operations team & the operations manager.
*Your role will develop as you grow within the company and this "list" will develop with it. Please take an expansive view of your role and enjoy being part of a developing team.