Job Description

NOTE: We can only respond to applicants whose current experience, industry and qualifications match the requirements of our principals/employers.

Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree
  • 4 - 6 years in Freight Forwarding pricing and logistics field and/or Route development roles
  • Geographic Experience: Qatar, UAE and/or GCC
  • Computer Skills: MS Office
  • High proficiency in English
  • Market/Industry/Functional Knowledge:
  • Good understanding of Market trends
  • Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations
Task Description:
  • Support the creation of the vision and strategy for Ocean & Air regional procurement and pricing.
  • Assess & provide regular feedback & review Ocean and Air Carrier management strategies.
  • Develop and lead the pricing and procurement process for existing and new products in close coordination with the department heads and sales managers.
  • Support tender team with special procurement of Ocean and Air rates as applicable.
  • Maintain Sales Tariff for selected trade lanes that are both competitive and profitable.
  • Analyse actual and forecasted volumes to optimize procurement efforts with Ocean and Air carriers.
  • Negotiate rates / space with Carriers to support Milaha Logistics regular volumes.
  • Provide day-to-day guidance and assistance to the Pricing team, including actively providing pricing to the sales team to ensure Pricing is not a bottle neck in returning timely quotations.
  • Provide timely approvals or feedback to the pricing team so that any escalated requests are resolved to ensure Pricing is not a bottle neck in returning timely quotations.
  • Facilitate weekly meetings with pricing team to evaluate win ratio and define corrective actions proactively.
  • Act as Commercial Liaison for Partner agents to mutually develop more business to Milaha Logistics and conduct regular business reviews with them.
  • Offer technical trade lane knowledge support to Sales departments by producing marketing material and conducting customer visits with the sales team to promote Milaha products and services.
  • Lead marketing/sales campaigns for new Air & Ocean products.
  • Push partner agents for sales leads and distribute them accordingly to Sales department for follow up.
  • Actively engage in closing large opportunities with the Sales team for selected key routes.
  • Lead marketing/sales campaigns for new Air & Ocean products.
  • Set and follow up relevant KPIs for the department that ensure speed of pricing, volume growth , profitability improvement and overall customer satisfaction.
  • Support recruiting, onboarding , integration and development of new qualified colleagues to ensure the availability of qualified & competent resources.
  • Coach subordinates, proactively identify their development needs, establishing development plans and follow-up on these as well as personnel records, timesheets, vacation, leave and absenteeism.
  • Liaise with operations to ensure service delivery is in accordance with customer requirements and vendor's commitments, so that the pricing and sales team can sustainably & credibly sell in future based on current delivery of the promised service.
  • Perform other job-related duties as assigned.



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Job Detail

  • Job Id
    JD1445641
  • Industry
    Not mentioned
  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    Not mentioned
  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Qatar, Qatar
  • Education
    Not mentioned