What are the responsibilities and job description for the Seafreight Pricing Analyst position at PixMob?
For more than 150 years, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has been making strides in the freight forwarding industry because of our exceptional employees in the global Hellmann Family. Our unmatched passion for the employee experience and energy to service our customers makes our resilience possible.
Our Hellmann Promise is to collectively shape our culture through our mission, values, and leadership principles.
If this resonates with your career aspirations, come and help us shape our sustainable impact, job details below!
The Sea Pricing Analyst will be an essential part of a central pricing team which will cover the entire North America Region. The Analyst will collaborate with the Sea Freight organization as well as Sales Department and use knowledge of the U.S. market to provide our organization and our external customers with pricing for their ocean export and import shipments (RFQs and spot quotes).
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manages accurate and timely Seafreight (SF) rate quotes for customers -based on input from Trade Lane Management (TLM) and Local Product Management - in standardized, FMC compliant format to Account Managers and customers
- Ensure compliance with minimum requirements for quotes to be provided (qualifying questions)
- Administers TLM rate input into country response for regional tenders, confirm final rate submission to client matches intended TLM rate levels, validity, and minimum volume commitment requirement
- Coordinate alignment on margins between Product Managers (trucking, drayage and handling fees) on large volume clients or non-standard opportunities
- Provide support to management during the pre-tender process, starting from evaluating tenders, assessing risk factors
- Secure cost analysis (based on customer’s scope of service requirements and their impact on operational complexity and related workload) to ensure a well-defined scope of services is included in bid response
- Close collaboration with overseas offices and global network partner to secure local charges
- Consult with product leadership and Product Teams to agree on client-facing pricing for non-standard services (including side conditions, credit, etc.)
- Liaise with TLM / LCL Manager / Account Manager to align and ensure correct service, transit time, rate validity and volume / capacity – including minimum volume award - required for submitted rates are clearly specified in bid responses to customers
- Identify opportunities for new business and expanding existing customer relationships on re-occurring spot quote requests
- Negotiate with local Ocean Carrier on non-standard spot requests in alignment with TLM
- Adjust quoting parameters in conjunction with product leaders to maintain appropriate win ratios, yield levels, and efficiencies
- Establish and maintain KPIs to measure quoting effectiveness and efficiency for customers
- Supports execution of global, regional and TLM commercial strategies and carrier policies including steering client SF volumes to preferred carriers
- Publishes RFQ information, including carrier, contract numbers, routing information and buy-sell overview and scope of services to Implementation Teams, Sea Freight Product and Account Management prior to movement of first shipment based on input received and gathered from TLM and Product Managers
- Maintain record log of rate expiration dates for existing customers and initiate rate updates
- Analyzes financials and success ratio for RFQs
- Support continuous improvement of NAM Sea Pricing Desk processes and quality standards, e.g. development of post tender process
- Participate in customer meetings as subject matter expert for Sea Product
- Performs other duties as assigned
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
Not applicable
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is :
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics are similar of those of an office setting with various office equipment.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.
Salary Range : $60000.0000 To $70000.0000 Annually
Salary : $60,000 - $70,000