Zencargo

Pricing Coordinator – Ocean

Zencargo

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: London • United Kingdom

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About the role

  • Manage and respond to spot and long term sea freight pricing requests for all trades ( FCL/ LCL) in a timely manner prioritising accuracy, competitiveness and transparency.
  • Assist in maintenance of all pricing related internal tools to support the ongoing business requirements.
  • Support the sales teams to align pricing proposals and develop a clear framework of client requirements and routing information
  • Collaborate with operations and procurement teams to ensure seamless transition from quotation to booking.
  • Work alongside the pricing&procurement team on projects to develop process improvements and ongoing automation tools.
  • Source and negotiate rates with carriers, LCL consolidators, hauliers and agents to maintain competitiveness and service reliability.
  • Conduct comparative cost analysis to optimise pricing strategies, maximising business.
  • Analyse success of quotes and follow up with sales / clients.
  • Support pricing teams with any other pricing/ procurement related tasks as business requires.

Requirements

  • Strong understanding of ocean freight LCL and FCL pricing structures, carrier quote tools, trade lane dynamics, and carrier relationships.
  • Understanding of supply chain operations in order to translate the necessary moves into a pricing quote
  • Ability to compare ocean carrier pricing to optimise profit
  • Experience with contract management and rate filing processes to ensure compliance and accuracy.
  • Proficiency in Google Sheets/Excel, including pivot tables, Vlookup and other formulas to speed up the pace of data analysis
  • Knowledge of global supply chain economics and how they impact the ocean freight
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
ocean freight pricingLCL pricing structuresFCL pricing structurescost analysiscontract managementrate filing processesdata analysisGoogle SheetsExcelpivot tables
Soft Skills
communicationcollaborationnegotiationproblem-solvingattention to detailorganizational skillstime managementadaptabilityanalytical thinkingcustomer service