Associate, Sea Freight, Pricing and Development Singapore
Purpose of Position All aspects of Sea Freight Pricing, Development and Procurement including and not limited to day-to-day procurement support, system support on costing, GP analysis and GP improvement. Key Task Pricing and Procurement
- Maintenance of cost on a monthly/quarterly/yearly basis and share with relevant operational stakeholders
- Setting up and maintenance of MSR to share with relevant stakeholders
- Key Client monthly rate support
- Handle rate enquiries from network and Commercial team
- Vendors credit term / limit maintenance
- Assist operations / billing team on pricing related concern
- Support RFQ for both FCL / LCL
Development
- Relationship management with transporters, co-loaders and vendors
- Work closely with Regional LCL Product team, Gateway team and network offices to monitor utilization, improve the LCL Pricing and Product and propose promotional initiatives
- Seeking opportunities to improve GP on day-to-day tasks through negotiation of costs
- Working with internal stakeholders to secure more market share
Vendor management
- Maintain and implement transporter allocation strategy
- Support the on boarding of new vendors and yearly vendor evaluation process
- Monitor vendor’s performance on the KPIs assigned
- Gather feedback from relevant stakeholders on vendor performance and address challenges faced
- Join and support regular business review meetings with vendors
GP Analysis
- GP improvement through GP analysis on freight products based on customer and port pairs
- Act on loss customers and solutions for turning around
- Profit share development from Partner country and account consistency
- Perform Audit in Profit share
- Perform Audit in Profitable vendor choices
Reporting · Analyze GP/Vendor Trend for manager’s insight Profit Share analysis report · Any other ad-hoc reports assigned Others · Any other job-related tasks assigned by the superior. · Backup Pricing and Development team members as and when needed · Adherence to the Code of Conduct policy of the DSV Group Competencies · CW1and Tango · Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (especially excel) · Team player with initiative, problem solving skills · Pro-active with positive and resilient attitude · Meticulous, independent and able to perform well under pressure · Able to multi-task, set priorities and meeting tight deadlines · Able to handle difficult situations amicably · Willing to learn and share knowledge with the team · Good integrity and credibility · Stakeholder management and communication Experience & Education · Diploma in Supply Chain/Logistics or equivalent · Minimum 2 years of Freight Forwarding experience · Well verse knowledge on Excel.