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Pricing Coordinator
Platinum Recruitment is working in partnership with a transport business that has a fantastic service and is well known in the transport and logistics industry. They are looking to recruit a Pricing Coordinator based in Feltham, Middlesex.
Why choose our client?
A large freight forwarder who is very well established and well known in the transport industry.
Evolving and always putting their people first.
Package
* £30,000
* A full-time and permanent role
* Onsite parking
Pricing Coordinator – What’s involved?
Freight Forwarding supplies and combines freight services, information management, and added value into integrated solutions. As part of the Group, Freight Forwarding supports the capacity to offer customers one partner to support their supply chain challenges worldwide.
The Product function is the commercial driver of our growth. The purpose of the department is to win, retain, and develop profitable business. The Pricing team is accountable for specific support activities for Freight Forwarding commercial owners in Business Development, product, and operations.
Working as part of the Pricing team, the Pricing Coordinator is responsible for the daily support of the network and Pricing Manager to ensure customer demands are met, covering, but not limited to, forwarding activity, quotations, billing queries, and reporting – delivered to the highest standard, keeping in mind attention to detail and business acumen. Pricing Coordinators are responsible for:
1. Providing pricing and ad hoc rates to overseas partners, offices, BDMs, and customers.
2. Quoting all spot shipments from the network and tenders that cannot be answered with self-serve tools.
3. Transition of won shipment information to the correct operational team.
4. Creating and maintaining pricing tools (spreadsheets, calculators, databases).
5. Reporting and analysing quote statistics and trends.
6. Informing pricing updates to relevant support teams for WWICs, CargoWise-1, GeoBid, etc. as required.
7. Identifying and implementing changes in process to improve overall company performance.
Key requirements:
1. Procedures, regulatory compliance, and Health and Safety.
2. Update your job knowledge through access to company and local training, showing a commitment to continual professional development.
3. Always keep the working environment clean and tidy.
4. Any other duties as required.
5. Ensure that you have an excellent understanding and working knowledge of all aspects of Health and Safety. Familiarise yourself with the rest of the Health & Safety Manuals as appropriate, including Risk Assessments and COSHH.
6. Qualify and respond to Network and Agent pricing requests on behalf of the UK business, pointing them to the self-serve tools where applicable or undertaking quote and pricing as required within agreed SLA.
7. Follow-up and report monthly on the success of quotes completed.
8. Complete the pricing for local, regional, and global tenders received by the UK Tender/Product team, including the Sales Owners and Branch teams for existing or targeted UK accounts.
9. Provide technical knowledge and support to the business and network.
10. Contact carriers for rates and information related to quotations when information is not available in tools (WWICS / WEBCARGO / G-R8 etc).
11. Analyse data and information to guide commercial decisions.
12. Update and maintain pricing databases and tools.
13. Issue quotations in a single format/system, and record for customer account record.
14. Participate in projects improving processes and competitiveness.
15. Identify and transfer sales leads from the network to appropriate sales teams.
16. Collect market and pricing feedback for improvement of new customer sales and margin on existing customers.
If you're ready to make a lasting impact in a company that values creativity, quality, and great service, we would love to hear from you - apply today!
Consultant: Lisa
Job Number: 931713 / INDCOMMERCIAL
Job Role: Pricing Coordinator
Location: Feltham, Middlesex
Platinum Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
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