Senior Manager - Procurement - Cargo

This position will be responsible for procuring rates and negotiated quotes from shipping lines, maintaining cordial relationships with them, and assisting with pricing and tenders to establish the most cost-effective mode for shipments.

You will be entrusted with the below:

- Negotiating with shipping liners for the best rate for LCL/FCL cargo.

- Negotiating and re-negotiating rates to match the target.

- Attending customers and CRM queries locally and overseas and quoting the best prices available.

- Working with departmental heads to assess partnerships and opportunities within the targeted market.

- Developing and maintaining quoted vs. converted business database to assess the success of pricing strategy.

- Meeting turnaround time for every pricing request.

- Generating market information and disseminating the same to sales associates.

- Handling freehand cargo and nomination shipments.

- Setting base prices, comparing prices set by competitors, and measuring customer satisfaction.

- Preparation of rate sheets for specific key sectors on monthly basis for circulation amongst branches.

- Working on securing special incentives with carriers.

- Preparing and assisting with Tenders, RFQs, etc.

- Maintaining cordial relationships with carriers to secure the best prices.