Project Logistics Pricing Specialist

Kuehne Nagel; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Kuehne + Nagel pension plan

Route 2 Rewards scheme

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Kuehne+Nagel Project Logistics Aberdeen is seeking a Pricing Specialist to craft accurate, competitive pricing for complex domestic and international project cargos. You will collaborate with customers, operations, carriers, and suppliers to deliver commercially sound solutions on time and within budgets.

Join a specialist team serving energy, oil & gas, offshore, and renewable sectors, where every quote can impact profitability and client satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Experience within freight forwarding, project logistics, energy logistics, or related supply chain environments.
• Strong commercial awareness with ability to evaluate costs, margins, risk and profitability.
• Excellent negotiation and supplier management skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability with complex logistics requirements.
• Proactive, entrepreneurial mindset with willingness to challenge convention.

Responsibilities

• Develop innovative and commercially competitive logistics solutions for project cargo, heavy lift, breakbulk, out-of-gauge, and multimodal transport requirements.
• Collaborate with operational, procurement, and commercial teams across energy, oil & gas, offshore, and renewables sectors.
• Source and evaluate transport solutions across sea, air, road freight, chartering, and specialist project logistics services.
• Accurately interpret client scopes of work and ensure quotations capture requirements, risks, and costs.
• Build relationships with carriers, suppliers, hauliers, and service providers to optimise outcomes.
• Apply financial and commercial judgement to pricing strategies to support profitability and growth.

Skills

Freight forwarding

Project logistics

Commercial awareness

Negotiation

Analytical thinking

Job description

It's more than a job

As a member of the Freight Forwarding team Kuehne+Nagel, you will play a key role in transporting goods, optimising processes, and fulfilling our customers' promises. And by transporting medicines, toys and important machine parts, you are not only delivering goods, you are making small and big moments possible for people all around the world. At Kuehne+Nagel, our contribution counts in more ways than we imagine.

At Kuehne+Nagel Project Logistics Aberdeen, you'll be part of a specialist team delivering complex transport solutions for the energy, oil & gas, offshore, and renewable sectors. From critical drilling equipment and subsea infrastructure to renewable energy components and time-sensitive project cargo, the work you do helps keep some of the world's most demanding industries moving. If you're looking to join a dynamic, entrepreneurial team where your ideas matter, your commercial decisions make an impact, and no two projects are ever the same, this could be the opportunity for you. As a Pricing Specialist, you will be responsible for delivering accurate and competitive pricing solutions for complex domestic and international project logistics opportunities. Working closely with customers, operations teams, carriers, and suppliers, you will develop commercially sound logistics solutions that maximise profitability while meeting client requirements and project timelines.

How you create impact

• Develop innovative and commercially competitive logistics solutions for project cargo, heavy lift, breakbulk, out-of-gauge, and multimodal transport requirements.
• Work closely with operational, procurement, and commercial teams to support opportunities within the energy, oil & gas, offshore, and renewable sectors.
• Source and evaluate transport solutions across sea freight, air freight, road freight, chartering, and specialist project logistics services.
• Accurately interpret client scopes of work and ensure all quotations fully capture operational requirements, risks, and supplier costs.
• Build strong relationships with carriers, suppliers, hauliers, and service providers to secure the best possible commercial and operational outcomes.
• Apply sound financial and commercial judgement to ensure pricing strategies support profitability and business growth objectives. Identify opportunities to optimise logistics solutions while maintaining service excellence and customer expectations.
• Contribute to a collaborative, entrepreneurial culture that encourages innovation, ownership, and continuous improvement.
• Identify opportunities to optimise logistics solutions while maintaining service excellence and customer expectations.

What we would like you to bring

• Experience within freight forwarding, project logistics, energy logistics, or related supply chain environments.
• Strong commercial awareness with the ability to evaluate costs, margins, risk, and profitability.
• Excellent negotiation and supplier management skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability, particularly when handling complex logistics requirements.
• A proactive, entrepreneurial mindset with a willingness to challenge convention and identify new opportunities.

What's in it for you

If you would like to become a valued member of our team, we will make sure that you’re rewarded for your commitment and expertise. You can join the contributory Kuehne + Nagel pension plan and enjoy our Route 2 Rewards scheme which offers everything from discounts, benefit information, recognition and its own wellbeing center. We care for our colleagues (and their immediate family) with our employee assistance program providing access to 24/7 GP, legal and financial advice along with mental health counselling. All of this to help you live a happier and healthier life As proud holders of the Gold Covenant, we are a forces-friendly employer who recognize the skills, expertise and value service leavers bring to our organization.

Who we are

Logistics shapes everyday life - from the goods we consume to the healthcare we rely on. At Kuehne+Nagel, your work goes beyond logistics; it enables both ordinary and special moments in the lives of people around the world.

As a global leader with a strong heritage and a vision to move the world forward, we offer a safe, stable environment where your career can make a real difference. Whether we help deliver life-saving medicines, develop sustainable transportation solutions or support our local communities, your career will contribute to more than you can imagine.