Manager- Pricing

Boltcargo; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Boltcargo in Mumbai, India is seeking an Ocean Pricing Manager to develop and execute competitive ocean freight pricing across imports, exports, cross-trade and project cargo.

The role involves negotiating with shipping lines, NVOCCs and agents, managing RFQs with fast responses, and ensuring healthy margins through thorough market knowledge and data analysis.

Qualifications

• 610 years of experience in ocean freight pricing/procurement.
• Strong FCL pricing experience.
• Good knowledge of major global trade lanes.
• Strong understanding of shipping-line tariffs and local charges.
• Experience negotiating with shipping lines/NVOCCs.
• Experience handling customer RFQs and tenders.
• Strong commercial and analytical skills.
• Excellent Excel skills and ability to work with large pricing datasets.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Developing, negotiating, managing, and executing competitive ocean freight pricing strategies across import, export, cross-trade, and project cargo movements.
• Manage relationships with shipping lines, NVOCCs, overseas agents, and internal sales/operations teams to ensure competitive buying, accurate quotations, healthy margins, and fast response to RFQs and customer enquiries.
• Strong knowledge of global ocean freight markets, shipping-line tariffs, local charges, free time, equipment availability, surcharges, and trade-lane dynamics.

Skills

Ocean pricing

Pricing strategy

Negotiation

Excel

Data analysis

RFQ management

Cross-trade pricing

Communication

Pricing team leadership

Project coordination

Tools

ERP/TMS/CRM

Job description

Job Summary

Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Job Type: Full time

The Ocean Pricing Manager will be responsible for developing, negotiating, managing, and executing competitive ocean freight pricing strategies across import, export, cross-trade, and project cargo movements. The role will manage relationships with shipping lines, NVOCCs, overseas agents, and internal sales/operations teams to ensure competitive buying, accurate quotations, healthy margins, and fast response to RFQs and customer enquiries. The candidate should have strong knowledge of global ocean freight markets, shipping-line tariffs, local/port charges, free time, equipment availability, surcharges, and trade-lane dynamics.

Responsibilities

• The Ocean Pricing Manager will be responsible for developing, negotiating, managing, and executing competitive ocean freight pricing strategies across import, export, cross-trade, and project cargo movements.
• The role will manage relationships with shipping lines, NVOCCs, overseas agents, and internal sales/operations teams to ensure competitive buying, accurate quotations, healthy margins, and fast response to RFQs and customer enquiries.
• The candidate should have strong knowledge of global ocean freight markets, shipping-line tariffs, local charges, free time, equipment availability, surcharges, and trade-lane dynamics.

Requirements

Essential

• 610 years of experience in ocean freight pricing/procurement.
• Strong FCL pricing experience.
• Good knowledge of major global trade lanes.
• Strong understanding of shipping-line tariffs and local charges.
• Experience negotiating with shipping lines/NVOCCs.
• Experience handling customer RFQs and tenders.
• Strong commercial and analytical skills.
• Excellent Excel skills and ability to work with large pricing datasets.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills.

Preferred

• Experience with project cargo / special equipment.
• Experience in cross-trade pricing.
• Exposure to LCL pricing.
• Experience with freight-forwarding ERP/TMS/CRM systems.
• Experience managing pricing teams.
• Knowledge of digital pricing tools or automated quotation platforms.
• Experience working with international customers and overseas agents.

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