Manager/ Sr. Manager – Carrier & Freight Commercial

Group Bayport; Gandhinagar; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Group Bayport is seeking an experienced freight procurement professional to manage commercial relationships with carriers across India and international entities. You will own contract renewals, rate benchmarking, and lane allocation while driving cost efficiencies and compliance with service-level agreements.

Role requires a strong background in express pricing, cost analytics, and cross-functional collaboration with operations to reduce accessorial charges and ensure timely carrier governance

Qualifications

• 10–14 years in freight procurement or logistics commercial roles.
• Experience negotiating annual freight spend of ₹100 crore or more.
• Knowledge of express pricing mechanics (dimensional divisors, fuel, accessorials).

Responsibilities

• Own all carrier contracts end to end (FedEx, UPS, Emirates, etc.) with renewals and expiry calendars.
• Benchmark rates and build a baseline rate card for the business.
• Document lane allocation logic for cost, transit time and service level.
• Govern fuel surcharges and concessions across carriers, including US amendments.

Skills

Freight procurement

Carrier management

Contract negotiation

Commercial analytics

Cost modelling

Intermodal exposure

Education

MBA or postgraduate Supply Chain

CIPS or equivalent certification

Tools

Excel

Job description

10-12

Full-Time

About Company:

Group Bayport is a rapidly growing global e-Commerce, B2B2C, B2B and B2C organization and an industry leader in print technology, operates in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, UK, and India through its family of brands – Banner Buzz, Covers & All, Vivyx Printing, Circle One, Giant Media, Neon Earth, Optamark and North cape. From full suites of trade show and small business marketing solutions to sophisticated outdoor living covers, signages and shades to eclectic personal accents and home decor, we help our customers, clients, and partners to make a personalized statement through ,customization.

While our advanced technology and customer focus are certainly our salient attributes, our true strength comes from our team of 1800+ people. We are seeking exceptional talent across the board to join us in our exciting growth journey.

For more about Group Bayport, please visit

This position owns the commercial relationship with every carrier the business uses — rate negotiation, lane allocation, contract renewal and freight cost assurance. It sits directly under the Head of Supply Chain & Logistics and is separate from trade and customs compliance, which is a distinct function. The role carries a monthly express freight spend running in the order of 23 crore, against which no contracted rate table currently exists for the India entities.

Key responsibilities

• Own every carrier contract end to end — FedEx across both India entities and the US entity, UPS, Emirates and new entrants — including a renewal and expiry calendar with a named owner against every date, so that no term lapses unnoticed.
• Negotiate and benchmark rates, and build the rate card baseline the business does not currently hold. Roughly 89% of monthly freight spend is un-baselined today.
• Own lane allocation — routing volume to the right carrier by cost, transit time and service level — and document the logic so it can be audited and repeated.
• Govern dimensional divisors, fuel and surcharge concessions across all carriers, including the US amendment concessions that expire in February 2027 and revert to list.
• Own freight cost assurance — charged weight against company record, invoice audit before payment, and recovery claims through to credit.
• Drive down accessorial and exception charges by working with operations on root cause, not only by validating them after billing.
• Monitor volume commitments and surge clauses against contractual thresholds, and flag a breach before the carrier does.
• Run carrier governance — quarterly business reviews, SLA reviews, escalation matrices and service remedies.
• Report carrier cost monthly into the business review and into the gross margin programme.
• Support the trade and customs compliance function on carrier‑side documentation, without owning compliance itself.

Required skills, qualifications and experience

• 10 to 14 years in freight procurement, carrier management or logistics commercial, with direct hands‑on negotiation with international express carriers.
• Demonstrated contract negotiation on an annual freight spend of 100 crore or above.
• Deep working knowledge of express pricing mechanics — dimensional divisors, fuel tables, accessorial structures, zone and lane pricing, earned discount tiers and volume commitments.
• Freight audit and recovery experience, including building and defending a claim against a carrier.
• Strong commercial analytics — able to build a cost model, defend it to Finance, and put it in front of a carrier without it being picked apart.
• Exposure across air, ocean and parcel modes; export‑led businesses preferred.
• Able to hold a senior carrier relationship and a difficult commercial conversation without damaging it.
• Graduate. MBA or postgraduate qualification in Supply Chain, or CIPS or equivalent procurement certification, an advantage.

What good looks like in the first 90 days

• A complete rate card and contract baseline across every carrier, in one register.
• A renewal and expiry calendar with a named owner against each date, including the February 2027 surcharge cliff.
• The open recovery claim either closed or on an agreed, dated path with the carrier.
• Lane allocation logic documented and agreed with operations.
• A first view of accessorial spend by type, with the three largest reduction opportunities quantified.

Required Skills

Data Auditing Analytical Skills Accounts Payable Financial Analysis Auditing Cost Reduction Account Reconciliation AccountsReceivable advance excel