Ocean Pricing Asst. Manager

Expeditors; Ahmedabad District; On-site; INR 500,000 - 800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Vacation

Health Plan

Life Insurance

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Training and Development

Growth opportunities

Employee Referral Program

Job summary

Expeditors in Ahmedabad, India, seeks a logistics professional to maintain relationships with service providers, update port charges and transportation rates, and generate timely quotes. This role collaborates with sales and customer service to optimize margins and ensure confidentiality of pricing data.

Responsibilities include obtaining carrier rates, tracking transit times, and reporting on the best carriers for cost and service.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of industry-specific qualification (country specific).
• Good market and product knowledge.
• Effective interpersonal skills, including listening and clear communication.

Responsibilities

• Maintain strong relationships with service providers.
• Keep local port charges, storage and demurrages updated.
• Maintain updated local transportation charges.
• Build good relationships with local carriers and co-loaders.
• Request rates from local carriers and from origin/destination offices; compare with contracts.
• Coordinate with customer service, sales, and managers on profit margins.
• Respond with quotes within 24 hours; notify delays with interim emails.
• Prepare quotes using approved formats and databases.
• Maintain confidentiality of submitted quotes within the department.
• Gather carrier information (name, transit time, services) to improve quoting accuracy.
• Run weekly quotes reports and analyze data for best carrier selections.
• Update team with changes in rates and policies (GRI, PSS).
• Document reasons for quote rejections and maintain logs.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Market knowledge

Effective communication

Computer literacy

Tools

Excel

Word

Job description

We take care of our employees, and they take care of our customers!

Become a member of a global community! The international logistics industry is an integral piece of the global trade puzzle; we make the world go round. Global supply chain management is what we do, and at the heart of Expeditors you will find professionalism, leadership, and a friendly environment, all of which foster an innovative, customer service-based approach to logistics. Expeditors is a global logistics company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. As a Fortune 500 company, we employ over 19,000 trained professionals in a worldwide network of over 350+ locations across six continents. Expeditors satisfies the increasingly sophisticated needs of international trade through customized solutions and seamless, integrated information systems.

Our Mission

We recruit, train, and retain the very best logistics and technical experts the world over. We love to promote from within - more than 50 percent of our employees have been at Expeditors for five years or more. Our high retention rate is influenced by a unique compensation program for positions that are more than just jobs - they're chances to grow, do what you love and build a career with us!

Job Description

• To maintain a very good relationship with the service providers.
• To maintain always the most updated local port charges, storage and demurrages.
• To maintain always the most updated local transportation charges.
• To build very good relationship with the local carriers and co-loaders.
• To requests rates from local carriers, as well as from destination/origin offices and compare the same with Share point and contract agreements.
• To check with customer service persons, sales persons or managers on the profit margin to be added.
• To revert on requests with quotes within 24 hours, if any delay in receipt of rates, an interim email to the sent to the respective person.
• Quotes to be prepared using the Quoting Database or Approved Quote Format as per company policy.
• To keep good relationship with Sales, Customer Service and to collect feedback for each and every quote.
• Updating the Quote Log with feedback for Market analysis.
• If rejected, the correct reason must be updated
• To gather as much information as possible (carrier’s name, transit time, services used) to be able to quote better and get a high closing ratio.
• To run weekly report through the Quoting Database and analyze the information and keep department managers aware of the best carrier to use from the best port/airport.
• To keep all quotes submitted confidential and never disclose the information to anyone outside the department.
• To make sure job is executed as per company guidelines and policies. To always update the team with the GRI, PSS and rate fluctuations and changes whenever they occur.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of industry specific qualification (country specific)
• Good market and product knowledge
• Effective interpersonal skills, including proven abilities to listen, comprehend, effectively communicate clearly and concisely to obtain positive results
• Good computer skills (Excel, Word)

Additional Information

Expeditors offers excellent benefits:

• Paid Vacation, Holiday, Sick Time
• Health Plan: Medical
• Life Insurance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Training and Personnel Development Program
• Growth opportunities within the company
• Employee Referral Program Bonus