DeputyAssistant Manager Procurement- Sea Cargo

Enquiry & Rate Management

Receiving enquires from shipper/overseas agents / sales & acknowledging within 2hrs
Updating enquiry into the enquiry tracker / logisys
Rate negotiation with Shipping line/forwarding agent
Follow-up of quote with shipper/agent
Responsible for freight negotiations with carriers
Ensure best price in the business
Finalizing RFQS for ocean freight movements
Ocean Freight rate negotiation with shipping line / Co-loaders for Inbound / outbound FCL as well as LCL shipments.

Pricing
Act as SPOC for Pricing & Nominations on a Pan India basis.
Ensuring space availability and solving out equipment and space problem with carriers.
Filing the ocean freight rates with shipping lines for various destinations
Respond to Global RFQs / Local rate request.
Analyzing RFQs received from customers and responds them with pricing solutions
Relationship Management
Maintaining and developing relationships with Carriers
Develop relationship with carriers / Rate Negotiations
Attending customers queries locally & all branches as well as overseas agents and sending competitive quotes.
Develop & maintain quoted v/s converted business database to evaluate the success of our pricing levels /strategy.
Co-coordinating with Marketing Executive & Branch offices (Overseas Agents & in Indias offices) regarding the rates Meet turn-around-time for every pricing request.
Negotiate for freight with Liners/Forwarders (FCL/LCL both) and share the same with the marketing persons on weekly -ordination with carriers/feeder operators/agents for rates.
Develop & maintain pricing database for Air & Ocean FCL/LCL both on an ongoing basis.
Filing freights in lines and updating freights in system for Air & sea both.
Support to the seniors with analysis of performance data to facilitate management decision making.
Generate Market Information and disseminate the same through relevant channels to sales.
Daily reporting to HOD.