Road Freight Pricing Specialist
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics - atlanta, GA
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For more than 150 years, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has been making strides in the freight forwarding industry because of our exceptional employees in the global Hellmann Family. Our unmatched passion for the employee experience and energy to service our customers makes our resilience possible. For the better. Together. Our Hellmann Promise is to collectively shape our culture through our mission, values, and leadership principles. If this resonates with your career aspirations, come and help us shape our sustainable impact, job details below! The Road Freight Pricing Specialist is the primary contact for prospect negotiation of rates and find carriers capacity for domestic and cross border (Canada, USA, and sometimes Mexico) to satisfy Road Freight operation's needs, as well as, ensuring compliance with the activities related with carriers' management and operations. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: • Negotiate Road Freight lanes costs with carriers to provide the best options to operations. • Manage Hellmann-Carrier relationship to provide the right capacity in the day-to-day operation. • To support carriers vetting (audit) team with all information related to carrier management documents. • Establish and maintain lasting relationships with carriers, partners and other suppliers to work together, developing innovative solutions to solve problems creatively, to exceed customer expectations by providing excellent service. • Handling bids or RFQs according to customer targets or the best market cost as possible. • Collaborate with your team and your supervisor in a proactive way to meet the objectives of the department seeking to increase the efficiency and productivity of the road domestic and cross border operations, seeking to improve processes to optimize results. • Support Canada cross border operation quoting with transparency and efficiency. • Build relationships between countries for cross border integration (Pricing Department). • Performs other duties as assigned SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES This position does not supervise any direct reports. QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: • Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience will be considered in lieu of educational requirement • High School Diploma or GED. • Three years of experience with domestic operations, pricing, and projects. • Completion of any industry related course is an asset. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ATTRIBUTES • Organizational skills • Time management and prioritization • Customer-focused • Adaptable / flexible to high-pressured environment • Interpersonal skills, exercising discretion, and independent judgment on negotiating. • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Email, and Internet • Proficient written and verbal skills communication skills in English • Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as freight rates, discounts, and other percentages PHYSICAL DEMANDS • Frequently required to stand, and walk • Regularly required to sit for extended periods • Regularly uses arms to reach, hands and fingers for computer and phone use • Speaking clearly and listening for heavy phone contact • Requires close-up and computer screen distance vision ability Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. WORK ENVIRONMENT The work environment characteristics are similar of those of an office setting with various office equipment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.
Created: 2024-10-29