Pricing Specialist Air

Pricing Specialist Air - Birmingham - Permanent Role - Air Freight Experience ESSENTIAL

Salary: £33,000 per annum (depending on experience)

Monday to Friday, 08:30-17:30, 60-minute break

All candidates will be subject to a DBS check.

Silver Arrow are currently recruiting for a Pricing Specialist air to work for our client based in Birmingham on a permanent basis. If you have a commercial mindset and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment then we want to hear from you.

Your Role:

• Receive customer quotations via varying methods (e.g., email, online portal, etc.).
• To cover Air - Imports / Exports / Cross Trade.
• Negotiate rates with carriers / hauliers / suppliers and confirm availability of equipment and agree prices where no tariff exists, to maximise cost-effectiveness.
• Prepare and submit customer quotations and proposals within agreed timeframe.
• Work within our in-house system to create and issue quotations.
• Communicate with customers to manage and follow up all quotes to obtain feedback to measure, analyse and circulate to the relevant teams, adjusting pricing where possible to ensure we secure opportunities.
• Track success/failure rate of quotes, reporting back to management.
• Develop and build relationships and provide the highest level of customer service to all customers
• To produce strategic tariffs when required to ensure effective workload and to ensure these tariffs are kept up to date and relevant.
• Monitor carrier websites and notifications.
• Promote continuous improvement.
• Any other delegated tasks deemed reasonable as assigned by the reporting manager in line with department growth.
• Engagement with airfreight operational teams to ensure smooth handover of secured shipments.
• Industry and operational knowledge of Airfreight - inbound, outbound, and cross trade.
• An understanding of how to influence the profitability through effective pricing.
• Able to cope and accustomed to working under pressure to meet fixed deadlines.
• Dangerous Goods knowledge is preferable.
• Strong numerical and commercial skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary including a bonus paid twice a year!
• Access to our benefits, discounts and wellness platform including offers on gym memberships, a wide range of restaurants, retail and much more.
• Health cash plan.
• Octopus Electric Vehicle car scheme.
• Respectful working environment.
• Plenty of opportunities for training and development.

What we need from you:

• Excellent attention to detail.
• Excellent usage of computer / operating system (Microsoft Windows) along with other office applications (Microsoft Office) (Cargowise - preferable).
• Proactive, team worker with excellent time management and organisation skills.
• Enthusiastic, flexible, and self-motivated.

At Silver Arrow, our priority is you. We strongly believe in getting to know you and understanding your needs in the hope of building a great working relationship.

Call our recruitment team today on 01925 815048

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