JOB PURPOSE:

To prepare competitive quotes to ensure profitability.

Working relationships:

INTERNAL

• Customer executive
• Transport dept.
• Order process executive
• Commercial manager
• Sales executive

EXTERNAL

• Clients
• Shipping lines

Requirements

Experience

• 3 years in Freight Freight Forwarding Industry

Personal Attributes

• Keen
• Proactive
• Integrity
• Interpersonal relations

Qualifications

• Diploma in Clearing & Forwarding or equivalent
• Knowledge of the freight forwarding industry

Benefits:

• Airtime
• Medical
• Pension
• Group life

• Source for market rates and mark-up
• Prepare quotations for the Commercial team
• Follow up on the quotes sent to the Clients to ensure closure
• Report on the success rate of the quotations on closure.
• Profile requests
• Seek appropriate levels of approval from Management and service departments
• Review quotations to ensure alignment with the Client confirmations and internal process requirements
• Source and maintain an updated data of contacts relevant to the compilation of quotation and avail them for common reference
• Maintain an up to date record of proposals sent and their status as per approved database formats
• Work with the Commercial Manager to support Freight Forwarding activities in conjunction with the HQ team to build competitive rates within carriers.
• Follow through a customer support gap and create a strategy on organic growth and business continuity.
• Support in market intelligence i.e. Identifying growing verticals
• Work closely with projects and bid teams and assist in putting together proposals.
• Provide periodic reports to all key stakeholders

• Analytical
• Computer literacy
• Numeracy
• Negotiation
• Communication
• Organizational

• Diploma in Clearing & Forwarding or equivalent
• Knowledge of the freight forwarding industry