Pricing Executive M/F

Mission Description                      

Based in Nairobi and reporting to the Commercial Manager - Kenya, the overall purpose of the role is to prepare competitive quotes to ensure profitability. The specific deliverables will be to:-

• 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

Profile

• Diploma in Clearing & Forwarding or equivalent
• Knowledge of the freight industry
• Three years experience in a busy Logistics Company