National Sea Logistics Pricing Specialist
Tokyo, JAPAN Sales
Job description
Thinking about improving your career development and your professional growth? We invite you to join one of the most successful international logistics organizations here at Kuehne+Nagel. Our Tokyo branch is looking for a new Sea Logistics Pricing Specialist to join their Sea Logistics team!
Your Role
Your primary objective will be to deliver against our growth strategy by ensuring that pricing support to business development is a priority + key factor in gaining + retaining volumes. You will do this by working with a variety of internal + external stakeholders while focusing on the following key objectives:Your Responsibilities
- To seek insight on customer + related information to ensure the appropriate pricing solutions are offered.
- To incorporate carrier updates + market changes knowledge received in the pricing solutions being offered.
- To execute pricing strategies by liaising on pricing + request for quotation (RFQ) preparation.
- To pro-actively share information on target customers from a pricing perspective, keeping our procurement teams well informed on target business to support carrier discussions.
- To include alternative pricing options, providing development teams with enough flexibility when engaging with customers.
- To share inputs with the Pricing Manager as preparation for participation in procurement/carrier discussions, helping to build solutions for our customers.
- To support trade lane promotions based on knowledge of market gained from our development + procurement teams to help build additional business volumes.
Your Skills and Experiences
- Fluency in both Japanese and English.
- Bachelor's degree in economics and logistics related preferred.
- At least 3 years of experience in Sea Logistics pricing (preferred).
- Able to work under pressure in a fast paced environment.
- Analytical skills related to supply chain, logistics, and transportation.
- Possess solid PC operational knowledge along with MS Office applications experience.
- Strong verbal/written communication and presentation skills.
- Self-disciplined and self-motivated to produce outstanding results and be detail-oriented.