Ocean Freight Pricing Manager (f/m/d)

What You Can Expect :

- From day one, you take ownership of preparing, reviewing and submitting competitive quotations for ad-hoc ocean freight requests.

- When it comes to tenders, you lead the pricing process and team up with Sales and Inside Sales to develop attractive and commercially sound solutions.

- With an eye on performance, you monitor and analyze hit rates across different locations, spot trends and translate your findings into opportunities for improvement.

- Looking at the bigger picture, you optimize the entire pricing setup, from the main leg to local charges as well as pre-carriage and on-carriage costs.

- You connect the dots between Sales, Inside Sales, Operational Excellence and Carrier Management to balance customer needs, competitiveness and profitability.

- Last but not least, you actively contribute to the sustainable growth of our ocean freight business by continuously challenging and improving existing pricing approaches.

What You Bring:

- First things first: you bring several years of experience in ocean freight forwarding, ideally combined with a background in operational handling and/or pricing.

- You have strong analytical skills, a keen eye for detail and know how to turn data into smart commercial decisions.

- Even when things get busy, you keep a cool head, set the right priorities and work independently and reliably under tight deadlines.

- On top of that, you combine a hands-on attitude with a strong commercial mindset and always keep profitability and efficiency in sight.

- Last but not least, you are fluent in written and spoken English, while any additional language skills are a welcome bonus.