Pricing & Procurement Specialist Ocean Freight (m/w/d)

Job description

Responsibilities Procurement: Monitor local market trends, regulations, and conditions to support informed procurement decisions - Act as the country contact for daily ocean freight pricing and procurement activities - Manage relationships with local carriers, suppliers, and logistics partners to secure competitive end-to-end solutions - Maintain and provide transparency on buying conditions for internal stakeholders - Collaborate closely with operations and sales teams to support business needs - Advise on rate structures, carrier selection, and capacity challenges Pricing: - Support local, regional, and global tendering processes - Provide sales teams with competitive buying rates and selling recommendations, including mainfreight and pre-/on-carriage options - Manage rate requests from the DP World overseas and agent networks to grow non-controlled business - Implement follow-up processes and KPIs to measure pricing success rates - Support monthly and quarterly customer rate updates for the sales organization Qualifications: - Minimum 5 years of experience in the freight forwarding industry, with a strong focus on pricing and procurement - Proven experience in procurement and ca...