AGL (Africa Global Logistics), the reference multimodal logistics operator in Africa, is part of the MSC family. With 23,000 employees in 50 countries, the company connects Africa to Africa and to the rest of the world. AGL relies on its 250 subsidiaries in Africa, Haiti, Timor and Indonesia to provide port, ocean, logistics and railway solutions.
This Pricing Executive role is based in Nairobi and reports to the Deputy Chief Commercial Officer EAREG. The overall purpose of this position is to prepare competitive quotes to ensure profitability.
Specific Deliverables and Responsibilities
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 and Qualifications
- Diploma in Clearing & Forwarding or equivalent.
- Knowledge of the freight industry.
- Three years experience in a busy Logistics Company.
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