Manager - Freight Desk

2 weeks ago

Chennai, India Mindsprint Full time
Job Summary:
Freight Desk is a division of MINDSPRINT which works closely with the customers in ensuring the Marine Freight spend is optimized and assist in addressing priority issues with our Shipping partners to find viable solutions.
This role supports the Freight Desk in:
Assisting with the roll out of Global Tender
Optimizing Marine Freight for short term rates
Trouble shooting issues with Shipping Lines/ Forwarders
Coming up with cost effective alternate solutions
Monthly Rolling Forecast, Compliance & Savings Reporting
Job Description:
Drive senior leadership at the Carriers to ensure shipping at the best freights
Read the market through discussions with Carriers, Freight Forwarders, Shippers, Trade News and come up with proactive solutions
Drive senior leadership at the Carriers to accommodating business requests
Support the tender process by being the supplier interface between customer and Business units
Support Global and Domestic Sourcing activities for Marine
Involve in Strategic Negotiations & Contract Management. Monitor & report on the performance of vendors to ensure contractual obligations & performance metrics are met- Compliance Reporting.
Assist with negotiating best in class short term rates and follow through on their utilisation.
Deliver Cost Savings, Cost Avoidance & other Value Delivery Programs YoY, consistently.
Vendor Management:
Perform Benchmarking, identification, approvals, onboarding of targeted vendors
Support Vendor relationship managers on various supplier related activities such as Business reviews, escalation of issues
Supplier Evaluations/Rating & Monitoring
Assist in project management of initiatives involving shipping lines and various BU’s
Profile Description:
A Graduate/ Postgraduate with minimum 10+ years of experience as a Shipping Manager or similar role
Immense knowledge of logistics operations and shipping procedures and documentation
Hands on experience in budgeting and reporting
Must have:
Good leadership skills
Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
Good time-management skills
Great interpersonal and communication skills
Analytical and self -starting go getter with problem solving mindset
Ability to deliver under tight deadlines
Prior experience in front line shipping/forwarding in Customer Operations/Sales
Sound knowledge of elements of Freight and surcharges and their impact on the overall transportation cost
Good exposure to Strategic Sourcing & Procurement Operations, Vendor Management
Experience in dealing with International Suppliers and Shipping line/Freight forwarders
Project management skills will be a plus
Excellent computer literacy, particularly in MS Excel (familiarity with Intermediate and advanced excel formulas) is mandatory
Open to working in a GBS environment with multiple stakeholders and possibly in shifts

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