Ocean Trade Analyst

3 weeks ago


Birmingham, United Kingdom Metro Full time

Powered by industry-leading Metro technology, Metro Global deliver import/export air, ocean and road freight forwarding, supply chain management, logistics and specialised services in retail, manufacturing and chemicals.


Metro is seeking an Ocean Trade Analyst to join our Ocean Trade team. It is a wide-ranging supporting role, focusing on administration of contracts and monitoring of utilisation, along with analytical tasks to drive optimal yield development.


Key Responsibilities

  • Maintain and update customer rate tariffs including handover to Tariff Management Team
  • Maintain carrier contract agreements including handover to Tariff Management Team
  • Participate in carrier review meetings including preparing presentations and statistics
  • Provide general support to the Trade Management Team as required
  • Support and manage completion of long-term customer tender responses
  • Monitor customer volume performance against agreed commitments
  • Monitor Metro volume performance to core carriers against agreed commitments
  • Monitor NAC and FAK market rate developments on major trades and share intel internally
  • Engage with market intel partners ensuring full awareness of future developments so maximum value and ROI is generated (e.g. Xeneta)
  • Review volume allocation of NAC and FAK per carrier ensuring optimal yield
  • Support carrier landside negotiations and take administrative ownership of communicating updates and maintaining costs
  • Provide regular trade and carrier management reporting in-line with team requirements
  • Other tasks as required


General Skills

  • Strong Ocean Freight background essential
  • Good knowledge of Ocean carrier landscape
  • Good understanding of ocean market and trades
  • Strong communication skills
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Strong process and systems awareness
  • Excellent attention to detail


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