Airfreight - Pricing Specialist

4 weeks ago


Birmingham UK, West Midlands, United Kingdom Innovate Freight Talent Full time

Our client deliver import/export air, ocean and road freight forwarding, supply chain management, logistics and specialised services in retail, manufacturing and chemicals.


Within our client, its their innovative technologies, pushing of boundaries, and most importantly, their employees that sets them apart. They are proud to say they have been voted a Great Place to Work by their employees in recognition of the positive ethos they have created across all of their locations.


They are actively seeking a highly motivated and proactive individual with expertise in airfreight. You will be responsible for building and maintaining strong relationships with customers, carriers, and suppliers to negotiate and confirm rates effectively. If you have the required experience and skills, we invite you to apply and become an integral part of their team.


Key Responsibilities:

· Receive customer quotations via varying methods – email / online portal etc

· To cover Air – Imports / Exports / Cross Trade

· Negotiate rates with carriers / hauliers / suppliers and confirm availability of equipment and agree prices where no tariff exists, to maximise cost-effectiveness.

· Prepare and submit customer quotations and proposals within agreed timeframe

· Work within our in-house system to create and issue quotations

· Communicate with customers to manage and follow up all quotes to obtain feedback to measure, analyse and circulate to the relevant teams, adjusting pricing where possible to ensure we secure opportunities.

· Track success/failure rate of quotes, reporting back to management

· Develop and build relationships and provide the highest level of customer service to all customers

· To produce strategic tariffs when required to ensure effective workload and to ensure these tariffs are kept up to date and relevant

· Monitor carrier websites and notifications

· Promote continuous improvement

· Any other delegated tasks deemed reasonable as assigned by the reporting manager in line with department growth.

· Engagement with ocean freight operational teams to ensure smooth handover of secured shipments


General Skills:

· Industry and operational knowledge of Airfreight - inbound, outbound, and cross trade

· An understanding of how to influence the profitability through effective pricing

· Able to cope and accustomed to working under pressure to meet fixed deadlines

· Strong numerical and commercial skills

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills

· Excellent attention to detail

· Excellent usage of computer / operating system (Microsoft Windows) along with other office applications (Microsoft Office) (Cargowise – preferable)

· Proactive, team worker with excellent time management and organisation skills

· Enthusiastic, flexible, and self-motivated



  • Birmingham, UK, West Midlands, United Kingdom Harnham Full time

    HEAD OF SPECIALIST LENDINGUP TO £150,000 + STRONG BONUS AND PENSIONBIRMINGHAMA bank in the UK is looking to add a hardworking, driven Head of Specialist Lending to their Birmingham team. The role will involve working closely with different teams across the business and owning the product strategy for Specialist Lending.THE COMPANYA bank with many products...


  • Hounslow, UK, West London, United Kingdom CEVA Logistics Full time

    YOUR ROLEWe are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Airfreight Customer Service Coordinator to join our dynamic Bollore team and play a key role in ensuring customer satisfaction.This role will provide outstanding levels of customer care, proactively expedite and monitor movements in order to meet and exceed our clients expectations. You will work...


  • Birmingham, UK, West Midlands, United Kingdom NES Fircroft Full time

    Position: Service Sales SpecialistLocation: Working from Home (North England)Benefits: Competitive Salary, Company Car / Car Allowance, 10% Bonus, Standard UK Benefits.Profile:This new service sales specialist role is an exciting opportunity, where you’ll be responsible for growth of the service customer base, as well as the sale of advanced / digital...

  • Export Specialist

    3 days ago


    Birmingham, UK, West Midlands, United Kingdom ALS Recruiting Ltd Full time

    Role: Air Export OperatorLocation: Castle Bromwich, Birmingham (Hybrid)Salary: £32,000 - £40,000 (DOE)Perks:20 days holiday, rising to 25 days on 1 year completionAnnual Salary ReviewAttractive pension schemeTangible progression opportunitiesCompany benefits including private healthcare, cycle to work scheme, onsite parkingResponsibilities:Responsible for...


  • Birmingham, UK, West Midlands, United Kingdom Pertemps Network Group Full time

    Job Title: Strategic Sourcing & Supply Chain Manager (EMEA)Location: Birmingham, UKSalary: £80K – £100K + Bonus + BenefitsHours: 08:30 – 17:00 (flexibility required)Contract: PermanentAbout the Company and RoleOur client, a reputable $1.6B global leader in speciality Chemicals, Minerals, and Niche Products, supplies industries such as Construction,...


  • Chessington, UK, South West London, United Kingdom Compressed Air Centre Full time

    We are looking for a dedicated and proactive Sales Support Specialist with Compressed Air Industry background to join our Sales team and support our continued growth of 15% per year. This role is essential for enhancing our sales processes and ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction.Key Responsibilities:Customer Sales and Quotations: Assist in...


  • Crawley, UK, West Sussex, United Kingdom Elite Search Solutions Full time

    This role is full time office basedDue to continued growth, we have a fantastic opportunity for a French speaking Procurement Specialist to join a leading global organisation that sources and procures a diverse selection of supplies and materials to a range of international businesses across the Infrastructure, Mining, Energy & Agriculture sectors.To be...


  • Lincolnshire, UK, East Midlands, United Kingdom D R Newitt Recruitment Full time

    C £75,000 - £80,000, 15% Bonus (Flex for the right person)HOME BASED with travelA Global FMCG Packaging Manufacturer is currently recruiting for a Business Development Manager / BDM to join the sales team. This role will assume responsibility for managing a number of existing accounts but have a main focus on new business generation across the UK.This role...

  • Electrical Estimator

    4 weeks ago


    Wakefield, UK, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom AWC Staff Services Full time

    Our client have evolved and continue growing with over 25 years’ experience as a security turnkey solution provider. They are specialists in the Critical National Infrastructure and high security industry. As a turnkey provider they offer all project elements, electrical, technical, security, lighting, cyber, and groundworks.Position Overview: As an...


  • Gloucestershire, UK, South West England, United Kingdom Cpl Life Sciences Full time

    The key purpose of this role is to manage supplier relationships, ensure the effective processing of purchase orders, address supplier queries, and provide critical support to the Supply Chain and commercial teams. This includes monitoring contract performance, coordinating shipments, handling escalations, and contributing to supplier compliance and...


  • Gloucestershire, UK, South West England, United Kingdom Cpl Life Sciences Full time

    The key purpose of this role is to manage supplier relationships, ensure the effective processing of purchase orders, address supplier queries, and provide critical support to the Supply Chain and commercial teams. This includes monitoring contract performance, coordinating shipments, handling escalations, and contributing to supplier compliance and...


  • Hounslow, UK, West London, United Kingdom dnata Catering UK Full time

    What’s the purpose of role:Working alongside our team of procurement specialists, your role is key as you take responsibility for the strategic sourcing and category management for accountable categories. Developing clear category management strategies, you will maximise value across the end to end product selection sourcing process. The emphasis is on...

  • Senior Bid Manager

    3 days ago


    Leeds, UK, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Bidrecruitment Full time

    I am currently working with a leading construction company who are seeking a bid manager or senior bid manager to join their frameworks team. They are looking for someone with a proven track record of winning framework bids within the construction sector. This role requires travel to Leeds once per week and occasional travel to other office. The salary is...

  • Estimator

    3 days ago


    Huddersfield, UK, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Optimise by Recruitment Full time

    ****We Are Recruiting - Estimator Required****Due to continued success and a strong pipeline of work for 2024 and ahead into 2025, our client who are based in Huddersfield are actively recruiting for an experienced Estimator to join there close-knit team.Our Client specialises in the hospitality, education, and commercial sectors on projects up to £8m in...

  • Proposal Manager

    2 months ago


    Hampton, UK, South West London, United Kingdom Touchlight Full time

    Touchlight is pioneering the Synthetic DNA market. Touchlight is focussed on the enzymatic synthesis of novel DNA formats. Through the Covid pandemic, this quiet revolution has been propelled into the spotlight with the scale-up and proof of concept of RNA and DNA based vaccines. In addition, the stellar growth in viral and non-viral cell and gene therapy...

  • Procurement Lead

    2 months ago


    Bradford, UK, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Morrisons Full time

    The Marketing Procurement Lead role is responsible for Procurement of all Marketing requirements for Morrisons. Sub-categories include Media, Retail Media, Insight & Data, Creative, ‘Martech’, Print & Production, PR. You will be a trusted asset to the Marketing function. You’ll utilise your Procurement experience and category-specific expertise to...


  • Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom Innovate Freight Talent Full time

    Job Title: Airfreight Pricing ExpertAt Innovate Freight Talent, we are seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual to join our team as an Airfreight Pricing Expert. This is a challenging role that requires expertise in airfreight pricing, negotiation, and customer service.About the Role:In this role, you will be responsible for building strong...


  • Birmingham, United Kingdom Innovate Freight Talent Full time

    Our client deliver import/export air, ocean and road freight forwarding, supply chain management, logistics and specialised services in retail, manufacturing and chemicals.Within our client, its their innovative technologies, pushing of boundaries, and most importantly, their employees that sets them apart.They are proud to say they have been voted a Great...


  • Birmingham, United Kingdom Innovate Freight Talent Full time

    Our client deliver import/export air, ocean and road freight forwarding, supply chain management, logistics and specialised services in retail, manufacturing and chemicals. Within our client, its their innovative technologies, pushing of boundaries, and most importantly, their employees that sets them apart. They are proud to say they have been voted a...


  • Birmingham, United Kingdom Innovate Freight Talent Full time

    Our client deliver import/export air, ocean and road freight forwarding, supply chain management, logistics and specialised services in retail, manufacturing and chemicals.Within our client, its their innovative technologies, pushing of boundaries, and most importantly, their employees that sets them apart. They are proud to say they have been voted a Great...


  • Birmingham, United Kingdom Innovate Freight Talent Full time

    Our client deliver import/export air, ocean and road freight forwarding, supply chain management, logistics and specialised services in retail, manufacturing and chemicals.Within our client, its their innovative technologies, pushing of boundaries, and most importantly, their employees that sets them apart. They are proud to say they have been voted a Great...


  • Birmingham, United Kingdom Innovate Freight Talent Full time

    Our client deliver import/export air, ocean and road freight forwarding, supply chain management, logistics and specialised services in retail, manufacturing and chemicals.Within our client, its their innovative technologies, pushing of boundaries, and most importantly, their employees that sets them apart. They are proud to say they have been voted a Great...

  • Pricing Specialist

    2 months ago


    UK, UK, United Kingdom Sterling Recruitment Solutions Ltd Full time

    Pricing Specialist – Freight & LogisticsWe are looking for a motivated and proactive pricing specialist to join a fast-paced, dynamic logistics provider. If you have a solid background in airfreight or ocean freight and a talent for building strong relationships with customers, carriers, and suppliers, we want to hear from you!Location: BirminghamKey...


  • Birmingham, United Kingdom Innovate Freight Talent Full time

    Job DescriptionOur client deliver import/export air, ocean and road freight forwarding, supply chain management, logistics and specialised services in retail, manufacturing and chemicals.Within our client, its their innovative technologies, pushing of boundaries, and most importantly, their employees that sets them apart. They are proud to say they have been...

  • Pricing Specialist

    1 month ago


    Birmingham, United Kingdom Sterling Recruitment Solutions Ltd Full time

    Pricing Specialist – Freight & Logistics We are looking for a motivated and proactive pricing specialist to join a fast-paced, dynamic logistics provider.If you have a solid background in airfreight or ocean freight and a talent for building strong relationships with customers, carriers, and suppliers, we want to hear from you!Location: Birmingham Key...

  • Pricing Specialist

    2 months ago


    Birmingham, United Kingdom Sterling Recruitment Solutions Ltd Full time

    Pricing Specialist – Freight & LogisticsWe are looking for a motivated and proactive pricing specialist to join a fast-paced, dynamic logistics provider. If you have a solid background in airfreight or ocean freight and a talent for building strong relationships with customers, carriers, and suppliers, we want to hear from you!Location: BirminghamKey...

  • Pricing Specialist

    2 months ago


    Birmingham, United Kingdom Sterling Recruitment Solutions Ltd Full time

    Pricing Specialist – Freight & LogisticsWe are looking for a motivated and proactive pricing specialist to join a fast-paced, dynamic logistics provider. If you have a solid background in airfreight or ocean freight and a talent for building strong relationships with customers, carriers, and suppliers, we want to hear from you!Location: BirminghamKey...

  • Pricing Specialist

    1 month ago


    Birmingham, United Kingdom Sterling Recruitment Solutions Ltd Full time

    Pricing Specialist – Freight & Logistics We are looking for a motivated and proactive pricing specialist to join a fast-paced, dynamic logistics provider. If you have a solid background in airfreight or ocean freight and a talent for building strong relationships with customers, carriers, and suppliers, we want to hear from you! Location: Birmingham ...

  • Pricing Specialist

    2 months ago


    Birmingham, United Kingdom Sterling Recruitment Solutions Ltd Full time

    Pricing Specialist – Freight & LogisticsWe are looking for a motivated and proactive pricing specialist to join a fast-paced, dynamic logistics provider. If you have a solid background in airfreight or ocean freight and a talent for building strong relationships with customers, carriers, and suppliers, we want to hear from you!Location: BirminghamKey...

  • Pricing Specialist

    2 months ago


    Birmingham, United Kingdom Sterling Recruitment Solutions Ltd Full time

    Pricing Specialist – Freight & LogisticsWe are looking for a motivated and proactive pricing specialist to join a fast-paced, dynamic logistics provider. If you have a solid background in airfreight or ocean freight and a talent for building strong relationships with customers, carriers, and suppliers, we want to hear from you!Location: BirminghamKey...


  • Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom Sterling Recruitment Solutions Ltd Full time

    Job Title:Freight Pricing SpecialistAbout the Role:We are seeking a motivated and proactive freight pricing specialist to join our fast-paced logistics team. This individual will have a solid background in airfreight operations, as well as exceptional relationship-building skills with customers, carriers, and suppliers.Key Responsibilities:Process customer...

  • Pricing Specialist

    1 month ago


    Birmingham, United Kingdom Sterling Recruitment Solutions Ltd Full time

    Job Description Pricing Specialist – Freight & Logistics We are looking for a motivated and proactive pricing specialist to join a fast-paced, dynamic logistics provider. If you have a solid background in airfreight or ocean freight and a talent for building strong relationships with customers, carriers, and suppliers, we want to hear from you! Location:...


  • Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom Freight Personnel Full time

    **Freight Forwarding Opportunity**We are looking for a highly skilled Air Freight Pricing Specialist to join our team at Freight Personnel in Birmingham. As a leading international global freight forwarder, we specialize in the Far East and USA markets.This role offers an exciting opportunity for a driven and proactive individual to excel in a fast-paced...


  • Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom Freight Personnel Full time

    **About Freight Personnel**We are a specialist in international global freight forwarding, focusing on the Far East and USA markets. Our management team is dedicated to delivering high levels of service both internally and externally.We are now seeking an experienced Air Freight Pricing Specialist to join our Birmingham office. This role requires a driven...


  • Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom Freight Personnel Full time

    **Pricing Specialist Role**We are seeking an experienced Air Freight Pricing Specialist to join our team at Freight Personnel in Birmingham. As a leading international global freight forwarder, we focus on the Far East and USA markets.This role requires a highly skilled individual with airfreight experience and the ability to build strong relationships with...


  • UK, UK, United Kingdom Europa Worldwide Group Full time

    Who we are? Europa Worldwide Group is an ambitious independent logistics operator with three divisions, Europa Road, Europa Air & Sea, and Europa Warehouse, and has been featured in The Sunday Times Top Track 250 for three years.The group employs over 1,400 people with 17 sales offices in the UK, and the Republic of Ireland, plus European teams in France...