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Divergent Recruit Pty Ltd Recruitment 2023/2024
Applications are invited from interested and suitably qualified candidates for Divergent Recruit Pty Ltd Recruitment 2023/2024.
Divergent Recruit Pty Ltd is a reputable firm in South Africa.
We are recruiting to fill the following positions below:
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Job Title: Estimator (pricing Analyst) Freight Forwarding & Clearing Industry
Introduction
JOB ALERT – URGENT VACANCY!!!
POSITION: FREIGHT ESTIMATOR (PRICING ANALYST) – USA
LOCATION: SOUTH AFRICA (REMOTE POSITION)
**SALARY ON OFFER – R30K NETT** (NO BENEFITS)
MINIMUM ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS:
- Matric
- Experienced with Freight estimations for Import & Export (Sea, Air & Cross Border) shipments (CLEARING & FORWARDING INDUSTRY)
- Minimum of 5+ years’ experience in pricing, quotations & operations in clearing & forwarding industry (Estimations)
- Minimum of 5 years’ industry experience
- Highly experienced on Cargo Wise & CRM System
- Proficient on MS Office Packages, MS Teams platforms
- Working remotely from home office EST hours: 14H30 pm to 11h00 pm
- Internal / external Sales experience within freight forwarding & clearing industries
- Home office with stable internet connectivity required
- Logging of all CRM communications and direct reporting to GM USA
- Must be available immediately (no notice applicable)
Submit your CV in MS Word & supporting documents to shireen@divergentrecruit.co.za
** Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted directly.
In accordance with the POPI Act 4 of 2013:
All candidate personal information is treated with confidentiality and the highest level of security. Should you not be shortlisted for the vacancy that you have applied for, Divergent Recruit (Pty) Ltd will retain your information on our candidate database for a period of 6 months, in the event that you may meet the criteria of a future suitable position which may match your profile and which we will contact you directly for your authorization to proceed with your application. Should you wish to no longer be listed with us, we will proceed to remove your personal information from our database with your instruction, in accordance with the POPIA guidelines.
Duties & Responsibilities
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS, DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
Main duties & Job Function:
- To prepare and deliver quotes timeously, accurately, and well thought through
- Provide solutions and options for various modes of transport and incoterms with focus on maximizing profitability
- Understand the customer’s business needs & educate where needed
- Source service providers to improve the company’s service
- Build good and sustainable relationships with customers
- This is an offsite position
Key Performance Areas and Responsibilities: –
- Costing & quoting of daily RFQs / Inquiries from local clients and Agents
- Proactively trying to optimize the profitability of the shipments quoted
- Proactively negotiate with service providers the best contract rates and costs
- Proactively following up on feedback on quoted business and find ways to increase the closing ratio
- Proactively generate Sales Leads from different sources i.e., Inquiries, Data base, Online
- Follow up Sales leads through Cold Calls, emails, and other means like WeChat if overseas
- Closely coordinate with the company’s Sales Reps on the ground in finding ways to close new business, and possibly securing one on one meetings for them
- Review, analyze past quotes, and find ways to improve them
- Actively log your CRM communications with prospects and existing clients in the company’s system and schedule follow-ups
- Generating quotes from the company’s system when necessary
- Proactively generate and qualify leads for yourself and outside sales team through Quotes, and other company data base
- Proactively educating yourself with the Company’s system skills as well as with the industry changes and regulations
- Acting as the liaise between the Directors and the Pricing team to implement pricing policy changes Hold regular internal Pricing meetings with the team, and ensure action plans are summarized and followed up regularly
- Identify continuous process improvements and propose to the Director
- Training new team members
- Maintaining updated PRICING SOPs and database
- Auditing and Quality control of the US Pricing quotes
- Run weekly/monthly/quarterly and annual reports on the US Pricing team’s KPIs and assist the Director in analysing and improving the teams KPI, including: No of quotes per period & No of conversions per period & response time & No of sales lead and follow ups per period
- Additional duties and responsibilities may be assigned by management
Desired Experience & Qualification
MINIMUM ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS:
- Matric
- Experienced with Freight estimations for Import & Export (Sea, Air & Cross Border) shipments (CLEARING & FORWARDING INDUSTRY)
- Minimum of 5+ years’ experience in pricing, quotations & operations in clearing & forwarding industry (Estimations)
- Minimum of 5 years’ industry experience
- Highly experienced on Cargo Wise & CRM System
- Proficient on MS Office Packages, MS Teams platforms
- Working remotely from home office EST hours: 14H30 pm to 11h00 pm
- Internal / external Sales experience within freight forwarding & clearing industries
- Home office with stable internet connectivity required
- Logging of all CRM communications and direct reporting to GM USA
- Must be available immediately (no notice applicable)
Package & Remuneration
SALARY ON OFFER R30K NETT (NO BENEFITS)
REMOTE POSITION
USA EST OFFICE HOURS – SA WORKING HOURS 14H30 PM TO 23H00 PM
How to Apply
Interested applicants should submit their CVs in MS Word & supporting documents to shireen@divergentrecruit.co.za