Logistics Manager- Freight

Job Description

The Role:

The role would be responsible for preparing and implementing strategy of freight rates and negotiation for Primary and secondary transportation and managing budgets as per guideline

Responsibilities:

- Preparing freight strategy and the budget as per organization requirement.

- Formalizing negotiation strategy and conduct negotiation as per SOP.

- Adhering to freight buying SOP and documentation.

- Ensuring Rs/KL as per budget.

- Improving efficiency - Utilization & truck mix.

- Ensuring min Rs/KL on the route by implementing best truck types.

- Review of freight on weekly basis and take appropriate decisions for improvements.

- Review/meeting with vendors on regular intervals.

- Onboarding of transporters and implementing new edge transportation as per organization requirement

- Implementation and managing TMS.

Technical / Administrative Support:

- Provide technical support - implementing SOPs/ working practices as per norms suggested by organization.

- Onboarding of transporters- negotiating freight.

- Preparing and managing budget cost.

- Conducting reverse auction/ over the table negotiations as per SOPs.

- Critically review freight and implement best practices to generate operational efficiency.

- Benchmarking of freight in market as well as competitor.

Skills required:

- Strong organisational and interpersonal skills.

- Ability to work proactively and flexibly, individually and as part of a team.

- Ability to work with minimum supervision and under pressure.

- Dealing with multiple stakeholders.

- Visiting freight markets to take market insights.

Experience:

- Min 10-12 years of experience in freight negotiation and managing of freight

- MBA & Engineering Graduate.