Main Purpose of the Role:
To provide quotes and routes for inland container movements; secure rates; facilitate inland movement of containers via Rail, Truck, Barge; setting up invoices in SAP, transmitting rail bills.
Main Tasks:
- Provide accurate quotes/rates for intermodal freight, bids and spot business.
- Support commercial efforts to maximize profitability by finding the most cost effective and efficient routing for new and existing business.
- Recommend changes in routing when alternate routes are preferred.
- Negotiate rates with truckers for spot business and new routes.
- Update ZIMAPS quarterly and for missing costs as needed.
- Maintain routing and route preference order in IQ Ship. Create routes when auto routing is missing, expired, or not logical.
- Update costs in routes when missing.
- Manage changes to specific vendors/routing in day to day as required.
- Execute & manage rail billings, and resolve problems as they arise.
• Quoting
o Optimize Inland Routing
o Timely response to Commercial Team Routing Requests
o Usage of least expensive trucker
• Routing, Rec/TO Maintenance
o Resolve unrouted requisitions within 1 day when B/L is valid, but route does not exist.
o Resolve unrouted requisitions within 2 days when a manifest corrector is required for B/L or booking.
o Resolve manual TO’s so none are over 1 week.
• Rail Billing
o Process rail bill requests within 2 hours of receipt
Requirements• High School Degree, Bachelor’s (a plus).
• 3 years’ experience preferred in various LOG operating positions.
• Logistics / Operation experience in Container Shipping industry (a plus).
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