Ocean Freight Product & Pricing Specialist

Sharpen your skills and advance your expertise with our professional development programs.

It’s truly the people that make the difference — and with us you’ll join the best team around.

Get straight through to the decision-makers with our streamlined organizational structure.

Turn your ideas into action in an environment that champions creativity and empowers you to lead change.

From team outings to holiday parties and networking events, we build strong connections by spending quality time together.

Make things happen faster with streamlined processes that promote efficiency and effectiveness.

Drive the commercial and product strategy by supporting the Country Product Manager and the com-mercial department

Support the change process into a product-led organisation

Translate and adapt global ocean freight strategies to fit local market conditions and operational reali-ties with the goal of leading commercial actions and guiding sales teams on focus lanes, target accounts and pricing strategies.

Actively monitor gross margin and profitability per trade, customer, and product with the goal of ex-panding margins, optimising costs and upselling services.

Ensure compliance to the Global FCL and LCL Adherence Policies.

Own pricing responsibility for product requests, including RFQs and tender management requests

Ensure product tariff framework is up to date and uploaded into Rhenus global pricing tool

Ensure accurate pricing is provided to sales staff and the customer, including follow-up.

Support sales staff by negotiating with customers to secure additional opportunities.

Manage low margin lanes and customers and develop a strategic plan to increase the profitability of these opportunities

Work independently using analytical skills to determine the correct process to build accurate pricing and increase the profitability for each customer

Communicate customer agreement status to customers, sales and operations.

Manage annual price increase process

Understand the complexities of different pricing structures and continuously look for opportunities to improve processes

Minimum 3 years of experience in an ocean product or ocean pricing role, as well as 3-5 years within the industry preferred

Service-minded and with a high degree of ownership and customer-focus.

Proactive and capable of handling responsibility without needing to be micromanaged.

Familiarity with bid processes and practices. Complete understanding of pricing.

Ability to work independently. Self-starter mentality.

Outgoing personality; strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Able to communicate well in English, both spoken and written.

Strong analytical and negotiation skills and hands-on attitude.

Able to multitask in a deadline-driven work environment without losing attention to detail.

Be results-driven and persistent in meeting day-to-day challenges and goals.

Passion for identifying how to constantly improve.

Strong Microsoft Office Suite skills (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook) and especially deep Excel knowledge (formulas, lookups); CRM experience preferred

Positive attitude, and a friendly and professional manner when dealing with colleague and customers over the phone and via email

Regardless of whether it is a long-distance shipment or a particularly time-critical shipment, we at Rhenus make everything possible for our customers and partners to get the goods to their destination safely and on time. Our particular strength lies in our global network, which is constantly being maintained and expanded. As part of Rhenus Air & Ocean you can, therefore, expect to find a whole host of exciting tasks all over the world, a wide range of opportunities for personal development, and the chance to take on responsibility in an international working environment.

We are a global powerhouse on a mission to be pioneers in everything we do. United, we make an impact and dare to redefine what's possible. Ready to unlock untapped potential. We are on the fast track. At Rhenus, we thrive on collaboration. Every voice is heard, and every idea is valued. We stand as one global team. Where everyone contributes to our success. Together, we shape the future of logistics and beyond. Empowered by you.

Depending on the position, there are various ways of finding out if we are a good match for each other. In most cases, we rely on a personal interview, on a eye level of course. Online tests, assessment centres or work on a trial basis may also be possible. In the end, the best decision is taken for both sides.

With your commitment, you are a part of the Rhenus Group right away – we are already eager to shape the logistics of the future together with you. To ensure that your start is a complete success, we will familiarise you with everything you need to know about Rhenus and your assignment with us. Your experienced colleagues will guide you every step of the way, and together you will easily master each of your new tasks.