It's more than a job
When you work in Freight Logistics and Operations at Kuehne+Nagel, you play a key role in optimising processes and ensuring that inventory and shipments move efficiently. But that is not all. Your work also helps ensure that vital medicines reach patients on time and supports other essential deliveries, from wind turbines to semiconductors. At Kuehne+Nagel, our contribution counts in more ways than we imagine.
How you create impact
The Sea Logistics Pricing Supervisor plays a critical role in driving strategic pricing initiatives for the USA commodity export business while overseeing a team. This position blends strategic pricing with hands-on operational execution in a fast-paced, high-volume environment. Reporting to the Pricing Manager, the supervisor works cross-functionally with Sales Teams, Account Owners, Business Operations, and Sea Freight Trade Managers to deliver competitive rate solutions and ensure timely order dispatch. The role involves direct customer engagement on bids and spot pricing, carrier negotiations, and escalation management, with a focus on key commodity segments such as Forest Products, Recycled Materials, and Dried Fruits and Nuts.
- Partner with Commodity Trade Managers to ensure contracted buying rates align with current market conditions.
- Liaise with major ocean carriers to secure competitive spot rates based on sales and customer requests.
- Support the Sales Team in customer pricing discussions, ensuring timely and competitive rate proposals that meet profitability targets.
- Assist in allocation management by executing steering instructions and providing timely solutions for space request escalations.
- Maintain a strong understanding of market trends, carrier dynamics, and trade lane performance to inform pricing decisions.
What we would like you to bring
- 5–6 years of hands-on experience in sea logistics, with knowledge of export operations and carrier engagement
- 1–2 years of proven supervisory experience, leading teams in a fast-paced environment
- Strong leadership capabilities with a track record of influencing and collaborating across cross-functional teams
- Excellent communication skills, with confidence in engaging directly with customers and carriers
- Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills, supported by advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- Strong organizational abilities to manage multiple priorities effectively
- High attention to numerical detail and accuracy
What's in it for you
There has never been a better time to work in logistics. Bring your skills to an industry that offers stability and international career growth. We offer a great compensation and medical/dental benefits package, employee discounts, tuition reimbursement, excellent training programs, and a fun, and interesting global work environment. #LI-TD1
Who we are
Logistics shapes everyday life - from the goods we consume to the healthcare we rely on. At Kuehne+Nagel, your work goes beyond logistics; it enables both ordinary and special moments in the lives of people around the world.
As a global leader with a strong heritage and a vision to move the world forward, we offer a safe, stable environment where your career can make a real difference. Whether we help deliver life-saving medicines, develop sustainable transportation solutions or support our local communities, your career will contribute to more than you can imagine.
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