International Freight Pricing & Procurement Manager

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The International Freight Pricing & Procurement Manager is responsible for the procurement policies and activities for all international freight products, including ocean freight, air freight, imports and exports. They will help create and maintain tools where the procured rates and options can be found and guide the company in using appropriate options and appropriate price levels. This role will also help ensure that Mohawk’s procurement is in place to support initiatives and client requirements

• Lead transformation to Rate Management Provider or Solution.
• Develop program for servicing Client Rate Sheet program for over 180+ clients.
• Negotiate procurement across international products, including FCL, LCL and Air Freight.
• Monitor and maintain global ocean carrier and consolidator partnerships and strategies.
• Oversee carrier contracts and stay close on amendments and changes.
• Develop partner strategies and allocation selections, and monitor partners for performance.
• Enhance US export product oversight from a procurement standpoint.
• Curate relationships with ocean carriers, consolidators and air freight providers.
• Develop benchmarking analytics and tools to ensure procurement is keeping up with industry standards.
• Review new product offerings and develop strategies to help bring them to Mohawk clients.
• Lead RFQ efforts in sourcing costs and managing inputs to allow for competitive responses.
• Ensure FMC compliance on ocean rate offerings.
• Maintain reporting about booking and carrier activity and report to stakeholders.
• Aid in solution designing for current client needs and for target clients.
• Advance market knowledge in various tradelanes to ensure we remain highly knowledgeable of broad markets.
• Liaise with overseas procurement teams to ensured aligned strategies and influence as needed.

• Integration of current procurement landscape into a managed rate warehoused environment
• Negotiation of new consolidator contracts on import side of LCL business
• Development of company wide tool for delivery of contract pricing across different modes and origins
• Incorporating dynamic LCL pricing into the client rate sheets
• Incorporating dynamic air freight pricing into the client rate sheets

• Experience with rate management platforms of any kind.
• Strong Microsoft Excel experience required, familiarity with Power BI…