Freight Manager

About the job

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.

Requirements

• Organizational skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Negotiation skills
• Budget management
• Analytical skills

Qualifications

• MBA
• Engineering Graduate

Preferred Technologies

• Organizational skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Negotiation skills
• Budget management
• Analytical skills

About the company

Aditya Birla Group is a conglomerate with a presence in over 36 countries and operations across multiple sectors such as textiles, metals, cement, and telecommunications. They are known for their commitment to quality and sustainability.