Pricing Executive

We are looking for a proactive and detail-oriented Pricing Executive to join our Pricing & Business Development Support team within the international freight forwarding, logistics, and supply chain industry. This full-time role involves obtaining competitive freight rates, preparing accurate quotations, developing and maintaining international partner networks, and managing pricing inquiries for import and export shipments across India, UAE, the UK, and Europe. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong communication, negotiation, and coordination skills, with the ability to handle multiple inquiries efficiently while ensuring commercial viability.

Key Responsibilities
- Negotiate competitive freight rates with overseas agents, shipping lines, airlines, transporters, and logistics partners.
- Prepare precise and commercially viable quotations for air, sea (FCL/LCL), and road freight, including customs clearance, warehousing, courier, and door-to-door services.
- Clearly communicate quotation terms such as transit times, validity, surcharges, inclusions, and exclusions.
- Develop and maintain a reliable network of overseas agents and logistics partners across India, UAE, the UK, and Europe.
- Identify new partners, assess their pricing and service quality, and keep updated records of contacts, rates, and commercial terms.
- Track pricing inquiries from receipt through quotation submission, follow-up, negotiation, and final outcome.
- Maintain accurate records of partner rates, customer quotations, costs, selling prices, profit margins, and inquiry status.
- Coordinate with Sales, Operations, Customer Service, and overseas partners to obtain shipment details and deliver suitable pricing solutions.
- Identify cost-saving opportunities, alternative routes, and competitive transport options.
- Ensure quotations reflect shipment requirements, applicable Incoterms, additional charges, and compliance documentation.
- Support sales activities, tenders, rate comparisons, and the handover of confirmed shipments to Operations.
- Prepare regular pricing reports and ensure timely follow-up on pending inquiries and quotations.

Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, International Business, Commerce, or a related field is preferred.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in freight pricing, freight forwarding, logistics, or import/export operations is required.
- Strong knowledge of international freight forwarding, import/export processes, and shipping procedures.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, and related office tools.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, relationship-building, organizational, time management, and multitasking skills.
- Commercial awareness with numerical accuracy and understanding of costs and profit margins.
- Ability to work independently and coordinate effectively with international partners across different time zones.
- Fluency in English is required.

Preferred Qualifications and Benefits
- Familiarity with air freight, sea freight, road freight, Incoterms, and international shipping charges is advantageous.
- Fresh graduates with strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills may also be considered.
- The role offers a competitive salary range of Rs60,000 to Rs100,000 per month.
- Candidates must be willing to commute or relocate to Rawalpindi GPO and be available to work Monday to Friday from 2:00 PM to 10:00 PM PKT.
- This position requires in-person attendance at the specified location.

Performance will be evaluated based on quotation response time and accuracy, inquiry tracking and follow-up compliance, competitiveness of sourced freight rates, growth and quality of the international partner network, quotation conversion support and profitability, accuracy of pricing records, and timely submission of pricing reports. Specific targets will be set by management in line with business objectives.

The ideal candidate is commercially aware, organized, and solution-oriented, capable of sourcing competitive rates, building strong international relationships, and managing pricing inquiries from start to finish. This role aims to strengthen the company’s global partner network and deliver competitive, reliable, and customer-focused freight forwarding solutions across key international regions.