Senior Estimator

3 weeks ago

Durban, South Africa You Choose Recruit Full time

A well established Supply Chain company is looking for a **_Senior Estimator_** to join their team.
- Job Requirements:_
- Matric
- A University degree with exposure to finance/accounting
- **Minimum** 5 years’ experience in freight forwarding operations / estimates and pricing for both imports and exports (sea freight, breakbulk, road freight, air freight)
- Advanced understanding and skills in Microsoft Excel
- Incoterms Certificate
- Geographical knowledge
- General knowledge on Shipping terms and abbreviations
- Job Description_
- Prepare multi modal estimates for both imports and exports timeously to comply with agreed timelines stipulated by client’s requirements and company’s SOP.
- Drive sales by developing, identifying, and securing all relevant direct sale opportunities
- Ability to negotiate competitive rates with shipping lines, co-loaders, overseas agents and transporters as well as provide feedback on rates submitted as well as any service-related failures
- Build value-based client relationships
- Ensuring estimates are accurate and competitive
- Proactive communication with not only clients but all inter-branch queries and requests
- Identify and quantify all cost factors
- Evaluate profitability per estimate
- Work closely with the internal team members and external Sales and Service teams to insure high customer satisfaction
- Vendor service providers - Analyse Estimate Reports - failure vs successes / trade lane review / mutual office benefits and leads Personal Attributes:

- Enthusiastic, passionate, energetic
- Ambitions to contribute to the growth of the company
- Innovative
- Excellent communication skills
- Accurate and takes pride in one’s work
- Analytical and detail orientated
- Great planning skills and organized in one’s work priorities
- Attention to detail crucial

Able to deal with conflict
- Open and honest in communication
- Respectful
- Team-orientated
- Willing to learn
- Proactive
- Prepared to work overtime and not afraid of increased workload
- Ability to work well under pressure
- Patience
- Initiative to improve on efficiencies
- Good people skills
- Computer experience required:_
- Microsoft Office:WordExcelMicrosoft Outlook
- Internet
- **Cargowise**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Education**:

- Certificate (preferred)

**Experience**:

- Estimating in shipping industry: 5 years (preferred)

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