Procurement Senior Admin Asst

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Job Description:

Procurement Senior Admin Asst

General responsibilities:

The Procurement Admin Asst oversees procurement activities for West Coast South America countries, including Ocean Freight negotiations with carriers.

Responsabilidades:

• Negotiate competitive FCL/LCL rates for local and global business opportunities, for outbound/inbound services required for South America West Coast countries.
• Update internal pricing systems and provide guidelines to Pricing Analyst to complete Ocean Freight business opportunities..
• Continuously monitor the maritime market, notifying updates, issues, and challenges that may impact operations across each country.
• Provide support to operations, pricing, and financial teams when maritime service issue related to carrier negotiation arise.
• Assist in strategic negotiations of high impact for the company within the countries managed.
• Update FCL Ocean Freight negotiated rates regularly to feed other UPS platforms.
• Conduct strategic negotiations with Ocean Freight carriers ocean transportation services

Qualifications:

• Professional or student in the final semesters of a degree in International Trade, International Business, Marketing, or related fields (Preferred)
• Experience in Procurement, Pricing (rate negotiation, or related fields)
• English (75% - 80%) Obligatory
• Strong attention to detail
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Access, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Employee Type:
 

Permanent

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