Cross-border Procurement Associate is an entry level position focused on training and development in Cross-border Procurement development.
Duties and responsibilities:
- Call Cross-border carrier providers to fulfill commitments made to customers
- Negotiate rates
- Document and communicate offers
- Use discretion to book loads
- Use discretion to determine when to bring options above the notated Carrier Buy Rates to service our existing clients
- Obtain proper paperwork where applicable
- Develop and manage carrier portfolio of “owned cross-border carriers”
- Absorb and apply material learned in training
- Get accustomed to both internal and external TMS platforms
- Provide load coverage assistance for harder to cover lanes
- Generate carrier capacity for cross-border targeted lanes from BG’s internally built database, as well as other outside sources the Cross-border Procurement Associate has access to.
- High volume lanes
- Customer commitments and future opportunities
- Problem lanes
- Niche markets
- Hit target KPI’s for call volumes, carrier files updated, loads booked
- Develop entry level cross-border freight broker sales and negotiation skills
- Follow proper carrier qualification (ORCA) and onboarding processes (RMIS)
- Build a sales portfolio from carrier cold calls
- Assist in developing and updating cross-border pricing
- Integrate carriers with tracking and booking automation platforms
- Communicate late deliveries and issue resolution when necessary
Qualifications:
- Entry level training period
- Posses willingness to learn and excel
- Strong work ethic
- Willingness to be coached and hit target KPI’s