Apprentice Pricing Coordinator
This role in our Pricing Team provides a fabulous position full of variety and challenge to support our Freight Forwarding network in the UK and globally. To ensure adherence to the CAA, TAPA & physical security regulations always. Ensuring compliance to Health & Safety policies. That housekeeping guidelines are maintained.
Role
This role in our Pricing Team provides a fabulous position full of variety and challenge to support our Freight Forwarding network in the UK and globally. To ensure adherence to the CAA, TAPA & physical security regulations always.
Duties include but are not limited to:
- Providing special pricing and ad hoc rates to overseas agents, offices and regional teams
- Spot Quote all non-standard shipments from GEODIS’ network and tender teams
- Sales Lead registration and distribution to BDM’s and Sales Co-ordinators
- Transition won shipment information to operational branch co-ordinators
- Maintain the internal network pricing reference website information and rates; liaison with Business Support
- Create and maintain pricing tools (spreadsheets, calculators, databases)
- Inform pricing updates to relevant support teams for WWICs, CargoWise-1, GeoBid, etc. as required
- Corrective Actions – identify & implement changes in process to improve overall company performance
- Ensuring compliance to Health & Safety policies. That housekeeping guidelines are maintained
- That HMRC, GDP and IATA regulations are adhered to Quotation
- Qualify and respond to GEODIS network and agent new pricing requests on behalf of the UK business pointing them to the self-serve tools or undertaking quote/pricing as required within agreed SLA
- Complete local, regional, and global tender pricing received by the UK Tender / Product team, looping in Sales Owners & Branch teams for existing & target UK accounts
- Contact carriers for rates & information related to quotations
- Update and maintain pricing databases and tools
- Issue quotations in a single format/system, and record for customer account record
- Participate in projects improving processes and competitiveness
- Identify and transfer sales leads from the network to appropriate sales teams
- Collect market & pricing feedback for improvement of new customer sales and margin on existing customers
Training
International Freight Forwarding Specialist Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard qualification:
- On the job training delivered by the employer Apprentices without Level 2 English and maths will need to achieve this level prior to taking the end point assessment
- For those with an education, health and care plan or a legacy statement the apprenticeships English and mathematics minimum requirement is Entry Level 3 Allocation of an apprenticeship delivery coach who will carry out regular training
- Assessment and support visits to ensure you acquire new learning, knowledge skills and behaviours in order to progress and develop
Identify, track and support 6 hours off the job training activities - Quarterly formal progress review meetings, identifying learning achievements and next steps
- Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship there will be progression routes within GEODIS
- Apprenticeship Standard
- International freight forwarding specialist (level 3)
- Training Provider
- SEETEC BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY CENTRE LIMITED
- Working Week
- Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.30pm with 1 hour for lunch.
- Expected Duration
- 18 Months
- Positions Available
- 1
- Closing Date
- Sunday, 14th July 2024
- Start Date
- Saturday, 20th July 2024
Desired Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Administrative skills
- Team working
Qualifications
- 5 GCSE’s including Maths and English GCSE or equivalent, grade A*-C/ 4-9 (Essential)
About the Employer
Geodis FF United Kingdom Ltd
GEODIS FF United Kingdom Ltd supplies and combines freight services, information management and added value into integrated solutions. As part of the GEODIS Group, GEODIS FF United Kingdom Ltd supports GEODIS’ capacity to offer customers one partner to solve their supply chain challenges worldwide. It has revenues of 1.6 billion euro’s and more than 9000 employees working in 67 countries around the world.
- Company
- Geodis FF United Kingdom Ltd
- Location
- Lhr1 145 Faggs Road, Feltham, Middlesex, England
- Employment Type
- Advanced Apprenticeship
- Salary
- £14,000.00
- Posted
- Company
- Geodis FF United Kingdom Ltd
- Location
- Lhr1 145 Faggs Road, Feltham, Middlesex, England
- Employment Type
- Advanced Apprenticeship
- Salary
- £14,000.00
- Posted