Ocean Freight Rate Management Specialist

Are you detail-oriented and passionate about data, pricing, and ocean freight? 

As a Rate Management Specialist, you’ll play a key role in ensuring accurate and efficient pricing processes that power our global operations.

You’ll manage customer contracts, tariffs, and costing data across our systems, enabling seamless auto-rating and auto-costing and supporting our journey toward full digitalization.

Working closely with commercial, operational, and system teams, you will help deliver tailored pricing solutions that meet customer requirements while supporting ongoing digitalization and process improvement initiatives. This position is essential in maintaining data integrity and optimizing the performance of our global rating platforms.

What You’ll Do

• Data Accuracy & System Integrity
  Ensure timely and accurate entry of rates and costs
• Auto-Rating & Auto-Costing
  Support and manage automated rating and costing processes, including integrations with tools such as QuoteShop and other sources.
• Stakeholder Collaboration
  Partner closely with commercial and operational teams to understand customer needs and ensure correct and efficient rate implementation.
• Global Account Coordination
  Assess local impacts of global customer accounts and contribute to continuous improvements.
• Continuous Improvement
  Analyze rate and cost accuracy, identify optimization opportunities, and drive enhancements in automation and digitalization.
• Issue Resolution
  Investigate and resolve system-related issues across rate management platforms, including CW1, RMS, Cargosphere, and other local tools.

What You Bring

• Strong attention to detail and analytical mindset
• Experience in Ocean Freight pricing or operations (minimum 2 years)
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365
• Fluent English and Dutch

What We Offer

• A permanent contract with a competitive salary, a generous benefits package, and an attractive leave policy
• A 39-hour workweek with the option to work remotely after an initial training period
• A wide range of training opportunities
• Exciting career opportunities within a large company that values family-like bonds and a professional work environment

Application process

1. After completing the online application form, we will contact you for an initial telephone interview.

2. If the telephone interview goes well, we will invite you for an interview on site with the manager responsible for the position.

3. If there is a mutual connection, we will make you a salary offer.

4. Great news! You want to start working for our company. You come to sign your contract and we prepare your start and onboarding.

If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us at [1] jobs.globalforwarding@dhl.com

DHL Global Forwarding is part of the DHL Group and is the global specialist in transporting goods by air, sea, and road. From everyday products such as clothing and electronics to larger shipments such as machinery and medical supplies, we ensure that everything arrives on time and safely at the right place, anywhere in the world.