About the Role
<p>Do you have experience in freight forwarding, logistics pricing, or multimodal freight operations? Are you commercially minded, highly organised, and ready for a role where no two days are the same?</p>
<p>Our client is looking for a proactive and commercially focused Freight Pricing and Commercial Coordinator to join their Southampton-based Freight Forwarding team.</p>
<p>This role will act as a central point for freight pricing, quotation management, and commercial coordination across two integrated logistics businesses, supporting both new business opportunities and ongoing operational delivery across air, sea, and road freight.</p>
<p>Working closely with sales, operations, customs, carriers, and suppliers, you will play a key role in ensuring freight solutions are competitive, commercially viable, and delivered efficiently.</p>
<p><b>Your Key Responsibilities Will Be</b></p>
<p>Pricing and Commercial Support:</p>
<ul>
<li>Prepare and manage competitive freight quotations across air, sea, and road freight.</li>
<li>Build and maintain rate cards using supplier and carrier pricing.</li>
<li>Act as the primary pricing and quotation support function for the sales team.</li>
<li>Liaise with carriers, agents, and suppliers to secure competitive rates and service solutions.</li>
<li>Analyse pricing trends, supplier costs, and margin performance to support commercial decision-making.</li>
<li>Ensure all pricing is commercially viable and aligned to margin expectations.</li>
<li>Support the development of pricing strategies across key trade lanes and services.</li>
</ul>
<p>Freight Operations Coordination:</p>
<ul>
<li>Support freight operations teams with shipment coordination where required.</li>
<li>Ensure pricing agreements and customer requirements are communicated accurately into operations.</li>
<li>Work closely with operational teams to support smooth service delivery.</li>
<li>Assist with resolving pricing, supplier, or operational discrepancies.</li>
</ul>
<p>Collaboration and Continuous Improvement:</p>
<ul>
<li>Work closely with sales, operations, customs, warehouse, and transport teams.</li>
<li>Support consistency of pricing, service levels, and operational processes across the business.</li>
<li>Identify opportunities to improve pricing efficiency, workflows, and commercial performance.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>The Ideal Candidate Will Have:</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Minimum three years’ experience within freight forwarding, logistics, or pricing / quoting roles.</li>
<li>Strong understanding of multimodal freight operations (air, sea, and road).</li>
<li>Experience preparing freight quotations and working with rate structures.</li>
<li>Strong commercial awareness with good numerical and analytical skills.</li>
<li>Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.</li>
<li>Strong IT skills including Excel and freight forwarding systems.</li>
</ul>
<p>Experience using NetFreight, Descatres or similar systems and exposure to eCommerce or Amazon Logistics and customs processes would be beneficial.</p>
<p>If you are interested and believe you have the appropriate skills and experience, our client would love to hear from you. <b>Please apply today.</b></p>
<p><b> Please note that this vacancy may close early if our client receives a high volume of applications. They encourage interested applicants to submit their application promptly to avoid disappointment.</b></p>
<p><b>Benefits:</b></p>
<ul>
<li>25 holiday days per year plus 8 statutory days, increasing to 26 days after two years' service and 27 days after four years' service.</li>
<li>Membership of the Company Group Life Assurance Scheme which is currently three times annual salary.</li>
<li>The Company operates a Group Personal Pension Plan which complies with current Workplace Pension legislation.</li>
<li>Enrolment into the Health Shield Cash Plan after successful completion of probation period.</li>
<li>Free on-site car parking.</li>
<li>Length of service awards.</li>
<li>Enhanced maternity / paternity pay with qualifying service.</li>
</ul>
<p>Click apply and you will be taken to our client’s career page to complete your application.</p>