Director – Global Pricing – Global Forwarding

Director – Global Pricing – Global Forwarding

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
• Minimum 8 years of Global Forwarding Operations, Sales and/or pricing experience
• Minimum 4 years of experience leading and managing teams
• Ability to travel up to 25% travel (domestically and internationally)

Responsibilities

• Lead the performance and strategic direction of the corporate pricing team, ensuring effective execution of pricing strategies
• Oversee and guide the performance and strategic direction of regional pricing teams globally, in collaboration with regional directors and product leadership
• Develop, negotiate, and implement processes and service level agreements with the branch network, ensuring they meet commercial pricing needs and comply with company policies and regulations
• Collaborate with global teams to set priorities, allocate resources, and define success criteria for pricing initiatives, including technology/tool development and pricing analytics projects
• Partner cross-functionally with account management, operations, sales, and senior leadership as part of the global operations leadership team to drive network initiatives and build strong relationships
• Maintain and manage relationships with pricing software vendors to ensure optimal performance and integration
• Partner with Talent Acquisition to establish a pipeline, recruit, select, and onboard qualified and diverse talent
• Manage annual merit and equity programs for assigned team to align compensation with performance results
• Align team’s passion with their potential and commit to consistently providing feedback, development opportunities and recognition
• Manage and drive budget requirements by ensuring business goals are met with greatest efficiency

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite of programs
• Demonstrated verbal and written communication and multi-tasking skills, including excellent project and meeting management
• Excellent negotiation, collaboration, and influencing skills
• Strong strategic planning, problem solving/critical thinking skills, and ability to execute plan
• Demonstrated experience thriving in a fast-paced, decentralized, matrixed, global environment
• Employs a continuous improvement approach to their work
• Ability to build strong relationships across all levels of the organization, including executives
• Values a diverse and inclusive work environment