Ashish Rathore

About Ashish Rathore

A young, Dynamic, Dedicated & Experienced Professional with a demonstrated history of 4.5 years of working in the logistics and supply chain industry.* Development of trade in terms of Volume/Gross Profit/Routing among others, Frequent data analysis of current markets and pricing Coordination with carrier for booking and allocations.* Skilled in Sea Freight, Freight Forwarding, Import & Export Logistics management, Transport Operations Manegement, Inbound & Outbound Logistics Operations Management & Supply Chain Management & Persuing a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) focused in International Trade Management from NMIMS Mumbai * Presently working with Kuehne Nagel India as a Pricing specialist in Sea Logistics Division.* Expertise in Logistics Cost Optimisation, Transport Route Manegement, Rate Negotiation, Financial Operations Management, Strategic Planning, Material Procurement & Tender Expert, Vendor Management, Numerical and analytical skills, Quality assurance & audits.* Pricing & Tender Management for Global RFQ\'s.* Hands on ERP, CRM & SCM tools.

Experience

1. Tender & Pricing Specialist

   Kuehne+Nagel

   Feb 2023 — Present · New Delhi, IN

   Responsible for setting margins for pricing requests, ideally across all trades, taking a variety of elements into consideration (market levels, industry specifics, customer requirements & price sensitivities) while trading off against procurement levels, internal policies to maintain a profitable gross yield.\\\\n* Development of trade in terms of Volume/Gross Profit/Routing among others, Frequent data analysis of current markets and pricing Coordination with carrier for booking and allocations.\\\\n* Adjust & share Minimum Selling Rates, cargo steering guidelines with CCL & OCC teams to ensure profitable growth & operational excellence.\\\\n* Maintained close relationships with our suppliers’ trade teams. Representing the world’s largest NVOCC, I continuously negotiate the best net buying rates in the market while securing & enforcing space commitments. Then, ensure all relevant systems are updated with the newest information.\\\\n* Worked closely with the Corporate Trade Management team sharing market information + maximizing profit. Supporting commercial owners to rapidly turn around quotation requests and RFQ’s to help secure profitable business, while addressing allocation + pricing issues with carriers to secure + retain profitable business will be regular daily activities.\\\\n* Analyzed net buying rates & deployed procurement initiatives to optimize our cost base.\\\\n* Executed pricing strategies by liaising on pricing & RFQ preparation.\\\\n* Provided timely responses to rate requests, finding mutual solutions for profit maximization.\\\\n* Expertise in Determining selling prices within given bandwidths as per Customer\'s requirements, local conditions pricing policy.\\\\n* Ensured full transparency & sharing of same of current freight rate levels with CCLs.\\\\n* Supported & exchanged information with others to gain new, retained & further develop existing accounts.\\\\n* Involved & assisted business owners for non-standard RFQ related requests.\\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n

Education

• Army public school, bareilly

  10+2, Science

  2011 — 2013

• Rustamji Institute of Technology, Border Security Force (BSF) Academy, Tekanpur, Gwalior 474005

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, automobile engineering

  2013 — 2017

• SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS)

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, International Trade Management

  2021 — 2023