forwarding manager
Code 3331.2
Forwarding managers plan and organise cargo shipments within national and international areas. They communicate with carriers and negotiate the best way to send the cargo to its destination which can be a single customer or a point of distribution. Forwarding managers act as experts in supply chain management. They know and apply the rules and regulations for each specific type of cargo and communicate the conditions and costs to the clients.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- supply chain management
- develop transportation cost metrics
Skills and competences
- analyse shipping rates
- communicate with shipment forwarders
- develop efficiency plans for logistics operations
- implement short term objectives
- assess carriers
- foster relationships with various types of carrier
- manage carriers
- manage freight payment methods
- inspect carrier documents
- non vessel operating common carrier regulations
- prepare bills of lading
- prepare documentation for international shipping
- make bids in forward auctions
- book cargo
- oversee shipment routing
- oversee cargo storage requirements
Transversal competences
- analyse supply chain trends
- coordinate export transportation activities
- coordinate import transportation activities
- ejercer con los colegas un rol de liderazgo orientado a los objetivos
- manage medium term objectives
- plan transport operations
- plan medium to long term objectives
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