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Pace Vic is excited to act as the exclusive recruitment partner for Ausfine Foods International. As a market leading company built upon trust and forming long-term win-win partnerships throughout the dairy and meat industries, Ausfine takes a committed approach to continuously finding talent to expand their hungry and committed team, this time in the form of an experienced Freight Manager.

What’s the company and culture like?
Ausfine is an experienced, globally expanding business who values professionalism, adaptability and holds workplace culture and adherence to company values as their top priorities. The Ausfine leadership team understands the importance of employee fulfilment at work and the impact poor business values can have on productivity and overall work satisfaction. If you enjoy working in a dynamic and results focused environment where collaboration is encouraged across all business areas and have a natural ability build strong relationships with others, we invite you to read on!

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Negotiate Freight Forwarder rates and contractual payment terms for all sea, air and land routes, domestic and international, ensuring freight rate tables are current at all times in relevant systems.
• Point of account escalations for import and export operations teams, also working closely with sales teams to deliver best-cost solutions.
• Partner management - Be the primary contact with transport providers, negotiate contracts, monitor performance, and address any issues promptly, based on compliance, cost, efficiency of service and suitability.
• Quality and continuous improvement - maintain a mindset of continuous improvement, bringing recommendations to management, and other internal forums, to improve efficiency and service delivery, leveraging data analytics for informed decision-making.

About you:

• 3 years+ experience with freight management, contract negotiation, vendor management with proven analytical success.
• Experience in meat, dairy, FMCG industries highly desired
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with the proven ability to build and maintain strong relationships with clients.
• Proficient with ERM systems and a willingness to improve efficiency -Microsoft Dynamics and / or BSM favourably.
• Must possess a continuous improvement, growth mindset, with proven performance in freight and logistics analysis.
• Strong commercial acumen with a key focus on relationships.

This is a great opportunity to join a highly reputable organisation that does not present very often. If you feel you are the right person for this role and you meet the above requirements then hit the apply button or send your resume to apply@pacevic.com.au. We wish to thank you for taking the time to apply for this role. Please note that as we receive a large amount of applications per day, we only have the ability to contact those candidates who have been short-listed. If you do not hear from us following your application, please be advised that we will archive your details in our database for suitable future roles. If you wish to discuss this role confidentially or other roles that we are currently recruiting for, please contact Brock at brock@pacevic.com.au.

Pace (VIC) Pty Ltd are the experts when it comes to our four specialties: Manufacturing & Technical Operations, Procurement, Sales & Customer Service and Supply Chain & Logistics. Founded in 1990, we have over 30 years of proven success in placing candidates in exciting and relevant roles. Our team is dedicated to working with forward-thinking and inclusive workplaces to find them top talent.