Sea Logistics Pricing Manager

Tokyo, JapanPermanentPosted Jul 17, 2026

It's more than a job

As a member of the Freight Forwarding team Kuehne+Nagel, you will play a key role in transporting goods, optimising processes, and fulfilling our customers' promises. And by transporting medicines, toys and important machine parts, you are not only delivering goods, you are making small and big moments possible for people all around the world. At Kuehne+Nagel, our contribution counts in more ways than we imagine.


You will be part of our Operational Care Team, adding your leadership expertise + skills to the delivery of Operational + Customer Excellence.


How you create impact

You will be responsible for providing leadership + direction to the pricing team in the setting of margins for pricing requests to maintain a profitable gross yield.


What we would like you to bring

  • To develop pricing strategies by taking lead on pricing, RFQ preparation, driving sea logistics procurement + carrier relation management, seeking mutual solutions for profit maximization.
  • To conduct regular anytime conversations with all direct reports to discuss + ensure traction on delivering performance + development goals.
  • To cooperate with manager + colleagues to provide timely responses to rate requests.
  • To conduct daily + weekly stand-up meetings with your team to identify + resolve business issues.
  • To set selling prices within given bandwidths as per local conditions + pricing policy.
  • To ensure full transparency + sharing of same current freight rate levels with customer care locations.
  • To support + exchange information with others to gain new, retain + further develop existing accounts.
  • To get involved + assist business owners for non-standard RFQ related requests.

What's in it for you

  • Your strong leadership skills + focus on customer + stakeholder relationships along with your strong time management will be the key to your success.
  • You will be successful in this role because for your knowledge across our operations, products + services; because you possess the key attributes we are looking for.

Who we are

Logistics shapes everyday life - from the goods we consume to the healthcare we rely on. At Kuehne+Nagel, your work goes beyond logistics; it enables both ordinary and special moments in the lives of people around the world.

As a global leader with a strong heritage and a vision to move the world forward, we offer a safe, stable environment where your career can make a real difference. Whether we help deliver life-saving medicines, develop sustainable transportation solutions or support our local communities, your career will contribute to more than you can imagine.

We kindly advise that placement agencies refrain from submitting unsolicited profiles. Any submissions of candidates without prior signed agreement will be considered our property and no fees will be paid.

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