Join Maersk as an Ocean Contract Management Specialist for a full-time role in Pasig City, Philippines. You will independently handle customer tenders, review RFQs, ensure pricing data quality, and audit sales team work.
Requirements
Bachelor's Degree Graduate
1+ year of tender-related experience and contract management or similar tender process experience
Relevant experience in shipping, logistics, forwarding, or supply chain operations
Good English communication skills and MS Office proficiency including Excel
Strong knowledge and navigation of AFLS, Maersk Online Systems, and Athena is an advantage
Skills & Responsibilities
Tender management: Review and interpret RFQs, translating them into Maersk-aligned bid formats using systems like AFLS, CoPo/Athena, or SFDC.
Pricing & data quality: Ensure correct application of commercial product logic and validate data accuracy prior to submission.
Collaboration: Coordinate with Pricing, Product, and Sales teams to validate operational feasibility and rate accuracy.
Auditing & reporting: Perform audits of work performed by the Sales team and track tender performance and quality indicators.
Potential transition routes: People from sales coordination or logistics administration roles may bring relevant customer service and data entry skills, alongside meeting the general tender process requirements.
Job description
Understands the customer tender, drafting requirements of clients and performs/updates the tasks/steps in the system as illustrated without any supervision. Performs audits of work performed by Team member Sales.
Key Responsibilities:
Tender Handling
Review and interpret RFQs, identifying scope, complexity, and missing information.
Translate RFQs into Maersk‑aligned bid formats using systems such as AFLS, CoPo/Athena, Negotiation Platform or SFDC, etc.
Coordinate with Pricing, Product, and Sales to validate operational feasibility and rate accuracy.
Pricing & Data Quality
Ensure correct application of commercial product logic (FT, inland, DRY PORT logic, SOC/NOR, IMO, surcharges, etc.).
Validate data accuracy and eliminate errors before submission.
Ensure compliance with pricing governance and approval flows.
Submission & Handover
Deliver complete, error‑free tender outputs within agreed TAT.
Align with Sales on deviations, clarifications, and required approvals.
Support smooth transition to Contract Management for awarded tenders.
Reporting & Improvement
Track tender performance, quality indicators, and cycle times.
Share insights on system gaps and support enhancements to AFLS Negotiation Platform, SFDC.
Participate in huddles and best‑practice sharing across areas.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Accuracy/Invoice Quality
TAT adherence
Win rate support
Stakeholder satisfaction
Governance compliance
System adoption (AFLS/NP/SFDC, etc.)
Who are we looking for:
Bachelor’s Degree Graduate
1 year + Tender - related experience and contract management
Tender process knowledge or any similar work experience is required.
Strong communicator with Sales Team and Customer Success Partners.
With relevant experience in shipping, logistics, forwarding, supply chain operations.
Good English communications skills
MS Office Proficient including Excel.
Strong knowledge and navigation of AFLS, Maersk Online Systems and Athena is an advantage.
Amenable to a morning shift schedule.
Open to work in Pasig City.
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