Joshua David Laurel
DASMARIÑAS,CAVITE
Summary
Seasoned Freight Forwarding and Logistics professional with over 7 years' experience in freight pricing, sales support, and supply chain management. Expertise in CargoWise One, freight quotations, and import documentation. Coordinated effectively with carriers, agents, and suppliers to streamline operations and enhance service delivery.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
PRICING COORDINATOR
Outsmart Workforce Solutions – Assigned to KTL Aus
Pasay City, Philippines
01.2025 - Current
- Managed import freight pricing across Australia trade lanes, maintaining accurate cost and sell rates in CargoWise One (CW1).
- Managed carrier, co-loader, transport, warehousing, and ancillary charges for multiple service providers, ensuring accurate and competitive pricing.
- Managed client-specific and FAK (Freight All Kinds) rate agreements, ensuring rates aligned with contract terms, validity periods, inclusions, exclusions, applicable charges, and agreed pricing conditions.
- Prepared and managed Air, LCL, and Import freight quotations for agents and customers.
- Coordinated with overseas agents, carriers, suppliers, and internal teams to obtain and update freight rates and local charges, enhancing pricing accuracy.
- Monitored major carrier advisories and market updates, implementing necessary freight rate and charge changes to ensure pricing remained current and competitive.
- Updated local transport, cartage, fuel levies, warehouse, terminal handling, and other service charges across multiple Australian states.
- Monitored allocation and booking performance, identifying utilisation trends and supporting carrier space management.
- Maintained pricing databases and rate sheets in CargoWise One, ensuring data accuracy across customer and supplier profiles.
- Investigated and resolved pricing discrepancies, currency errors, incorrect charge codes, and rate entry issues in coordination with carriers, agents, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.
- Supported pricing projects, rate audits, freight charge updates, cost control, service provider management, and database maintenance, with extensive use of Microsoft Excel for pricing analysis, calculations, reporting, and validation.
- Managed high volumes of freight pricing data and competing priorities while maintaining accuracy and meeting deadlines.
SALES SUPPORT SPECIALIST – FREIGHT FORWARDING
Offshore Business Processing Inc.
Ortigas, Philippines
01.2023 - 11.2024
- Prepared freight quotations accurately and within required turnaround times.
- Responded promptly to customer queries, calls, and pricing requests in line with service and performance KPIs.
- Resolved customer concerns and complaints by collaborating with relevant teams, enhancing customer satisfaction through timely solutions.
- Coordinated rate updates and maintained accurate pricing information from service provider partners in CargoWise One.
- Updated customer tariffs and freight rates to align with pricing policies, ensuring compliance with commercial requirements.
LOGISTICS COORDINATOR
Madison 88 Business Solutions Asia Inc.
Muntinlupa, Philippines
06.2021 - 11.2022
- Coordinated shipment approvals and bookings, barcode label creation, inventory and warehouse updates, and system transactions.
- Reviewed purchase orders, production allocations, and shipping documents to ensure shipment accuracy and compliance.
- Monitored shipments, billing, inventory, and warehouse activities, delivering timely status updates and detailed reports.
- Coordinated communication between supply chain partners, internal departments, and other stakeholders to support smooth logistics operations.
- Prepared and processed commercial and import documentation while maintaining accurate records in company files and databases.
- Investigated operational issues and coordinated resolutions with relevant parties to maintain workflow continuity.
IMPORTATION ASSISTANT
Homedirect Inc.
Muntinlupa, Philippines
06.2019 - 05.2021
- Reviewed and organised documentation for customs clearance of imported goods, ensuring compliance with regulations.
- Consolidated purchase orders and requisitions to facilitate procurement of materials, goods, and supplies.
- Coordinated purchasing activities, ensuring timely creation and processing of purchase orders.
- Generated SKU and inventory records for imported goods, materials, and supplies.
- Performed cost accounting and maintained cost records for imported products and materials.
- Managed cash flow records and recorded journal entries for import-related costs using Xero.
- Prepared client invoices and maintained accurate customer records.
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration - FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
University of Makati
Makati City01-2019
Skills
- Freight Forwarding & Logistics
- Freight Pricing & Rate Management
- CargoWise One (CW1)
- Freight Quotations
- Import Operations & Documentation
- Client rate management
- Supplier coordination
- Shipment management
- Supply Chain Coordination
- Local Transport & Charges
- Pricing analysis
- Microsoft Excel & Xero
- Issue resolution
- Data reporting
- Time management
- Problem solving
Timeline
PRICING COORDINATOR
Outsmart Workforce Solutions – Assigned to KTL Aus
01.2025 - Current
SALES SUPPORT SPECIALIST – FREIGHT FORWARDING
Offshore Business Processing Inc.
01.2023 - 11.2024
LOGISTICS COORDINATOR
Madison 88 Business Solutions Asia Inc.
06.2021 - 11.2022
IMPORTATION ASSISTANT
Homedirect Inc.
06.2019 - 05.2021
Bachelor of Business Administration - FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
University of Makati