Overview

PITT OHIO, a $900 million, high service, highly profitable, transportation solutions provider offering SUPPLY CHAIN, GROUND, LTL and TRUCKLOAD services is seeking a Contract Bid Coordinator to join our team at our Corporate Headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We offer competitive wages, hospital/medical insurance with no monthly premiums, vision, discount prescription, dental, 401K, profit sharing, paid vacations, pleasant work environment, and much more!

Responsibilities

• Review incoming customer contract agreements. Prepare correspondence outlining our concessions or disputes and prepare pricing schedules.• Negotiate contract concessions and concerns with customers.• Interact with management and occassionally lawyers to ensure that Pitt Ohio is protected in agreements or determine that an agreement is acceptable to sign.• Monitor and track to ensure that contracts or pricing schedules are endorsed or initialed. Follow up with sales reps or customer for “held up” paperwork. Issue notice letters when applicable.• Track, administer, and respond to bids for company’s transportation services with tight deadlines.• Implement bid acceptances and rejections. • Miscellaneous customer requests.• Able to react to change productively and handle other essential tasks as assigned

Other Duties• Provide back up support to the Sales Administration department, as needed.• Compose and maintain provision in company Rules Tariff

Qualifications

• Command of English language to communicate effectively with internal and external customers• Business school graduate or related college degree preferred• Proficiency in reading and interpreting contract bid language preferred• Experience with Microsoft Office Environment and proficient in Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.• Must possess minimum typing speed of 50 wpm• Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills and excellent interpersonal skills• Candidate should be a self-motivated indivudual who can work well indepedently and juggle various deadlines in a fast-paced environment• Problem solving skills are essential. Candidate should also be detail-oriented and very organized.• Much of the workload is time sensitive and must be completed timely and accurately.

Working Conditions/Physical Requirements• Sedentary work – exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of forces frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Walking and standing are only required occasionally. • Close visual acuity is required to perform activities such as preparing and analyzing data and figures, viewing computer terminal, and extensive reading.• Typical exposure to interior environmental conditions like air conditioning and dust; no substantial exposure to adverse environmental conditions.• Manual dexterity is regularly required including fingering, grasping, and typing; manual dexterity includes repetitive motion of the wrists, hands, and fingers.• Talking and hearing required to communication with and listen to others to share or receive information. May be occasionally exposed to noise including telephone, office machinery, and conversations of others.