Mahesh Lokhande (Max) mahesh.lokhande@gmail.com

Current

MANAGER SEA FREIGHT, Bombay & PRICING, INDIA at CH Robinson

Past

Manager - Sea Freight Product Management - Pricing at Schenker India Pvt Ltd., at Schenker India Private Ltd.,
Assistant Manager - Ocean Exports, New Delhi & Bombay at Schenker India Private Ltd
Senior Executive at Expeditors International

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Education

Pondicherry University

Recommended

8 people have recommended Mahesh

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Logistics and Supply Chain

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Mahesh Lokhande (Max) mahesh.lokhande@gmail.com’s Summary

CH Robinson Worldwide - September 2008 to Present

Manager, Sea Freight & Pricing, India - Based at Bombay.

Early days. Will add in due course.

Schenker India - Nov 07 - End August 2008

Schenker India - Bombay - Manager, Sea Freight Product Management, Pricing, India

Responsibilities I execute:

* Pricing Pan India Export & Import sea freight businesses
* Pricing thru Interaction with Local Shipping Lines and thru support from HQ, Singapore
* Processing and Qualifying Requests for Quote by working closely with HQ, singapore or Qualifying biz thru local negotiations
* Handling Global Tender businesses
* Resolving crisis & issues of various types arising at various origins & destinations in India
* Follow up for Incentives from the HQ for shipments handled
* Resolving billing related matters
* Settling Disputes related to shipments between concerned origins & destinations
* Retaining Very Big Businesses by providing best possible pricing on the most premium of services
* Keeping the information flow open and running thru updates on various events that affect the trade / us thru News Lines & Market Rates updates Etc.,

Goals for the Future:

* Gain greater visibility with my work leading to excellent upward career graph.
* Have worked Pan India and Now looking to take wings and move to a much more Global & Cosmopolitan Environment.
* Achieve a higher level of financial and emotional abundance
* Grow beyond my self beliefs
* Give back to my friends, family and to the society i am associated with.

Major Achievements:

**Successfully Priced to retain the following Businesses:
1. Nokia - Export to Jebel Ali - Massive Volumes / FCLs
2. TYCO - Import ex Shanghai - FCLs
3. Mico - Export to Busan - FCLs
4. Godrej - Import ex Ningbo - FCLs
5. Voltas - Import ex Ningbo - FCLs
6. Moser Baer - Export to Europe Base Ports - FCLs
Plus a lot more of accounts ranging from Garments to Stones & Machineries.

Mahesh Lokhande (Max) mahesh.lokhande@gmail.com’s Specialties:

Pan India Sea Freight Pricing, Operations, Presentation Skills, Customer Retention, Business opportunity creation, Global Tender Management, International Sea Freight Business & Crisis/Dispute Management & Resolution.

Mahesh Lokhande (Max) mahesh.lokhande@gmail.com’s Experience

MANAGER SEA FREIGHT, Bombay & PRICING, INDIA

CH Robinson

(Public Company; Logistics and Supply Chain industry)

September 2008 — Present (11 months)

Joined CHRW in the first week of September 2008. Have already picked up businesses through South & Eastern India. Biz scenario remains a bit difficult but am optimistic. Will add details of accomplishments shortly.
Manager - Sea Freight Product Management - Pricing at Schenker India Pvt Ltd.,

Schenker India Private Ltd.,

(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Logistics and Supply Chain industry)

November 2007 — August 2008 (10 months)

Due to involvement in varios roles in Bombay, was Identified to be promoted since from Nov 07 till Now. In my present role, I handle the following:
* Pricing Pan India Export & Import sea freight businesses
* Pricing thru Interaction with Local Shipping Lines and thru support from HQ, Singapore
* Processing & Qualifying Requests for Quote by working closely with HQ, singapore or Qualifying biz thru local negotiations
* Handling Global Tender businesses
* Resolving crisis & issues of various types arising at various origins & destinations in India
* Follow up for Incentives from the HQ for shipments handled
* Resolving billing related matters
* Settling Disputes related to shipments between concerned origins & destinations
* Retaining Big Businesses by providing best pricing on the most premium of services
* Keeping information flow open and running thru updates on various events that affect the trade / us thru News Lines & Market Rates updates Etc.,
Assistant Manager - Ocean Exports, New Delhi & Bombay

Schenker India Private Ltd

(Logistics and Supply Chain industry)

November 2004 — November 2007 (3 years 1 month)

* Setup team by recruiting from market & by training existing staff to set up a lean team of professionals
* Team Cross functional activities from Data Integrity to successfully handling shipments from Booking Stage to release of documents to suppliers accomplished
* Involved in Sales Processes & played a major role in assisting sales staff thru Joint Visits, creating excellent business opportunities thru unbeatable deals resulting in biz retention & new biz creation
* Kept team motivated thru a liberal environment where everyone was made to feel the importance of their roles in the team
* Encouraged team members to be idea generators, discussed ideas & validated those that could be implemented.
* Created a constant change & chaos environment resulting in excellent learning opportunities for the team
* Have been a facilitator mostly rather than a controller by creating a very liberal, open & pro biz environment.
Senior Executive

Expeditors International

(Logistics and Supply Chain industry)

2001 — 2002 (1 year)

Mahesh Lokhande (Max) mahesh.lokhande@gmail.com’s Education

Pondicherry University

Master of Foreign Trade , Foreign Trade , 1999 — 2001

Additional Information

Mahesh Lokhande (Max) mahesh.lokhande@gmail.com’s Websites:

Mahesh Lokhande (Max) mahesh.lokhande@gmail.com’s Interests:

Logistics, Supply Chain Management, General Management, Self Development, Networking, Freight Forwarding, Customer Relationship Management, Cargo Consolidation, Containerisation, Shipping, Business Development, Customer Retention, Relationship Building, Sea Freight Pricing, Global Tender Management, Sea Freight Dispute Resolution, Science Fiction, Food (Strictly Non Vegetarian) & Blogging at forwarder.blogspot.com