Transportation Procurement and Pricing Analyst

JOB SUMMARY:

We are seeking an experienced Transportation Procurement & Pricing Analyst to support the development, evaluation, and management of transportation procurement and pricing programs. This role combines transportation analytics, carrier sourcing, cost modeling, and pricing strategy to drive informed transportation decisions and optimize freight spend. The ideal candidate has experience in transportation pricing, transportation procurement, carrier economics, cost modeling logistics analytics, and/or network analysis.

This role will be primarily focused on pricing and rate analysis, while also supporting transportation sourcing events, carrier RFPs, pricing database development, and long-term expansion into broader multimodal transportation pricing strategies.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Analyze and develop LTL pricing, rate structures, and carrier pricing strategies.
• Evaluate transportation costs, profitability, density, lane characteristics, accessorial impacts, and service requirements.
• Maintain and enhance transportation pricing databases and analytical tools.
• Build models to support market benchmarking, cost analysis, and pricing recommendations.
• Partner with transportation procurement and operations teams to support carrier negotiations and sourcing initiatives.
• Assist with carrier RFPs, bid evaluations, and award recommendations.
• Identify opportunities to improve pricing processes, reporting, and data management capabilities.
• Support strategic initiatives related to FTL, parcel, intermodal, and other transportation modes as the role evolves.
• Deliver insights and recommendations to leadership through reporting, dashboards, and ad hoc analysis.
• Support carrier negotiations through cost modeling, market benchmarking, bid analysis, and total landed cost evaluations.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree

EXPERIENCE:

• 5+ years of experience in transportation pricing, transportation procurement, logistics analytics, carrier sourcing, freight procurement, network analysis, or related disciplines.
• Experience working within transportation procurement, logistics, carrier management, carrier pricing, transportation sourcing, 3PL, or transportation service provider environments strongly preferred.

REQUIREMENTS/CERTIFICATIONS:

• Advanced proficiency in Excel and transportation analytics.
• Experience working with transportation management systems (TMS), pricing databases, and business intelligence tools.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively present, influence, and consult with multiple stakeholders at a variety of levels
• Proven success in developing and communicating business recommendations and insights in an easy-to-understand way, leveraging data to tell a story
• Strong organization and task management skills
• Ability to interpret large data sets and translate findings into clear, actionable recommendations
• Strong quantitative, financial, and analytical skills with the ability to identify trends, uncover insights, and support strategic decision-making.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience analyzing transportation spend and carrier performance.
• Familiarity with TMS, BI tools, SQL, Power BI, Alteryx, Tableau, or transportation pricing systems.
• Experience with LTL pricing concepts, carrier economics, transportation cost analysis, and freight procurement strategies is preferred.
• Experience with LTL tariffs, discounts, FAK structures, minimum charges, accessorials, and transportation economics preferred.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Ability to communicate clearly and understandably in person, over the telephone, and in group settings
• Ability to continuously operate a personal computer for extended periods of time (4 or more hours)
• Mental acuity sufficient to collect and interpret data, evaluate, reason, define problems, draw valid conclusions, and make sound decisions
• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• This position is expected to work primarily from the office to facilitate collaboration, training, and engagement with key stakeholders across the transportation organization.

Other Duties: Additional duties, responsibilities, and activities may be required