Carrier Pricing Analyst

About the role

The Pricing Analyst role will manage our truckload procurement and pricing platform and serve as the central point of contact for pricing requests from our sales and brokerage teams. This role blends platform/data ownership with hands-on truckload pricing — ideal for someone who understands spot and contract market dynamics and thrives as the go-to resource for accurate, fast pricing.

Responsibilities

• Own and administer our truckload procurement/RFP platform (Emerge experience strongly preferred), including bid events, rate benchmarking (e.g., DAT integration), user access, and data integrity
• Load, validate, and maintain contract and spot rate data (linehaul, fuel, accessorials) across lanes and carrier/broker networks
• Manage the private freight marketplace setup — incumbent carrier/broker onboarding, lane structures, and rate card maintenance within the platform
• Monitor data feeds between the platform and internal TMS/CRM, troubleshooting discrepancies
• Run and support Dynamic RFP/bid events, analyzing results and benchmarking against market data
• Own the inbound pricing request queue for truckload spot quotes and contract pricing from sales, account management, and operations
• Price truckload freight using cost inputs (linehaul, fuel, accessorials, capacity/market conditions) to build competitive, profitable quotes within SLA
• Track win/loss rates, turnaround times, and request volume to drive process improvements
• Escalate complex, high-value, or capacity-constrained requests with clear pricing recommendations
• Identify truckload lane-level pricing trends, margin erosion, and capacity risk
• Benchmark internal pricing against market indices (DAT, etc.) to inform strategy
• Support RFP/bid strategy, carrier sourcing, and customer-specific pricing initiatives
• Excellent verbal and written skills.
• Knowledge and ability to enter data in Logistics software.
• Excellent problem solving and resolution skills.
• Ability to work under pressure situations.
• Ability to Multi-task.
• Detail oriented.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of carrier networks and rail systems.
• Proven ability to independently manage vendor relationships, make carrier selection and approval decisions, and hold providers accountable.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and performance metrics.
• Excellent problem-solving and resolution skills.
• Ability to work under pressure, multitask effectively, and maintain strong attention to detail.
• High School Diploma required with previous logistics experience.
• 4 Year College Degree preferred but not mandatory
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, and customers.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.