Freight Pricing Strategist

AppleOne Employment Services; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

AppleOne Employment Services is seeking a Pricing Analyst to analyze transportation costs, market rates, customer requirements and profitability to develop accurate pricing solutions. This role collaborates with Sales, Operations, Carrier Management, Finance and Customer Service to ensure pricing is commercially competitive while preserving margins.

The ideal candidate has 2–5 years in pricing, logistics, or freight, with strong analytical skills and familiarity with rate sheets and pricing

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of pricing, rate analysis, or supply chain experience.
• Strong understanding of transportation costs and freight pricing.
• Experience with carrier rates, customer rate sheets, and freight quotations.
• Excellent mathematical and analytical abilities.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Develop customer-specific pricing and freight quotations based on shipment requirements.
• Analyze carrier rates, fuel surcharges, tariffs, and other costs.
• Maintain customer and carrier rate sheets and pricing databases.
• Analyze historical shipment data to identify pricing trends and margins.
• Collaborate with Sales to create competitive pricing proposals and respond to RFPs/RFQs.
• Evaluate rates to ensure target margins and profitability.
• Perform market and competitor rate analysis to stay competitive.
• Validate transportation costs and capacity with Operations and Carrier Management.
• Identify opportunities to improve gross margin through pricing and lane management.
• Prepare pricing reports and dashboards for management.
• Support rate reviews and contract negotiations.
• Assist with pricing strategy for new customers, lanes, and services.
• Maintain pricing information in pricing systems and ensure turnaround times.
• Support pricing projects and process improvements.
• Provide analytical support to Sales and Operations on new opportunities.

Skills

Pricing analysis

Transportation & logistics

Freight pricing

Data analysis

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Multi-tasking

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

TMS

ERP

CRM

Job description

AppleOne Employment Services is seeking a Pricing Analyst to analyze transportation costs, market rates, customer requirements and profitability to develop accurate pricing solutions. This role collaborates with Sales, Operations, Carrier Management, Finance and Customer Service to ensure pricing is commercially competitive while preserving margins.

The ideal candidate has 2–5 years in pricing, logistics, or freight, with strong analytical skills and familiarity with rate sheets and pricing