Pricing Analyst

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

The Pricing Analyst will be responsible for analyzing transportation costs, market rates, customer requirements, and profitability to develop accurate and competitive pricing solutions.

This role will work closely with Sales, Operations, Carrier Management, Finance, and Customer Service to ensure pricing is commercially competitive while maintaining appropriate margins.

The ideal candidate has experience in transportation, freight forwarding, logistics, customs brokerage, or supply chain, with strong analytical skills and a solid understanding of freight pricing and transportation costs.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and prepare customer‑specific pricing and freight quotations based on shipment requirements, lanes, volumes, service levels, and transportation modes.
• Analyze carrier rates, fuel surcharges, accessorial charges, tariffs, and other transportation costs.
• Review and maintain customer and carrier rate sheets and pricing databases.
• Analyze historical shipment data to identify pricing trends, cost drivers, and margin opportunities.
• Partner with Sales to develop competitive pricing proposals and respond to RFPs, RFQs, and customer pricing requests.
• Evaluate proposed rates to ensure they meet established margin and profitability targets.
• Conduct market and competitor rate analysis to ensure pricing remains competitive.
• Work with Operations and Carrier Management to validate transportation costs and available capacity.
• Identify opportunities to improve gross margin through pricing adjustments, carrier negotiations, and improved lane management.
• Monitor customer profitability and investigate significant variances between quoted and actual costs.
• Prepare pricing reports, dashboards, and analysis for management.
• Support annual and periodic customer rate reviews and contract negotiations.
• Assist with pricing strategy for new customers, new lanes, and new service offerings.
• Maintain accurate pricing information within the company's TMS, ERP, CRM, or pricing systems.
• Ensure pricing requests are completed accurately and within required turnaround times.
• Assist with special pricing projects, cost analysis, and process improvement initiatives.
• Provide analytical support to Sales and Operations when evaluating new business opportunities.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of experience in pricing, rate analysis, transportation, logistics, freight forwarding, or supply chain.
• Strong understanding of transportation costs and freight pricing.
• Experience working with carrier rates, customer rate sheets, and freight quotations.
• Strong mathematical and analytical abilities.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to analyze large amounts of data and identify trends and discrepancies.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively with Sales, Operations, Finance, and customers.
• Ability to manage multiple pricing requests and deadlines in a fast‑paced environment.