Healthcare Airfreight Pricing Analyst

CEVA Logistics; Hounslow; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

CEVA Logistics in Hounslow, London is seeking an experienced Healthcare Air Pricing Analyst to develop accurate, competitive airfreight pricing for healthcare customers, including spot quotes, contracts and RFQ/RFP opportunities.

Reporting to the Air Freight Pricing Manager, you will build pricing models, negotiate rates, coordinate with internal teams and ensure margins while meeting deadlines in a regulated healthcare logistics environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in airfreight pricing, freight forwarding or similar commercial environment.
• Experience building end-to-end airfreight quotations and managing complex spot quotes, RFQs and tenders.
• Good understanding of airfreight costs, carrier pricing, routing, surcharges, margin management and large pricing-file analysis.
• Desirable knowledge of pricing within healthcare, pharmaceutical, life-sciences or other regulated supply chains; GDP and temperature-controlled airfreight; packaging solutions.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of pricing opportunities within the UK healthcare airfreight market.
• Develop accurate, competitive and commercially viable end-to-end pricing solutions for spot quotations, contracts and RFQ/RFP opportunities.
• Negotiate and challenge rates using market insight to develop effective solutions for customers.
• Collaborate with internal teams to support existing and new business opportunities and ensure pricing governance.

Skills

Airfreight pricing

Freight forwarding

Pricing strategy

Stakeholder coordination

Commercial judgement

Negotiation

Data analysis

Attention to detail

Job description

CEVA Logistics provides global supply chain solutions to connect people, products, and providers all around the world. Present in 170+ countries and with more than 110,000 employees spread over 1,500 sites, we are proud to be a Top 5 global 3PL.

We believe that our employees are the key to our success. We want to engage and empower our diverse, global team to co-create value with our customers through our solutions in contract logistics and air, ocean, ground, and finished vehicle transport. That is why CEVA Logistics offers a dynamic and exceptional work environment that fosters personal growth, innovation, and continuous improvement.

DARE TO GROW! Join CEVA Logistics, and you will be part of a team that values imagination and continued learning and is committed to excellence in everything we do. Join us in our mission to shape the future of global logistics. As we continue growing at a fast pace, will you "Dare to Grow" with us?

YOUR ROLE

Our air productteam in Hounslow, London have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Healthcare Air Pricing Analyst to join the team! This is an analytical and commercially focused role, responsible for developing accurate, competitive and profitable airfreight pricing solutions for healthcare customers.

This is a hybrid Monday to Friday role.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

Reporting to the Air Freight Pricing Manager, you will take ownership of pricing opportunities within the UK healthcare airfreight market, combining your airfreight pricing expertise with an understanding of pharmaceutical and healthcare logistics. You will develop accurate, competitive and commercially viable end-to-end pricing solutions for spot quotations, contracts and RFQ/RFP opportunities, ensuring proposals meet customer requirements while protecting sustainable margins and adhering to agreed deadlines. Working closely with a range of internal and external stakeholders, you will build and analyse pricing models that reflect the specific operational, regulatory and risk requirements of healthcare shipments, including temperature-controlled handling, specialist equipment, carrier requirements, risk premiums and other operational constraints.

You will negotiate and challenge rates, using commercial judgement and market insight to develop the most effective solutions for customers. You will collaborate with internal teams to support both existing and new business opportunities, ensuring appropriate commercial controls, approvals and pricing governance are in place. You will also use market intelligence and pricing performance data to identify opportunities for continuous improvement, strengthen pricing strategies and enhance overall commercial performance.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

To be successful in this role, you will have proven experience in airfreight pricing, freight forwarding or a similar commercial environment, with a strong understanding of freight management. You will have experience building end-to-end airfreight quotations and managing complex spot quotes, RFQs and tenders. You will have a good understanding of airfreight costs, carrier pricing, routing, accessorial charges, rate validity, surcharges, margin management and large pricing-file analysis. Strong attention to detail, commercial judgement and the confidence to challenge are essential, alongside excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders and deliver accurate solutions to fixed deadlines.

It would be desirable to have experience of pricing within healthcare, pharmaceutical, life-sciences or other regulated supply chains. Knowledge of GDP and temperature-controlled airfreight as well as active and passive packaging solutions, would be advantageous.

WHAT DO WE HAVE TO OFFER?

With a genuine culture of reward and recognition, we want our employees to grow, develop and be part of our journey. We offer a benefits package that includes competitive annual leave entitlement with a fantastic holiday buy scheme, pension and life assurance along with access to an employee benefits platform that offers money off vouchers for a diverse range of retail, travel and hospitality brands. There's no doubt that you will be compensated for your hard work and commitment so if you'd like to work for one of the top Logistics providers in the world then

ABOUT TOMORROW

We value your professional and personal growth. That's why we share plenty of career opportunities for you to thrive within CEVA. Join CEVA for a challenging career.