Logistics Analyst

Cefetra Group; Paisley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Cefetra Limited, part of Cefetra Group, is seeking a Transport and Pricing Analyst to optimise transport routes and pricing strategies, reducing costs while supporting hauliers’ efficiency. The role involves tracking price fluctuations and analysing market influencers to advise the Haulage Manager on pricing opportunities and movements.

The Analyst will ensure the pricing matrix remains accurate and forward prices reflect inflation and market drivers.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills in logistics and pricing.
• Experience in UK transport pricing and route optimisation.
• Proven ability to report KPIs and drive continuous improvement.
• Understanding of market drivers affecting supply and demand in haulage.

Responsibilities

• Route Optimisation: analyse and optimise transport routes in collaboration with hauliers to minimise costs and improve efficiency.
• Pricing Analysis: monitor and track haulage pricing fluctuations; analyse market trends and drivers; provide insights to the Haulage Manager; ensure pricing matrix accuracy and reflect inflation.
• Collaboration with Traders and Execution Teams: work with traders to understand haulage exposures and identify cost-saving opportunities; coordinate with execution teams to meet customer requirements.
• Cost Monitoring and KPI Reporting: track actual vs planned costs; produce month-end KPI reports showing trends and progress to strategic goals.
• Operational Support: support the transport team during busy periods and ensure BAU routes are handed off to execution teams.

Skills

Analytical skills

Route planning

Pricing analysis

KPI reporting

Market drivers

Job description

Part of Cefetra Group, Cefetra Limited is one of the major traders of grains and animal feed raw materials in the UK and Ireland.

With long-term arrangements at strategically selected import facilities with a specialised network of suppliers, objective market analysis and a trusted approach to quality and sustainability, it is ideally positioned to meet customer requirements whilst reducing risk and increasing efficiency.

With 700,000 tonnes of storage capacity supported by state-of-the-art processing technology, the business dispatches between 85,000 – 90,000 tonnes of raw materials to industry partners every week and delivers up to 600 lorry loads per day. Its products are used for animal feed and throughout the food and drink sector, supplying product to some of the largest food producers in sectors such as dairy, beef, lamb, poultry, pork, salmon, beer, bread, biscuits, breakfast cereals and pet food.

Parent organisation ‘Cefetra Group’ delivers more than 25 million tonnes of agri-feed per annum and is Europe’s largest agri-service and trading business, serving customers from its 29 offices in 19 different countries, with revenues of over €4 billion.

About the role:

The Transport and Pricing Analyst will focus on optimising transport routes and pricing strategies to reduce costs while supporting hauliers’ efficiency. The role involves tracking price fluctuations, analysing market influencers, and advising the Haulage Manager on pricing opportunities and movements. The Analyst will ensure that the pricing matrix remains accurate and forward prices reflect inflation and market drivers. Additionally, this role will monitor actual versus planned costs, ensuring that teams deliver on the pricing strategy. The role also supports a culture of continuous improvement through data-driven insights.

Role & Responsibilities – key outputs :

1. Route Optimisation:

   • Analyse and optimise transport routes in collaboration with hauliers to minimise costs and improve efficiency.

   • Proactively discover information using networks to identify opportunities where hauliers have won or lost new routes, supporting backhauls where it benefits Cefetra’s operations.

2. Pricing Analysis:

   • Monitor and track haulage pricing fluctuations.

   • Analyse wider market trends and supply/demand drivers impacting haulage costs across the UK.

   • Provide insights to the Haulage Manager on price movements and opportunities.

   • Ensure the accuracy of the pricing matrix and project future prices in line with inflation and market drivers.

3. Collaboration with Traders and Execution Teams:

   • Work closely with traders to ensure haulage exposures are well understood.

   • Identify and discuss opportunities with traders to increase efficiency and reduce costs by understanding transport flows.

   • Collaborate with the execution teams to meet customer requirements at collection and delivery points, ensuring agreements reflect operational needs.

4. Cost Monitoring and KPI Reporting:

   • Track and compare actual executed costs against the planned pricing matrix to ensure cost strategies are achieved.

   • Support a culture of continuous improvement by reporting on key performance indicators (KPIs) for the Haulage team.

   • Produce month-end reports for the Haulage Manager, showing performance trends and tracking progress against strategic goals.

5. Operational Support:

   • Assist the transport team by manning phones, especially during busy periods or holiday cover.

   • Ensure business-as-usual (BAU) routes are offloaded to the execution teams to allow the haulage team to focus on strategic tasks.

Knowledge and Skills

• Strong analytical skills in logistics and pricing.

• Expertise in route planning and cost optimisation in the UK transport sector.

• Experience in reporting KPIs and preparing performance reports for continuous improvement.

• Knowledge of market drivers affecting supply and demand in the haulage industry