Pricing Analyst, Freight & Logistics Strategy

Fracht Group - North America; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Fracht Group - North America is seeking a Pricing Analyst to develop pricing solutions for customers via sales and commercial channels. You will use market conditions, historical data, and internal targets to prepare quotes and internal proposals, coordinating with operations for pricing outcomes.

The role requires knowledge of ocean/airfreight and trucking pricing, plus negotiation experience and MS Office proficiency.

Qualifications

• Excellent working knowledge of ocean freight, airfreight, and trucking pricing terminology and experience in negotiating rates agreements/contracts.
• Working knowledge of freight consolidation and container loading and unique supply chain needs for moving freight and 3PL/4PL services.
• Bachelor’s degree in logistics or equal level by experience a plus.
• MS Office and other IT skills: basic MS Word, MS Outlook, and MS Excel.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate pricing with carriers/procurement team by shadowing the Commercial Supervisor/Manager.
• Manage price quotes internally.
• Send quotes to customers and perform cost analysis.
• Maintain backup data for quotes to efficiently handover to operations.
• Develop relationships with carriers, the procurement team, partner vendors, and key clients.
• Communicate pricing information and any issues internally and externally to control costs.
• Ensure that customers receive notices regarding significant market issues on a regular and consistent basis.
• Follow up on outstanding quotes and provide competitive/win-loss feedback to sales and other stakeholders.
• Ensure rate filing requirements are met in accordance with company standards.
• Responsible for performing freight cost analysis.
• Read and price ocean freight rates (FCL and LCL), and general bill of lading terms.
• Read and price airfreight rates for multiple types of commodities (e.g. general cargo, DG, temperature-controlled).
• Read and price trucking quotes across multiple modes (FTL, LTL, drayage).
• Maintain pricing databases in system.
• Ensure rate filings are organized efficiently, and that extensions, reductions, GRIs, free-time/special requirements, and commodity-specific pricing are clear for internal use.
• Attend important vendor/carrier meetings and contribute to the discussion with meaningful data and input.
• Attend important client meetings and contribute to the meeting with thorough meeting minutes and action point management.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Ocean freight pricing

Negotiation

Cost analysis

Vendor relations

Data interpretation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in logistics or equivalent by experience

Tools

MS Word

MS Outlook

MS Excel

Job description

Fracht Group - North America is seeking a Pricing Analyst to develop pricing solutions for customers via sales and commercial channels. You will use market conditions, historical data, and internal targets to prepare quotes and internal proposals, coordinating with operations for pricing outcomes.

The role requires knowledge of ocean/airfreight and trucking pricing, plus negotiation experience and MS Office proficiency.