Senior Pricing Analyst (Ready Logistics)

Cox Enterprises; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Cox Enterprises in Phoenix seeks a pricing analyst skilled in strategic design and technical implementation for logistics and transportation. The role focuses on turning data into actionable insights, building automated pricing models, and driving profitability and market competitiveness.

You will collaborate with Sales, Finance, and Operations to tailor pricing to customer segments and real-time market conditions, and you will develop dashboards and tools to streamline quoting and pricing

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline with 2 years’ experience; or master’s degree with up to 2 years’ experience; or 6 years’ experience with no degree.
• Oracle or SQL Server knowledge is a plus.
• Proficiency with data visualization tools like Power BI or Tableau is a plus.
• Strong analytical skills to transform data into business insights.
• Ability to tell a story with data and present it to varied audiences.
• Self-starter with intellectual curiosity and strong problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation abilities across levels.
• Experience with ETL processes is a plus.
• Ability to build relationships across Sales, Finance, and Operations.
• Proven track record in a sales-support role in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop pricing strategies balancing profitability, market share, and retention.
• Build and maintain predictive pricing models using SQL, Excel, or BI tools.
• Partner with Sales, Finance, and Operations to align pricing with objectives.
• Determine pricing optimizations by customer segments, geography, and competition.
• Analyze industry trends, capacity, and competitor behavior to adjust pricing.
• Monitor pricing health and provide data-informed recommendations.
• Design automated pricing tools, dashboards, and APIs to speed quoting.
• Run what-if analyses for market changes and fuel costs.
• Present findings and pricing performance to senior leadership.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Storytelling with data

Communication

Presentation

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Master’s degree (or ≥6 years experience)

Tools

Oracle

SQL Server

Power BI

Tableau

ETL

Job description

This role is ideal for an analytical and business-savvy analyst with expertise in both strategic pricing design and technical implementation within the logistics and transportation industry. Skilled at transforming data into actionable insights, building automated pricing models, and developing strategies that improve profitability, market competitiveness, and operational efficiency. You must be located near the Ready Logistics headquarters or the Cox Atlanta headquarters.

Job Summary

• Develop and execute comprehensive pricing strategies that align with company goals, balancing profitability, market share, and customer retention.

• Build and maintain predictive pricing models using SQL, data visualization platforms, or Excel to forecast demand, evaluate margins, and optimize rate structures.

• Partner with Sales, Finance, and Operations to ensure pricing recommendations support strategic objectives and reflect real-time market conditions.

• Determining pricing optimizations based on customer segments, geography, competition, and other value drivers.

• Analyze industry trends, capacity fluctuations, and competitor behaviors to proactively adjust pricing frameworks and bid strategies.

• Monitor pricing health of the business and consumer segment performance; identify patterns, trends, issues, and challenges, and develop data-informed insights and recommendations for corrective action.

• Design and implement automated pricing tools, dashboards, and APIs to streamline quoting, improve accuracy, and help the company quickly respond to market changes and trends.

• Conduct “what-if” and sensitivity analyses to model the impact of market changes, fuel costs, and customer mix on pricing strategy and margin outcomes.

• Present data-driven recommendations and pricing performance reports to senior leadership to guide long-term pricing and revenue strategies.

Required Experience & Specialized Knowledge and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 2 years’ experience in a related field; or a different combination, such as a master's degree and up to 2 years’ experience; or 6 years’ experience in a related field with no degree.

• Specific knowledge of database platforms like Oracle, SQL Server a plus.

• Working knowledge of data visualization and reporting platforms such as Power BI or Tableau is a plus.

• Technical Skills: Strong analytical skills with proven ability to transform data into business insights. Uses logic and intuition to make inferences about the meaning of data and arrive at a conclusion.

• Able to tell a story with data – i.e., use what you put together technically and share it in a compelling way to varying audience members.

• Work Ethic: Self-starter who possesses a high degree of intellectual curiosity.

• Problem Solving: Assess situations to identify causes, generate solutions, and make recommendations to resolve the problem.

• Communication: Effectively communicate in a clear and timely manner. Comfortable speaking to various levels, from front-line team members to executives. Articulates the implications of trends for own department or team as well as for the broader organization.

• Presentation Skills: Skilled knowledge of effective presentation tools and techniques; ability to present information to individuals and groups with an appropriate degree of formality.

• Experience with ETL (extract, transform, and load) is a plus.

• Build Relationships: Establish and maintain positive working relationships with others, both internally and externally

• Proven track record in operating in a support capacity in a high-functioning sales environment.

• Influence: Ability to operate and work across functional groups in a matrixed organization.