Strategic Transportation Pricing & Procurement Analyst

DRiV Incorporated; Southfield (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

DRiV Incorporated seeks an experienced Transportation Procurement & Pricing Analyst to develop, evaluate, and manage pricing programs for transportation. The role combines analytics, carrier sourcing, cost modeling, and pricing strategy to optimize freight spend and guide decisions.

The ideal candidate has experience in transportation pricing, procurement, carrier economics, and cost modeling. Focus will be on pricing and rate analysis, with involvement in carrier RFPs and pricing database

Qualifications

• Advanced proficiency in Excel and transportation analytics.
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• Experience with transportation management systems (TMS), pricing databases and BI tools.
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• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and develop LTL pricing, rate structures, and carrier pricing strategies.
• Evaluate transportation costs, profitability, density, lane characteristics, accessorial impacts, and service requirements.
• Maintain and enhance transportation pricing databases and analytical tools.
• Build models to support market benchmarking, cost analysis, and pricing recommendations.
• Partner with transportation procurement and operations teams to support carrier negotiations and sourcing initiatives.
• Assist with carrier RFPs, bid evaluations, and award recommendations.
• Identify opportunities to improve pricing processes, reporting, and data management capabilities.
• Support strategic initiatives related to FTL, parcel, intermodal, and other transportation modes as the role evolves.
• Deliver insights and recommendations to leadership through reporting, dashboards, and ad hoc analysis.
• Support carrier negotiations through cost modeling, market benchmarking, bid analysis, and total landed cost evaluations.

Skills

Excel

Transportation analytics

Data analysis

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Stakeholder presentation

Tools

TMS

Pricing databases

Business intelligence tools

SQL

Power BI

Alteryx

Tableau

Job description

DRiV Incorporated seeks an experienced Transportation Procurement & Pricing Analyst to develop, evaluate, and manage pricing programs for transportation. The role combines analytics, carrier sourcing, cost modeling, and pricing strategy to optimize freight spend and guide decisions.

The ideal candidate has experience in transportation pricing, procurement, carrier economics, and cost modeling. Focus will be on pricing and rate analysis, with involvement in carrier RFPs and pricing database