Strategic Transportation Pricing & Sourcing Analyst

DRiV; Southfield (MI); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

DRiV in Southfield, MI is seeking an experienced Transportation Procurement & Pricing Analyst to lead pricing analysis, rate modeling, and carrier economics. You will support transportation procurement events, RFPs, pricing database development, and freight spend optimization.

The role emphasizes pricing strategy, market benchmarking, and close collaboration with procurement and operations to deliver data-driven recommendations for multimodal transportation programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and transportation analytics.
• Experience with TMS, pricing databases, and BI tools.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to present and influence stakeholders at multiple levels.

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

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Excel

TMS

BI tools

SQL

Power BI

Alteryx

Tableau

Job description

DRiV in Southfield, MI is seeking an experienced Transportation Procurement & Pricing Analyst to lead pricing analysis, rate modeling, and carrier economics. You will support transportation procurement events, RFPs, pricing database development, and freight spend optimization.

The role emphasizes pricing strategy, market benchmarking, and close collaboration with procurement and operations to deliver data-driven recommendations for multimodal transportation programs.