Transportation Pricing Analyst

DRiV Incorporated; Skokie (IL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

DRiV Incorporated is seeking an experienced Transportation Procurement & Pricing Analyst to drive pricing strategy, rate analysis, and sourcing in a multi-modal freight environment. This role focuses on data-driven insights and cost optimization across LTL, intermodal, and parcel pricing domains.

You will collaborate with procurement and operations teams to support carrier negotiations, RFPs, and long-term pricing initiatives, leveraging analytics to inform strategic decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; experience in transportation pricing and procurement preferred.
• 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 data-driven recommendations clearly to multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Advanced Excel

Transportation analytics

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Quantitative analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

TMS

Pricing databases

Business intelligence tools

SQL

Power BI

Alteryx

Tableau

Job description

INTENAL JOB TITLE: Transportation Procurement & Pricing Analyst

EXTERNAL JOB TITLE: Transportation Procurement & Pricing Analyst

BUSINESS GROUP: Motorparts

REGION: Americas (NOAM)

SITE LOCATION: SOUTHFIELD, MI

JOB CODE/SECTION: HR will add

JOB LEVEL/FLSA STATUS: Experienced Professional

FUNCTION: Global Supply Chain

SUBFUNCTION: Distribution & Logistics

REPORTS TO: Marc Hoffmann (Commodity Manager/indirect procurement)

JOB SUMMARY

We are seeking an experienced Transportation Procurement & Pricing Analyst to support the development, evaluation, and management of transportation procurement and pricing programs. This role combines transportation analytics, carrier sourcing, cost modeling, and pricing strategy to drive informed transportation decisions and optimize freight spend. The ideal candidate has experience in transportation pricing, transportation procurement, carrier economics, cost modeling logistics analystics, and/or network analysis.

This role will be primarily focused on pricing and rate analysis, while also supporting transportation sourcing events, carrier RFPs, pricing database development, and long-term expansion into broader multimodal transportation pricing strategies.

JOB 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.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree

EXPERIENCE

• 5+ years of experience in transportation pricing, transportation procurement, logistics analytics, carrier sourcing, freight procurement, network analysis, or related disciplines.
• Experience working within transportation procurement, logistics, carrier management, carrier pricing, transportation sourcing, 3PL, or transportation service provider environments strongly preferred.

REQUIREMENTS/CERTIFICATIONS

• Advanced proficiency in Excel and transportation analytics.
• Experience working with transportation management systems (TMS), pricing databases, and business intelligence tools.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively present, influence, and consult with multiple stakeholders at a variety of levels
• Proven success in developing and communicating business recommendations and insights in an easy-to-understand way, leveraging data to tell a story
• Strong organization and task management skills
• Ability to interpret large data sets and translate findings into clear, actionable recommendations
• Strong quantitative, financial, and analytical skills with the ability to identify trends, uncover insights, and support strategic decision-making.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience analyzing transportation spend and carrier performance.
• Familiarity with TMS, BI tools, SQL, Power BI, Alteryx, Tableau, or transportation pricing systems.
• Experience with LTL pricing concepts, carrier economics, transportation cost analysis, and freight procurement strategies is preferred.
• Experience with LTL tariffs, discounts, FAK structures, minimum charges, accessorials, and transportation economics preferred.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Ability to communicate clearly and understandably in person, over the telephone, and in group settings
• Ability to continuously operate a personal computer for extended periods of time (4 or more hours)
• Mental acuity sufficient to collect and interpret data, evaluate, reason, define problems, draw valid conclusions, and make sound decisions
• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• This position is expected to work primarily from the office to facilitate collaboration, training, and engagement with key stakeholders across the transportation organization.

Other Duties

Additional duties, responsibilities, and activities may be required