Freight Brokerage Pricing Analyst

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Reports To:

Vice President of Pricing and Yield Management

Location:

Chicago, IL

Environment:
Hybrid (4 days onsite; 1 remote)

Recognized by Gartner in their Modern 4PL Market Guide, Redwood Logistics is at the forefront of industry innovation. Our cutting-edge supply chain technology pairs with the expertise of our brilliant minds to empower logistics execution across North America and Mexico.

Leveraging a comprehensive range of services, data-centric network solutions, and a seamlessly integrated platform, we have established our prominence as a key player in the mid-market segment within the freight tech industry.

Whether you’re just starting your career or are an established professional looking for your next opportunity, Redwood inspires innovation across teams to provide transformative solutions for our customers.

As a Pricing Analyst working within Redwood Multimodal (one of our entities),you will be responsible for deploying pricing strategies to the existing and new contract book of business and developing ongoing enhancements to our contract pricing engine. Additionally, you will be tasked with deploying strategies to ensure sufficient yield on a load, lane, and account level. You will use your leadership skills to identify and implement process improvements.

The ideal candidate will be data-driven, self-motivated, and create solutions with a sense of urgency.

• Strong understanding of seasonality, price modeling, lane level analysis and truckload cycle dynamics that support our customers’ ever-changing needs
• Prioritize multiple projects in a fast-paced environment to drive organizational growth
• Serve as primary contact between Sales and Operations teams on RFPs through phone and written conversations
• Actively contribute to team performance to hit RFP and weekly report deadlines
• Manage dashboard reporting and data integrity of Snowflake and Tableau tools
• Ensure written and verbal team communications are timely, concise, and accurate
• Maintain our current Standard Operations Procedures to clearly identify roles & responsibilities
• Other related duties as assigned

• 1+ year of experience in pricing, pricing analysis, or related quantitative role
• 3+ years of experience in logistics, leadership, and/or analytics strongly preferred
• Proven experience in a fast paced, dynamic work environment with ability to effectively multitask and prioritize multiple projects
• Ability to focus for long periods of time on highly strategic projects
• Advanced Excel skills including VLOOKUPs, Pivot Tables, and nested formulas required
• Ability to prioritize tasks and adapt quickly to changing needs/timelines while maintaining a strong attention to detail
• Working knowledge of SQL preferred
• Experience with database management and reporting to all levels of the organization
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Must be extremely detail-oriented with respect to documentation and communication
• BS/BA degree in supply chain, economics, business, mathematics or related discipline

• Access to experts and resources for your Learning & Development journey
• Opportunity for internal mobility
• Employee referral bonus program
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
• Annual fundraising and volunteer events to give back to communities
• Paid time off, floating holidays, time off to volunteer and rollover
• Paid parental leave
• Medical, dental, vision and 401k plans (with match)
• Flexible spending account, mass transit and dependent care plans available
• Health savings account, with a annual company contribution for plan participants
• Short-term and long-term disability; life insurance policies subsidized by company
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