Position Summary

The International Pricing Analyst is primarily responsible for providing international ocean and air pricing for new international solutions requests and for existing accounts. The Pricing Analyst regularly interacts with Sales, Solutions, Account Management, and the VP of International. This individual serves a critical role in winning new business and maintaining existing accounts.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Duties include but are not limited to the following:

Respond to new solutions requests:
Maintain a pre and post RFP tracker
Other administrative duties as assigned
Extract representative customer data from the quote request form, Datamyne, and/or invoices
Recommend pricing structure, routing, and potential carriers
Construct the formal customer pricing template
Analyze optimal routing and pricing scenarios by evaluating multiple routings, lane pair, costing
Recommend resolutions to agents, carriers, and customers
Analyze and negotiating optimal mark-up and margins for all parties
Update existing customer sell rates due to fluctuating market conditions
Work to resolve carrier or agent issues

Specific Department Responsibilities

Maintain a solid understanding of current industry trends and news through frequent reading of periodicals
Stay up to date on international ocean and air carriers and pricing structures

Required Skills and Abilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Ability to work independently with minimal leadership oversight
The ability to effectively interact with Sales, Solutions, Account Management, and Executive teams
Excellent customer service, time management, and prioritization skills
Excellent oral and written communication skills in person and via phone
Ability to understand, interpret, and explain complex and abstract pricing issues and respond appropriately
Able to utilize sound, independent judgment and make responsible decisions and recommendations
Excellent follow-through and detail orientation
Able to effectively utilize computer programs including Word and Excel and transportation management system
Ability to work with a variety of people and personality types
Able to work within a fast-paced team environment
Work as necessary to meet customer needs

Minimum Education and Experience

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
At least five years of industry experience

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions; it does not proscribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to remain in a stationary position for at least 50% of the time. The employee needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc. The general level of physical activity would be defined as sedentary. The employee is regularly required to operate a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, telephone, copy machine, and printer. Some movements of the hands, arms, and wrists may involve repetitive motions. Specific vision abilities required by this job include the ability to detect, determine, perceive, identify, recognize, judge, observe, inspect, estimate, and assess various activities and surroundings.
Cognitive/Mental Requirements: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to comprehend and use basic language, either written or spoken, to communicate simple and complex information, ideas, and information. The employee is also required to use logic to define problems, collect information, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, interpret information, and deal with abstract variables for unique or unfamiliar situations. The employee must use problem-solving skills to formulate and apply appropriate courses of action for routine or familiar situations. The employee may be required to perform numerical operations including basic counting, adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing or more complex quantitative calculations.
Work Environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is inside a central heat and air-conditioned office building. The noise level in the work environment is minimal.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of an employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

eShipping LLC is an equal opportunity employer.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $45,000.00 - $60,000.00 per year

Benefits:

401(k)
401(k) matching
Dental insurance
Health insurance
Health savings account
Life insurance
Paid time off
Referral program
Retirement plan
Vision insurance

Schedule:

8 hour shift
Day shift
Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

Will you now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status?
What is your desired annual salary?
What is your preferred email address for communication?
How many years have you spent working for an international freight forwarder, or an ocean carrier?
When can a recruiter call you for a phone screen?

Experience:

providing ocean and air freight quotes: 1 year (Required)

Work Location: Remote

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