Pricing Supervisor

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The international logistics industry is an integral piece of the global trade puzzle; we make the world go round. Global supply chain management is what we do, and at the heart of Expeditors you will find professionalism, leadership, and a friendly environment, all of which foster an innovative, customer service-based approach to logistics.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and manage quotes and RFQs, including complex, strategic, urgent, and high-value opportunities.
• Maintain an active pricing workload and provide hands-on support whenever team capacity, request complexity, or business priorities require it.
• Coordinate daily pricing assignments, monitor turnaround times, and take action to prevent or reduce backlog.
• Support Pricing Analysts with rate sourcing, provider selection, routing options, margin decisions, and challenging pricing requests.
• Review quotes for accuracy, completeness, competitiveness, profitability, and compliance with company standards.
• Obtain and compare rates from carriers, co-loaders, transportation providers, network offices, and other service providers.
• Negotiate rates and commercial conditions with carriers and service providers within delegated authority.
• Monitor margins and help ensure pricing decisions balance business conversion with appropriate profitability.
• Analyse quote results, customer feedback, wins, losses, rejection reasons, and market conditions to identify commercial opportunities.
• Maintain current knowledge of provider options, market rates, transit times, surcharges, GRI, PSS, and other relevant changes.
• Partner with Sales and Customer Service to understand customer requirements and develop competitive, executable solutions.
• Coach Pricing Analysts through practical support, quote reviews, and the sharing of commercial and market knowledge.
• Escalate significant margin exceptions, service risks, capacity constraints, and commercial commitments requiring management approval.
• Protect confidential customer, provider, contract, and pricing information.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Relevant pricing, freight forwarding, logistics, transportation, or industry experience.
• Practical experience preparing quotes and RFQs.
• Understanding of buying rates, selling rates, margins, profitability, surcharges, and commercial risk.
• Experience negotiating with carriers or service providers.
• Strong commercial judgement, analytical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to supervise others while remaining actively involved in daily operational work.
• Strong communication, organisation, coaching, and relationship-management skills.
• Knowledge of relevant markets, carriers, routings, and service options.
• Proficiency with approved quoting tools, databases, Microsoft Excel, and related business systems.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Expeditors offers excellent benefits:

• Paid Vacation, Holiday, Sick Time
• Health Plan: Medical
• Life Insurance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Training and Personnel Development Program
• Growth opportunities within the company
• Employee Referral Program Bonus