Pricing Engineer

Roadrunner•Downers Grove, IL

19h•Hybrid

About The Position

Roadrunner’s Smart Long Haul is revolutionizing the industry with significant investments in technology, a culture of continuous improvement, and intelligent and efficient direct routing. As a Top 100 Trucking company and a Top Tier Service Carrier, Roadrunner is an LTL industry leader on the rise, offering more direct routes than any other nationwide Less-than-Truckload carrier in the United States. With a nationwide presence, terminals across 40+ markets, and more than $400 million in revenue, the company’s Smart Long-Haul Network is the preferred choice for shippers looking to move freight quickly and reliably. Roadrunner is growing and looking for a highly motivated Pricing Engineer to join their winning team. The Pricing Engineer will collaborate with customers and Sales executives to optimize price and service for new and existing accounts, utilize analytical tools for cost and price analysis, execute bids, monitor pricing decisions, and negotiate contractual agreements.

Requirements

Excellent analytical, organizational, decision-making, and problem-solving skills required.
Eager to take on new projects and learn new skills.
Driven and willing to take initiative and self-direct to reach organizational goals.
Comfortable with extracting the “story” that data tells and presenting complex information to management.
Detail-oriented with the ability to multi-task and prioritize tasks.
Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Industrial Engineering.
Other Engineering degrees and majors with a strong analytical background, such as Business Data Analytics, will be considered.
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, most notably in Microsoft Excel.
Ability to learn new systems quickly, use spreadsheets, computer models, and computer-generated reports.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with customers and Sales executives to optimize price and service for new and existing accounts.
Utilize various analytical tools to perform cost and price analysis on datasets with varying levels of complexity.
Execute direct-customer and 3PL bids by optimizing both the yield and the available capacity of our network.
Measure and monitor the results of strategic and tactical pricing decisions.
Interpret, develop, and negotiate customer tariff and contractual pricing agreements.
Utilize analytical strategies to develop and negotiate rate increases for customers and 3PL partners.
Make evidence-based, impactful business decisions as a result of interpreted data analysis.
Model pricing scenarios to predict impact of changes on organizational performance.
Represent the company on customer conference calls and onsite visits as a pricing subject matter expert.