(USA) Pricing Analyst

Do you have the passion to deliver outstanding service to customers and ready to join an exceptional service organization?

Morrison Express is looking for a Pricing Analyst to join our Sales Support team. This position can be located in Chicago, IL, New York, NY, Boston, MA, Columbus, OH, Miami, FL, Atlanta, GA, El Paso, TX, or Dallas, TX.

Schedule: This is a full time, Exempt position working a hybrid schedule in office 3 days per week and from home 2 days per week after training. 

Chicago Office Location: 1200 Kirk St, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007

As the Pricing Analyst, you will be responsible for building relationships with our internal sales and operations team to understand market trends and seasonality trends to provide arcuate air and ocean pricing requests and spot quotes.

To perform in this role you will need to understand how freight moves, standard industry charges, and incoterms. You will need to have effective time management skills, high attention to details,

and strong reasoning skills. 

Who We Are and What We Offer

Benefits- Employees are eligible to participate in benefits on the 1st of the month following their start date.

• Health, vision, dental insurance, flexible spending account
• 401K with employer match
• Generous paid time off
• Paid Disability Insurance, Life Insurance, AD&D, and Voluntary Life and AD&D
• Biannual Bonus 
• New office with standing desks , opportunities for advancement, supportive management, collaborative working environment,
• Morrison Express is a growing company – 2 stations opened in 2022, with plans to open 3 more in 2023!

A STRONG FAMILY

Established in 1972, Morrison Express began as a regional air freight specialist. Fifty years later, we have grown to become a leading global provider of freight forwarding and logistics services with a network of more than 300 company and agent offices across five continents.

We serve an expanding list of multinational businesses, managing their air, ocean and ground freight forwarding and logistics needs on a global basis. Our success as a global service provider is and will continue to be driven by our team of highly dedicated and hard working individuals. Their commitment and passion to their jobs are the backbone on which we have built our organization, and this will continue to be a source of passion with which we serve our clients.

AT MORRISON EXPRESS, OUR VISION IS TO BECOME AN EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION – ONE THAT’S BUILT ON AN UNWAVERING AND UNENDING FOCUS ON OUR CLIENTS

In achieving our vision, we recognize that our people are our most important asset. We are committed to creating an environment where our people can learn, succeed, and grow. We will continually invest in innovative processes, technology, training, and other tools to support our people. In so doing, we aim to instill in the hearts of our people the passion to deliver outstanding service, equaled by none.

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What You Will Be Doing in Your Day to Day:

• Complete transactional air and ocean pricing requests and spot quotes.
• Review and understand client shipment requirements when quoting.
• Analyze and recommend ideal shipping methods, routing, or carriers to meet necessary requirements, specifications, and costs.
• Responsible for building relationships with internal sales and operations teams to gain understanding of market trends and seasonality to provide accurate quotes.
• Follow up with sales and record rate requests results.
• Work on special projects and reports as needed.
• For additional training and if time permits, team member can work on RFQs. They will act as the single point of contact and communication, to the sales team, monitoring the flow of client tender submissions in and out of the Tender Management process. They will provide daily management of the bid process and create internal Excel templates. This training will provide a career path for team members.

What We Look for in Our Teammates:

• 2 years of experience in pricing or operations within the freight forwarding industry.
• Understand how freight moves, standard industry charges, and incoterms.
• High attention to detail and have effective time management skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills - analyze large amount of data using formulas.
• Manage and prioritize workload, ability to manage a mix of issues and requests.
• Strong reasoning skills and ability to offer both written and verbal advice.
• Ability to work flexible hours to accommodate colleagues in other time zones and to meet client deadlines.

Notices to Applicants

This position requires that you must be authorized to work for any employer in the US.

Local candidates only; no relocation assistance is provided. 

We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment, celebrate diversity, and prohibit discrimination or harassment for all employees, contractors, partners, vendors, and customers.

Notice to Recruiters and Staffing Agencies

Morrison Express (“MEC”) has an internal recruiting team but may from time-to-time supplement that internal capability with the assistance from temporary staffing agencies, placement services, and professional recruiters ("Agency"). Agencies are hereby specifically directed NOT to contact any MEC employee directly to present candidates. Agencies must obtain advanced written approval from MEC’s recruiting or HR team to submit resumes and have a fully executed contract for service in place. MEC’s recruiting or HR team must present ALL candidates to hiring managers.

To protect the interests of all parties, MEC will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. MEC will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. Further, MEC will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees.