Pricing & Business Analyst

Pricing & Business Analyst

Chesapeake, VA In-Office 

$87,000–$114,500 per year | Full-Time 

Givens is looking for an experienced Pricing & Business Analyst to develop and continually improve pricing strategies for our transportation and warehousing operations.

This role will analyze operating costs, financial data, customer requirements, and profitability to determine appropriate rates and evaluate pricing effectiveness. The Pricing & Business Analyst will also partner with Operations, Accounting, Sales, and leadership to develop reporting solutions, improve data quality, and provide insight that supports better business decisions.

Responsibilities

Pricing & Profitability

• Own and continually improve pricing methodologies for Givens’ asset-based transportation and warehousing services

• Analyze labor, equipment, facilities, utilization, customer requirements, service levels, operating costs, and profitability

• Develop and maintain pricing models, rate structures, cost assumptions, and supporting documentation

• Determine and approve pricing based on company objectives, operating capabilities, cost recovery, and operating-ratio expectations

• Review pricing effectiveness by evaluating realized margins, customer profitability, cost changes, and overall pricing performance

• Identify opportunities to improve rates, margins, and profitability

Business & Financial Analysis

• Analyze transportation, warehouse, yard, accounting, and customer data to identify trends, cost drivers, and performance opportunities

• Work with operating teams to understand how information is entered, processed, and reported

• Help improve system usage, data accuracy, and reporting processes

• Clearly explain analytical findings and recommendations to business leaders

Reporting & Data Analytics

• Partner with Operations, Accounting, Sales, and leadership to identify business questions and reporting needs

• Translate business needs into clear data and reporting requirements

• Document metric definitions, data sources, assumptions, dependencies, and known limitations

• Identify and connect information from TMS, WMS, YMS, accounting, and other business systems

• Develop SQL queries and other data solutions supporting reporting and data-lake development

• Investigate discrepancies and reconcile information across multiple systems

• Build, modify, and maintain Power BI reports, dashboards, and analytical tools

• Support consistent definitions, reliable source data, and repeatable reporting practices

• Serve as a liaison between business stakeholders, Information Systems & Analytics, and technical resources

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Supply Chain, Information Systems, Analytics, or a related field

• Four to seven years of experience in pricing, business analysis, financial analysis, operations analysis, systems analysis, or a related role

• Experience working with operational and financial data in transportation, logistics, warehousing, manufacturing, distribution, or another asset-intensive environment

• Experience gathering business requirements, identifying data sources, evaluating data limitations, and developing analytical solutions

• Prior experience with business analytics and pricing methodologies in transportation, freight, or warehousing

• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Power BI

• Experience with SQL and developing data queries

• Strong analytical judgment, attention to detail, and problem-solving skills

• Ability to communicate complex data and recommendations clearly

• Sound judgment with proactive, critical, and strategic thinking skills

Preferred Experience

• Experience with ETL processes and data lakes

• Experience working with TMS, WMS, or YMS platforms

• Experience with Azure, SQL Server, or MCP servers