General Manager - Pricing
Description
Schedule: Monday-Friday days
Compensation: Starting at $85K
Who We Are:
Swift Transportation has been an Industry leader for many years with a profound history dating back to the 1960s. Swift is the largest truckload carrier in America with various locations throughout the nation that allow our drivers, shop employees, and office staff to cultivate strong connections. We are a company that is passionate about continual learning and improvement which in turn, allows for a diverse amount of advancement and growth opportunities. We place a strong emphasis on culture because we strongly believe that it is a key contributor in achieving overall results here at Swift.
Job Responsibilities: What you will do
Design market networks that maintains target profit margins while continuously improving operational efficiency, customer service and driver retention while developing and implementing improvement standards of pricing management for greater profit and growth for all customer transactions in assigned geographic location or line of business. Provide quality information to assist others in making good decisions and act as a catalyst in providing positive and constructive contributions in response to changing business environment.
- Create a clear freight selection strategy that meets driver needs and increases rates.
- Identify operation strategies and coordinate across all lines of business to improve utilization while reducing empty miles and deadhead.
- Use expertise and provide guidance to sales, operations and/or customer service employees to promote KNX pricing strategies and/or systems and/or procedures in order to drive more effective price decisions.
- Evaluate effectiveness of pricing structures and lead re-design efforts which support operational/financial goals.
- Improve freight selection while maintaining a continual focus on freight velocity, seasonality and lane flow.
- Review capacity commitments by customer, market and lane.
- Interact with all areas of the company with heavy emphasis on sales, operations and corporate support functions such as administration and billing.
- Collaborate with the other department leadership to clearly identify and develop strategic plans which optimize our network pricing and balance.
- Ensure strategic plans are in alignment with corporate goals and objectives.
- Identify/forecast market shifts and create strategic plans to adapt to or correct these shifts.
- Provide recommendations on both overall team and intradepartmental improvement opportunities.
- Develop and lead reporting methodology's on bid success rate/market performance.
- Prepare and participate in customer and market reviews and report recommendations and finding to leadership on results and potential issues.
- Allocate analyst resources to ensure more critical opportunities are handled appropriately.
- Proactively work to assist others in achieving the organization's objectives.
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Qualifications: What you need to bring
- 6 years' experience in sales, contract administration and/or pricing in the transportation industry required.
- Previous leadership experience preferred.
- Must be able to demonstrate solid judgment and discretion while creating solutions and provide problem resolution to complex issues/circumstances.
- Must possess exceptional interpersonal, decision making and analytical abilities with a creative approach to problem solving.
- Must have a complete understanding and knowledge of the transportation industry, practices, standards and concepts.
- Sales and consulting experience, focused on customer roi and value delivery
- Must have territory management experience.
- Must have strong decision making skills with and able to negotiate effectively.
- Must be experienced in preparing and delivering compelling arguments and presentations in a way that builds impacts and influences others and successfully builds coalitions for key initiatives
- Must possess strong leadership and organization skills and be able to lead, motivate and develop personnel.
- Bachelors in related field or equivalent combination of education and experience required.
What we offer:
Our Benefits Package includes 401k, Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Supplemental and Life Insurance as well as pet insurance. We also offer an Employee Stock Purchase plan, paid training, wellness programs, Flexible Spending Account, Tuition Assistance Programs (subject to change), Military Leave, and discounts with our vendors.
Volunteer opportunities to support our local communities- We have an adoration for helping others which is why we have worked hard to establish partnerships with organizations such as Children's Miracle Network and Habitat for Humanity that allow us to give back.
Training, Development & Growth Opportunities - Our success at Swift is driven by our people! Our goal is to provide a supportive environment that promotes growth and advancement. We invest the time to ensure our employees receive the best training, along with all the tools and resources to thrive.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion - A diverse workforce allows us to achieve a dynamic business advantage where we can openly collaborate, thus bringing new ideas to the table that contribute to innovative and effective solutions. Everyone at Swift has a voice and your opinion matters.
The Company is an equal employment opportunity employer. The Company's policy is not to unlawfully discriminate against any applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, military status, disability, genetic information or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories.