The Role
Supports logistics pricing and costing for new, existing, and enterprise business. Analyzes pricing risks, standards, alternatives, expense recovery gaps, competitive pricing, and financial outcomes. Partners with product line managers and leadership, coaches financial analysts, improves pricing processes, updates pricing templates, and supports special projects. Requires advanced Excel skills, financial analysis experience, logistics cost knowledge, strong communication, and the ability to work onsite in Reading, Pennsylvania.
Summary Generated by Built In
Position Summary:
This position is a multipurpose task position.
1. To support the attainment of new business plan while achieving or exceeding our financial goals.
2. To complete the Pricing assignments and workflow in the department.
3. To provide experienced based analysis to Penske Logistics Senior Leadership, Penske Solution team members, and Penske Logistics field operations. Recommendations include identification of pricing risks, explanation of pricing standards, presentation of alternatives, and bringing attention to possible expense recovery gaps in customer proposed pricing.
4. To measure new business activity and continually improve the new business pricing processes.
5. To support Product Line special projects and research.
6. To monitor and update pricing standard factors in pricing templates.
Scheduled: Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm
Location: Reading, PA
Major Responsibilities:
• To provide coaching and associate development of the Sr. Financial Analysts and Financial Analysts supporting the Solution Team.
• Develop costing and pricing while working with the Product Line Managers to support Enterprise business pricing while achieving or exceeding our financial goals
• Develop costing and pricing while working with the Product Line Managers to support New business pricing while achieving or exceeding our financial goals
• Develop costing and pricing while working with the Product Line Managers to support Add or existing pricing while achieving or exceeding our financial goals
• Assists Product Line leadership on special projects and other assignments as needed. Research and provide Product Line leadership with information on competitive pricing and costing.
• Other projects and tasks as assigned
QualificationsQualifications:
• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, or Supply Chain required
• Master's Degree preferred. If no degree, equivalent work experience is required
• 5+ Years Business Experience (Position experience in one of the following - Logistics Pricing, Solution Design, Logistics Product Line Manager, or Cost Accounting)
• 5+ years of Logistics industry experience preferred
• Experience with logistics costs / expenditures
• Intermediate financial analysis skills and ability to formulate creative pricing solutions
• Intermediate - personal computer / IT knowledge and skills
• Advanced - working knowledge of Excel
• Intermediate - Time Management
• Ability to receive, understand, and apply operating statistics and pricing assumptions at different times in a non-linear process of data collection.
• Ability to adapt and change pricing approaches due to different product line strategies
• Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Listening/Speaking – understanding points presented, asking questions as appropriate, conveying information effectively.
• Strong oral and written communication skills required
• Regular, predictable, full attendance is an essential function of the job
• Willingness to travel as necessary, work the required schedule, work at the specific location required, complete Penske employment application, submit to a background investigation (to include past employment, education, and criminal history) and drug screening are required.
Physical Requirements:
-The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
-The associate will be required to: read; communicate verbally and/or in written form; remember and analyze certain information; and remember and understand certain instructions or guidelines.
-While performing the duties of this job, the associate may be required to stand, walk, and sit. The associate is frequently required to use hands to touch, handle, and feel, and to reach with hands and arms. The associate must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25lbs/12kg.
-Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
Penske is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
About Us About Penske Logistics
Penske Logistics engineers state-of-the-art transportation, warehousing and supply chain management solutions that deliver powerful business results for market-leading companies. With operations in North America, South America, Europe and Asia, Penske and its associates help businesses move forward by increasing visibility and driving down supply-chain costs. Visit Penske Logistics to learn more.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, or Supply Chain
- Equivalent work experience if no degree
- Master's degree
- At least 5 years of business experience in logistics pricing, solution design, logistics product line management, or cost accounting
- At least 5 years of logistics industry experience
- Experience with logistics costs and expenditures
- Intermediate financial analysis skills and ability to formulate creative pricing solutions
- Intermediate personal computer and IT knowledge and skills
- Advanced working knowledge of Excel
- Intermediate time management skills
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Regular, predictable, full attendance
- Willingness to travel as necessary and work the required onsite schedule
- Successful background investigation and drug screening
Penske Logistics Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Penske Logistics and has not been reviewed or approved by Penske Logistics.
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Retirement Support — Retirement options include a 401(k) and, in some driver roles, a 100% company‑funded pension that provides strong long‑term value. These retirement features are described as rare and valuable within certain assignments.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid vacation, holidays, and sick leave are part of the standard package, with some roles offering PTO starting on day one. Time‑off provisions are consistently presented alongside core benefits.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, vision, and hearing coverage are complemented by telemedicine, mental‑health support, and disability options. FSAs/HSAs and wellness resources contribute to broad healthcare coverage.
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The Company
What We Do
Penske Logistics is a Penske Transportation Solutions company. We provide supply chain management and logistics solutions to leading brands around the world. Penske Logistics delivers value through its design, planning and execution in transportation, warehousing, freight management, and dry-van truckload services. Penske offers customized supply chain and logistics solutions including: Dedicated Contract Carriage; Distribution Center Management; Freight Management; Freight Brokerage; Transportation Management Solutions (TMS); Lead Logistics Provider (LLP), Control Tower and 4PL Solutions. We serve a variety of industries including: automotive; food, beverage, grocery, wine and spirits; cold chain; convenience and drug stores; quick service restaurants (QSRs); retail; big box retailers; building and construction products; CPG; healthcare; industrial manufacturing; consumer appliances and consumer electronics; and many others.
