Pricing Coordinator - Ocean
Zencargo
Chicago, IL, USA
Posted on Mar 24, 2026
Join our dynamic and growing team as a Pricing Specialist, where you’ll play a key role in shaping competitive pricing strategies across the Americas (USA, Canada, and South America). In this role, you’ll take ownership of spot quotations, ensuring they are accurate, competitive, and transparent, while collaborating with global teams across Transatlantic and Transpacific trades.
You’ll work closely with carriers, hauliers, and agents to negotiate rates and deliver reliable, cost-effective solutions, partnering with operations, procurement, and sales teams to seamlessly turn opportunities into bookings. From leading tender and bid processes to supporting global pricing initiatives with local market expertise, you’ll have real impact on commercial success.
You’ll work closely with carriers, hauliers, and agents to negotiate rates and deliver reliable, cost-effective solutions, partnering with operations, procurement, and sales teams to seamlessly turn opportunities into bookings. From leading tender and bid processes to supporting global pricing initiatives with local market expertise, you’ll have real impact on commercial success.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a collaborative, fast-paced environment where you can contribute to process improvements, drive smarter pricing through data and automation, and grow your career within a global logistics network.
- Department
- Pricing and Procurement
- Employment Type
- Permanent - Full Time
- Location
- Chicago
- Workplace type
- Hybrid
Key Responsibilities
- Own and manage spot quotations outbound from USA, Canada and South America in a timely manner prioritising accuracy, competitiveness and transparency.
- Assist the global pricing team with spot quotations for Transatlantic and TP trades as required.
- Source and negotiate both spot and long term rates with carriers , hauliers and agents to maintain competitiveness and service reliability.
- Collaborate with operations and procurement teams to ensure seamless transition from quotation to booking whilst conducting comparative cost analysis to optimise pricing strategies.
- Manage and lead bid / tender TP proposals from start to finish, reviewing tender requirements and bid formae and working in collaboration with the the global pricing&procurement team and USA sales team.
- Assist the pricing and procurement team with local charges and routing to support global tender submissions ( including haulages)
- Assist in maintenance of all pricing related internal regional tools to support the ongoing business requirements.
- Work on ongoing projects with pricing and procurement teams to develop process improvements and ongoing automation tools.
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Support pricing teams with any other pricing/ procurement related tasks as business requires.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Soft Skills
- Negotiation: Ability to secure competitive pricing and service commitments from carriers and suppliers using spot tools and other sources.
- Analytical Thinking: Strong ability to assess pricing structures, evaluate market trends, interpret cost data.
- Communication & Collaboration: Effective in engaging with internal teams, suppliers and stakeholders to ensure alignment and transparency.
- Problem-Solving: Proactive approach to addressing challenges, making data-driven decisions and optimising procurement strategies.
- Time Management: Ability to handle multiple pricing requests efficiently in a fast-paced environment.
- Detail-Oriented: Ensures accuracy in pricing submissions and pricing documents.
- Flexibility: Ability to be open to working on different pricing related tasks as the business requires.
.Technical & Competency Skills
- Strong understanding of ocean freight LCL and FCL pricing structures, carrier quote tools, trade lane dynamics, and carrier relationships.
- Understanding of supply chain operations in order to translate the necessary moves into a pricing quote
- Ability to compare ocean carrier pricing to optimise profit
- Experience with contract management and rate filing processes to ensure compliance and accuracy.
- Proficiency in Google Sheets/Excel, including pivot tables, Vlookup and other formulas to speed up the pace of data analysis
- Knowledge of global supply chain economics and how they impact the ocean freight
About Zencargo
Zencargo is a digital-first freight forwarder & logistics provider. Our platform allows customers to book, maintain and keep track of their international freight as well as use analytics to drive intelligent supply chain decisions that help their businesses thrive.
Whilst shipping is a complex trillion-dollar industry, you might be surprised to know that many of the processes that could be simplified with technology are currently done over the phone, by fax and email or even jotted down on scraps of paper
Our services include ocean, air and rail freight as well as trucking and cargo insurance. We deliver significant time, paper and financial savings to our customers offering instant quoting, easy booking and an online dashboard to give them 360 degree, 24/7 visibility on their shipments. Shippers and their counterparts collaborate to oversee their logistics on Zencargo and all their supply chain data is stored together in the cloud making business analytics easier than ever.
At Zencargo, we believe that technology can simplify logistical complexity and tear down barriers to trade. Automating trade and logistics operations and providing access to data and analysis will help companies to trade smarter and more efficiently, freeing businesses to concentrate on key outcomes. Only by combining human endeavour and technology, can we build smarter supply chains that know no borders.
Life at Zencargo
What’s in it for me?
- Zencargo is where you come to do something you're passionate about, and learn new things. We are in scale mode at Zencargo and we work to realistic growth targets and metrics. You will thrive here if you enjoy working in a scaling environment. As we grow we want you to grow with us.
- At Zencargo there is a huge opportunity to build your experience and grow your career. We want you to be part of the team for a long time to come, and we will focus on helping you get to where you want to be. We all have dreams and aspirations. As part of the Zencargo team, we ask you to deliver your optimum work and help us create real value for our customers and teams.
Work, Life and Balance
At Zencargo, we work hard! We do, however, realise that you have family, friends, interests and life outside the world of work. As a scaling business, we constantly evolve our reward and benefits approach.
Here are some highlights!
United Kingdom
- Generous Annual Leave
- Flexible, Remote and Hybrid Working
- Home Equipment Allowance
- BUPA Private Medical Insurance
- Annual L&D Budget
- Paid Volunteering Days
- Pension Scheme
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, Adoption and Shared Parental Leave & Pay
Netherlands
- 33 days paid holiday annually, including statutory Dutch national public holidays
- Pension Scheme
- Flexible, Remote and Hybrid Working
- Home Equipment Allowance
- Annual L&D Budget
- Paid Volunteering Days
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, Adoption and Shared Parental Leave & Pay
United States
- 33 days paid holiday annually, pro rata, including national public holidays and Veteran’s Day
- Home Equipment Allowance
- 401K Pension Scheme
- Private healthcare scheme
- Annual L&D Budget
- Paid Volunteering Days
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, Adoption and Shared Parental Leave & Pay
United States
Our Vision, Mission and Values
Zencargo is a company driven by our Vision, Mission and Values. We conduct values interviews as part of our recruitment process to ensure we are able to hire top talent that embodies concepts that align with our core values and beliefs.
- Our Zencargo Vision - "A world with smarter trade"
- Our Zencargo Mission - "To make customers' supply chain their competitive advantage"
Our Zencargo Values
- We Learn Fast and Grow
- We Build Trust
- We Take Ownership
- We Deliver Outcomes
A Fair Chance
Every role in the Zencargo team is open to applications from all sections of society. We believe in the superpowers and potential of everyone, regardless of race, religion or belief, ethnic origin, different physical ability, family structure, socio-economics, age, nationality or citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other difference that makes you, you.
More than just encouraging your application, we're committed to conscious inclusion that (we hope and intend) cultivates an environment of belonging.
We open our doors to those who share these motivations.
Our Hiring Process
Stage 1:
Application Received
Stage 2:
Zencargo - Talent Acquisition Interview
Stage 3:
Zencargo - Hiring Team Interview
Stage 4:
Zencargo - Values Interview
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