Manager of Spot Market Operations Pricing

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About Shipwell

Supply chains are disconnected, fragmented, and in the stone age. We believe the market has it wrong and we believe there is a better way. We can build the defacto platform and market network to connect, automate, and optimize the supply chains of the world. This is a multi trillion dollar opportunity. Today, Shipwell transforms your supply chain by combining digitized freight, real-time tracking, and an integrated partner network in one simple and responsive platform. We are working with the top companies in the supply chain to connect with our RestfulAPIs. Our platform uses machine learning to analyze over 100 million rows of real-time data every day, reducing waste and friction, delivering better business intelligence, and driving continuous improvement across our customer supply chains. Shipwell is proud to be recognized by industry experts as a leader in shipping and logistics, including FreightTech 25 and Forbes Next Billion Dollar Startup 2020. 


Our Culture

Shipwell is a fast-paced, high-energy start-up that strives to build the future of shipping every day. Diversity of thought and cross-department collaboration is very important to us. We deliver open, honest, careful communication and work as hard as we play. We create & deliver solutions that are revolutionizing the industry, which brings excitement and purpose to our work. If you are looking for a place that will help you tap into your best work-self and give you hands-on experience building something big, then we invite you to come and build the future of shipping with us! 


About The Role

As Manager of Spot Market Operations, you will be responsible for modeling, managing, and executing the pricing on both sides of the marketplace. You will partner closely with our customer success, operations, product, and data science teams to develop pricing models and tools, and execute pricing tactics within our market. You will actively monitor and be accountable for hedging against the market.

The ideal candidate brings deep technical knowledge and industry experience. They are theoretical, visionary, operational, and analytical. They have proven that they can push the boundaries and have a deep desire to answer questions. They are motivated by building the future and changing industry, are a proven leader, and can consistently bring new insights to hard problems. This position will report directly to our Head of Account Management.


What You’ll Do
Own the overall spot-market responsibility for Shipwell, from strategy to day-to-day execution. Develop the overall spot-market pricing and work cross-functionally across customer success and carrier group stakeholders.

  • Work closely with product, operations, and sales leadership to implement new pricing and marketplace practices, tools, and models.
  • Develop and hold the team accountable to success metrics for marketplace growth
  • Monitor and be accountable for hedging against the market
  • Own the end to end responsibilities of managing spot market pricing

What You’ll Need

  • Technical depth combined with practical application in real-world applications.  
  • Management experience with teams of 10 or more
  • Deep expertise in pricing, markets, and supply and demand
  • A strong desire to take initiative
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Minimum 6+ years of industry pricing experience, with proven experience leading and building teams, and delivering results
  • Experience in a high growth environment; change and ambiguity are exciting to you versus maintaining something someone else built
  • MBA or consulting background is preferred


Why Shipwell:

  • Offices in Austin, TX, Chicago, IL or 100% remote
  • Incredible growth opportunity at a fast growing company
  • Health, vision, dental, and teladoc
  • 401k
  • Generous parental leave
  • Subsidized gym, cell phone, learning and commuter reimbursements
  • Competitive salary and equity opportunity
  • Friendly, talented, and inclusive company culture
  • Receive an elite technology package to include a brand new MacBook Pro!
  • Team building events and office competitions


Here at Shipwell, we are a Remote Forward company. You have the opportunity to work within one of our office location cities (Austin and Chicago) or you can choose to be fully remote. 

Shipwell is an Equal Opportunity Employer and we will not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any sort. We do celebrate diversity and believe experience comes in different forms; many skills are transferable; and passion goes a long way. Diversity in our team makes for better problem solving, more creative thinking, and ultimately a better product and company culture.

Even more important than your resume is a clear demonstration of impact, dedication, and the ability to thrive in a fast paced and collaborative environment. Shipwell strives to have an inclusive work environment; so if you are hard working & good at what you do then please come as you are.  We want you to contribute, grow, & learn at Shipwell and we encourage you to apply if your experience is close to what we’re looking for.

We are looking forward to adding new perspectives to our team!


For more information about Shipwell visit shipwell.com, or connect with us on Twitter @shipwell, LinkedIn, and Facebook.com/Shipwellinc.

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