Senior Manager, Pricing

About Ascent

Ascent Global Logistics, headquartered in Belleville, Michigan, is a leading global provider of expedited, time-critical logistics solutions and other direct transportation services. The company connects customers to its extensive carrier network, internal ground fleet and airline via its proprietary, digital PEAK freight marketplace, which provides robust carrier capacity and transparent pricing, backed by 24/7/365 logistics experts. Ascent’s offerings include air charter and ground expedited solutions as well as truckload, less-than-truckload, global forwarding, brokerage, and managed transportation services. The experienced Ascent team solves customers’ most challenging logistics needs by providing industry-leading service and top-tier satisfaction.

Our Guiding Principles

At the core of Ascent's culture is a strong commitment to excellence, driven by the passion and dedication of every team member. We're equally dedicated to going above and beyond for our customers, ensuring this commitment extends beyond our team and brings exceptional value to those we serve. We aim for perfect execution in everything we do and ‘play hard’ by creating an environment where tasks are performed with a can-do attitude from start to finish. We ‘play smart’ by delivering on our commitments in an honest, fair and ethical manner. We treat every person with whom we interface with the utmost dignity and respect. We understand that our teammates are our most valuable assets, so we ‘play together’ by making every effort to provide a professional and enjoyable experience, enabling careers to flourish and personal growth to be achieved.

What You’ll Do

We are seeking a strategic and analytical Senior Manager, Pricing to lead the development of pricing strategies, cost models, and profitability frameworks that support Ascent’s growth across all service lines. This role will be a critical member of Ascent’s growth engine and will work closely with Ascent’s VP of Solution Engineering, Chief Financial Officer, Sales and Operations to ensure new business proposals are both competitive and financially sound.

The ideal candidate combines strong commercial acumen and experience monetizing logistics solutions with deep financial modeling expertise and has a proven ability to design and scale pricing governance across a dynamic logistics organization.

• Lead the development and execution of Ascent’s enterprise pricing strategy across all logistics service offerings
• Build and manage standardized cost models to evaluate new business opportunities, ensuring alignment with target margin profiles and service-level commitments
• Partner with the VP of Solution Engineering to translate proposed customer solutions into accurate pricing and cost structures
• Support Sales and Finance leadership during RFP/RFQ processes by producing timely, data-driven pricing analyses and recommendations
• Develop governance frameworks for pricing approvals, deal reviews, and ongoing margin monitoring
• Establish and maintain tools, templates, and dashboards to enhance visibility into pricing performance and profitability trends
• Collaborate with IT and Data teams to improve pricing data accuracy, automation, and analytics capabilities
• Provide executive-level insights on pricing strategy, competitive positioning, and customer profitability
• Build and lead a high-performing pricing team, including analysts and cost modelers, as the function scales

What You’ll Bring

• Minimum of 7 years of experience in pricing strategy, financial modeling, or cost analysis within logistics, transportation or supply chain industries
• Experience leading pricing strategy or analytics teams that support enterprise-level commercial pursuits (e.g., RFP/RFQ responses, new business proposals)
• Strong proficiency in Excel, financial modeling, and data visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau, etc.)
• Demonstrated experience developing and implementing pricing governance and approval processes
• Experience implementing or leveraging pricing tools (e.g., PROS, Vendavo, Power BI dashboards, or internal Excel/SQL-based models)
• Prior exposure to solution design or engineering processes is highly valuable
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders
• Entrepreneurial mindset – comfortable operating in a high-growth, evolving organization

Ascent’s Competitive Benefits

• 401(k) and employer matching

• Life Insurance

• Health, Dental, Vision Insurance

• Short- & Long-Term Disability

• Paid Time Off (PTO)

• Employee Assistance Program

• Paid Parental Leave

• Employee Wellness Program

• Paid Holidays

• Employee Recognition Programs

• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Health Savings Account (HSA)

• Overtime, Differential & Bonus Pay

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