Supply Analyst

Build Your Career with Ashley Furniture- Where Innovation Meets Comfort Who We Are: At Ashley, inspiring the love of home is at the heart of everything we do. As the world’s largest manufacturer of home furnishings, we’re more than a business — we’re a family driven by innovation, competitiveness, and an unwavering commitment to excellence. We persevere through challenges, push beyond the status quo, and constantly seek better ways to deliver an exceptional customer experience. Our solutions-first mindset and dedication to growth are why Ashley remains #1 in our industry. If you’re ready to grow, you’ve come to the right place. With a true “Growth Mindset,” Ashley Furniture invests in developing future leaders and helps every team member learn from the best in the business. If you are a current Ashley employee : Please login to your UKG account and apply using the internal job board. Summary: The Supply Analyst, Freight Sales & Pricing supports the freight pricing and sales organization by analyzing carrier capacity, transportation costs, lane activity, pricing trends, and shipment data to drive informed business decisions and improve profitability. This role serves as an analytical partner to Freight Sales, Brokerage Operations, and Transportation teams by identifying available capacity, competitive pricing opportunities, carrier trends, and areas for service and margin improvement. The Supply Analyst transforms transportation data into actionable insights that support competitive freight solutions, effective carrier sourcing, and profitable business growth. Responsibilities: Analyze carrier capacity, freight rates, lane activity, shipment volume, and transportation trends to identify opportunities and potential supply constraints. Provide lane-level pricing, capacity, and market intelligence to support Freight Sales and Brokerage teams with competitive customer solutions. Monitor key transportation metrics, including buy rates, sell rates, gross margin, cost per shipment, service performance, and rate variance. Develop and maintain dashboards, reports, and recurring analyses that provide visibility into carrier supply, transportation costs, brokerage activity, service performance, and profitability. Identify lanes and markets requiring additional carrier capacity or sourcing efforts and partner with Brokerage Operations and Transportation teams to improve coverage. Analyze historical shipment data to identify trends in volume, seasonality, capacity, carrier utilization, and pricing. Partner with Sales to evaluate prospective and existing customer freight profiles and identify opportunities to competitively price, source, and service freight. Conduct root-cause analysis of margin erosion, service failures, capacity shortages, and significant rate variances and recommend corrective actions. Evaluate carrier and transportation performance to identify opportunities to improve cost, service, reliability, and capacity utilization. Support freight bids, RFPs, pricing exercises, customer business reviews, forecasting, and other analytical projects that support profitable growth. Maintain accurate and reliable data and reporting used by Freight Sales and Brokerage leadership for business planning and decision-making. Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Brokerage Operations, Transportation, Finance, Customer Service, and other supply chain partners. Identify opportunities to automate reporting and improve the speed, accuracy, and consistency of freight analysis. Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Transportation, Business, Finance, Analytics, or a related field preferred. Equivalent relevant experience may be considered. 2+ years of experience in transportation, logistics, freight brokerage, supply chain analytics, pricing, operations, or a related analytical role preferred. Knowledge of truckload (FTL), less-than-truckload (LTL), freight brokerage,…

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