SR Director, Solutions Design Engineering

Lead the design and development of comprehensive logistics solutions supporting new business opportunities, customer expansions, network redesigns, facility start-ups, contract renewals, automation initiatives, and operational transformations.

Design and optimize warehouse layouts, storage strategies, material handling flows, and operational processes for steady-state, ramp-up, and seasonality.

Conduct labor modeling, capacity planning, productivity analysis, workflow design, and operational assessments to support customer requirements.

Develop innovative supply chain solutions that leverage automation, technology, and best practices to improve productivity and service performance.

Perform return on investment (ROI), capital expenditure, and operational cost analyses to support solution recommendations.

Ensure all proposed solutions align with operational capabilities, customer requirements and expectations, financial objectives, and long-term scalability.

Validate operational assumptions, engineering designs, labor requirements, and financial models prior to customer presentation and implementation.

Manage and oversee projects completed by other engineers to validate operational design, productivity, customer requirements, and financials.

Serve as a strategic engineering partner for commercial and operational team throughout the logistics sales lifecycle.

Lead solution design activities associated with Requests for Information (RFI), Requests for Proposal (RFP), and Requests for Quotation (RFQ) opportunities.

Develop cost models, labor assumptions, throughput projections, and pricing strategies for new business opportunities and renewals.

Partner with Commercial and Finance leadership on pricing strategies, business case development, and investment recommendations.

Support proposal development, customer presentations, solution reviews, site visits, operational assessments, and executive discussions.

Collaborate with customers to understand business objectives, operational challenges, growth forecasts, and service requirements.

Validate commercial conditions, presentations, and financials on projects completed by other engineers

Establish and maintain engineering standards, methodologies, design tools, templates, and best practices across the solutions engineering function.

Lead value engineering initiatives focused on improving productivity, service levels, safety, quality, and cost efficiency.

Evaluate automation technologies, robotics, material handling equipment, ASRS systems, goods-to-person solutions, and emerging supply chain technologies.

Identify opportunities for network optimization, transportation improvements, inventory flow enhancements, and operational efficiencies.

Drive data-driven decision making through advanced analytics and operational modeling.

Support implementation teams during customer onboarding, facility launches, and major operational transitions.

Recruit, lead, mentor, develop and train a team of solutions engineering professionals with various degrees of experience.

Provide coaching, technical guidance, and professional development opportunities to solutions engineering team members.

Lead cross-functional project teams supporting strategic customer initiatives and business growth objectives.

Partner with Operations, Commercial, Finance, IT, Customer Implementation, and Procurement teams to develop integrated supply chain solutions.

Collaborate with customers, vendors, equipment providers, consultants, and external partners as required.

Support the development and standardization of engineering methodologies, tools, templates, and best practices.

Develop initiatives to foster a culture of innovation, accountability, collaboration, customer focus, and continuous improvement.

Support succession planning and capability development within the solutions engineering organization.

Own, manage, and oversee multiple concurrent engineering projects with significant operational and financial impact, while meeting deadlines and customer expectations.

Monitor project milestones, engineering deliverables, assumptions, risks, business outcomes, and financial impacts.

Support implementation and operations teams during customer launches, facility start-ups, and major operational transitions.

Present strategic solution recommendations and business cases to leadership and customers.

Collaborate with equipment suppliers, consultants, technology vendors, and external partners to support engineering initiatives.

Ensure compliance with company safety standards, operational best practices, and customer and quality requirements.

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