Warehouse Solutions Design Manager (remote)

Ryder Supply Chain Solutions • Chicago, IL

1d • $120,000 - $140,000 • Remote

About The Position

The Manager Solutions Design is responsible to support the growth of our Supply Chain Solutions & Dedicated Transportation Solution offerings by developing, designing and winning new business. This role involves designing solutions that deliver financial value to customers, demonstrating an understanding of their business, and providing feasible designs aligned with their needs. The Manager will help shape win plans, provide sustainable designs aligned with Ryder's capabilities, and write compelling proposals. They will also support awarded business through the startup process, successfully transitioning design and proposal assumptions to Operations and SCE CI resources. The Manager Solutions Design is aligned by either industry verticals or by design discipline and helps manage the new business pursuit team and individual opportunities. The resource may manage a sub-set of pursuit team members or act as an independent team member to help successfully lead the pursuit from start to finish throughout the various stages of the pursuit all the way through successful transition during startup.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain Management or Industrial Engineering
• Eight (8) years or more in the Transportation industry(e.g., Truckload, Multi-stop TL, LTL, Intermodal, Bulk, Rail, or Parcel services) or in the Warehousing and/or Manufacturing industry (e.g., Industrial Engineering, Warehouse Operations, Operations) required
• Microsoft Office Suite skills with emphasis on Access, Excel and PowerPoint. expert required
• Knowledgeable of visualization (Tableau, Microsoft) and database programming advanced required
• Knowledge of effective metrics programs and design networks that are sustainable and measurable expert required
• Extensive knowledge of Dedicated Services and Managed Transportation Networks.
• Required knowledge of all available equipment types such as; dry van, temperature control, flat bed, other specialized equipment.
• Transportation Design Tools ie; JDA, Appian, Network Design Tools ie; Llamasoft, Transportation Management Systems ie; JDA, OTM, , Mapping Software ie; Tableau. expert required
• Extensive knowledge of Warehouse Management operations, data analytics, Industrial Engineering, warehouse types (ambient, temp control, warehouse layout/ design and Lean methods.
• Required knowledge of material handling solutions and automation types such as: powered industrial truck (PIT) applications; racking and other storage solution designs, packaging equipment; conveyor and sortation equipment; and other automation solutions (e.g. AS/RS).
• Warehouse Design Tools e.g.: CAD (e.g. AutoCAD); slotting (e.g. Slot3D); Predetermined Motion and Time Systems and methods (e.g. MOST); simulation software and application; Warehouse Management Systems (e.g. Manhattan Scale); and Labor Mgt. Systems.
• Network Design Tools (e.g., Llamasoft) and Data Analytics Software (e.g., Tableau) a plus . expert required

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity in simulation tools, transportation & warehouse management systems, ERPs, Automation, MHE, Visibility Tools, and industry leading technologies(preferred)

Responsibilities

• Manage a sub-set of SD team members or act an independent contributor, specializing in select design discipline (transportation, warehousing or network design) or industry solutions (e.g., packaging, inbound to manufacturing, integrated transportation, temp controlled)
• Mentor & advise a sub-set of SD team members on modeling and design techniques to create, re-design, or optimize logistics networks
• Act as a specific solution design specialist, usually more (but not required) than one discipline
• Effectively communicate the design and solution to internal stake holders & the client
• Use advance analytical techniques and concepts to understand the business
• Manage cross-functional teams to ensure alignment of solution development with win strategy.
• Create and manage project milestones, schedule and lead team calls, manage team deliverables, and maintain effective communication across all team members as the solution develops
• Meet frequently with customers and cross-functional bid response team.
• Support technical review presentations and design validation meetings
• Calculate labor, equipment, facility and expense requirements based on transportation and warehousing design assumptions.
• Develop process flows, concept of operations and value propositions consistent with the win strategy and work with IT to develop concept of systems.
• Coordinate with Pricing and other functions to develop cost and pricing models as well as relevant assumptions
• Write compelling customer stories that clearly articulated value propositions, Ryder's differentiated value, and proposed solution.
• Author content and take ownership for developing the final proposal in collaboration with the Sales Lead.
• Collaborate with Sales leader to develop win strategy (e.g. research industry and customer to understand pain points and Ryder solutions to alleviate, understand competitive landscape to position Ryder to win, stakeholder analysis)
• Perform data validation, cleansing, profiling, baseline development & defining scenarios to model
• Develop optimizations scenarios and strategies that are aligned with objectives
• Develop and improve engineering tools and methodologies to ensure industry best practices
• Lead consulting projects that involve understanding customers’ pain-points developing and presenting solutions
• Follow up on implementation, which requires the engineer to validate and modify deployed process to ensure that it matches plan
• Performs other duties as assigned

Benefits

• medical
• prescription
• dental
• vision
• life insurance
• disability insurance
• paid time off for vacation
• illness
• bereavement
• family and parental leave
• 401(k) retirement savings plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager