Logistics Solutions Engineer

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Job Description:

Job Summary
This position designs and develops warehousing and distribution solutions to meet customer needs. He/She analyzes complex customer order characteristics, work processes, storage requirements, equipment needs, labor requirements and product characteristics. This position provides pricing to customers and collaborates to define project needs. He/She ensures maximum revenue generation, and provides support to new business implementations. This position collaborates cross-functionally (e.g., Business Development, Operations, etc.) to provide cost-effective Supply Chain Solutions (SCS) pricing models for securing new business and increasing profitable revenue. He/She interfaces with customers to evaluate their needs and propose solutions. This position develops business proposals, responds to requests for proposals (RFPs), and contributes to and writes technical documents.

Responsibilities:

• Synthesizes customer data and solutions needs.
• Generates and analyzes warehousing and distribution pricing models.
• Participates in internal and external solutions reviews.
• Writes technical documents and responses.
• Leads team process improvement initiatives.
• Works with the project managers to identify customer business requirements.

Qualifications:

• Demonstrates a general understanding of ways to identify and measure current customer and business needs; uses business needs to define the project’s requirements
• Demonstrates a basic understanding of a business problem; recommends a solution to solve the business problem
• Demonstrates a working knowledge of physical asset design; identifies problems or issues with current physical assets; modifies or adjusts existing physical asset designs; recommends physical asset specifications
• Demonstrates a general knowledge of techniques for soliciting and gathering information
• Demonstrates a detailed understanding of supply chain concepts; makes recommendations for changes to solve supply chain problems
• Demonstrates a general understanding and use of grammatical rules; expresses ideas clearly and concisely; explains the relationship of effective writing to business objectives
• Identifies routine work methods/processes/flows to analyze; describes in general terms, process capability studies; describes the basic steps in analysis of data related to people, technology, or information
• Experience in IE or Supply Chain Solution Design and Development
• Bachelor’s Degree or International equivalent
• Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering, Logistics, Business Administration or related field - Preferred
• Experience using Microsoft products (Access & Excel) or equivalent software - Preferred
• Understanding of Warehouse Management System (WMS) design and functionality - Preferred

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