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Warehouse Solutions Design Manager

Employer
Michael Page Logistics
Location
Homeworking
Salary
£55000 - £70000 per annum + Car/allowance, PHC, Bonus
Closing date
26 Jan 2021

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Sector
Transport & Logistics
Responsibilities
Supply Chain / Logistics
Position/Level
Professional / Specialist
Contract Type
Permanent
Language
English

Job Details

Warehouse Solutions Design specialist leading innovative customer tenders, provide expert consultation to customers and evolve supply chains. There will be opportunity to develop into a leadership positions

Client Details

A market leading 3rd Party logistics provider who is going through a period of investment and development. The are leaders in their field providing a variety of services to their customers covering, Retail, Fashion, Food and Automotive to name a few.

Description

The role of Warehouse Solutions Design Manager manager will include:

  • Supporting new business opportunities with existing customers for new scope of activity and retention/renewal projects - providing both project leadership and solutions design support, and occasionally new business projects
  • Providing support to the nominated vertical Business Development lead, through the solutions team, in developing commercially compelling and innovative solutions for new customers from data collection through to modelling/sizing, detailed costing, proposal input and presentation preparation
  • High levels of interaction with the customer in conjunction with the sales and operational lead to position the on going solution development into a commercially attractive, winning proposition
  • Keeping abreast of developments in logistics within the designated industry sector and ensuring that this information is shared with the relevant Solutions and Operations teams
  • Work with Operations teams to create account development plans for each existing customer, focusing on achieving 100% success in renewals and creating profitable organic growth through the delivery of new products and services with a revenue target per annum.
  • Thoroughly understand the business activities of assigned Customers, and in particular their supply chains, to identify business development opportunities.
  • Develop an engagement strategy with the operations teams to target the key stakeholders in Customer's organisations who have responsibility for renewals and new logistics business opportunities, to create a pipeline of development activity.
  • Lead the nominated customer through the Solution Design process
  • Data collection, analysis, creation of business overview documentation
  • Modelling to convert business metrics into warehouse and transport solutions, including network design, channel selection, routing and scheduling, warehouse layout/sizing and productivity/labour planning.

Profile

The successful Warehouse Solutions Design Manager will / will have:

  • Experience of successfully supporting logistics solutions as either a Solutions manager, Solutions Engineer or solutions analyst
  • Expert in Excel
  • Experience of logistics operations
  • Experience of support customer solutions
  • Experience of advanced modelling / costing techniques
  • experience working with CLASS, AutoCAD, or similar modelling tools would be advantageous
  • Demonstrate people development, motivational, communication and team skills.
  • Generates motivation to act, to go the extra mile
  • Varied experience of different logistics sectors would be advantageous

Job Offer

Market leading basic salary, Car allowance, Bonus

Company

Michael Page has successfully grown over the past 30 years and we are continuing to grow, as shown by our ever expanding sectors. Our logistics team are the latest to thrive as their own sector after having lived under the umbrella of procurement and supply chain.

Due to an increase in job vacancies in the logistics industry, as well as a high level of talent emerging, Michael Page is proud to reveal its new logistics sector.

Although the sector is new, Michael Page has always had a dedicated logistics team who work together with candidates to deliver the best results. We recruit a variety of roles including: 

  • General managers
  • Warehouse managers 
  • Transport managers
  • Solutions and network designers

We also work with an extensive client base to advise and develop appropriate recruitment processes to secure the right talent for their organisation.

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