Robert Walters have been assigned to support a market leading logistics services provider to recruit a Senior Solutions Design Manager to head head up a major re-design and automation implementation in one of their most high profile customer contracts, spread across a 3m sq. ft of warehousing operations based in the Midlands area.
Key Responsibilities
Undertake Solutions Design assignments to include - Scoping, Data requirements, Warehouse modelling, Sensitivity analysis / scenario testing, and User interface design / model testing
Client satisfaction - internal and external clients should believe they have received value from a project and be willing to discuss further work
Delivery of projects to defined time and quality standards
Effective communication on project progress and issues to all stakeholders, including views on how they are to be resolved
Manage changing priorities across different assignments and flag difficulties.
Development of own skills set to retain professional competence and marketability - maintain in-depth knowledge of own competence area
Maintain understanding of developments across the group - e.g. standards, performance, related projects
About You
Previous experience in a physical automation design role within a distribution /supply chain environment
Experience of project management
Highly numerate, accurate and detail-focused
Fluency in Excel and Access
Good presentation skills and the capability to build credibility with clients and stakeholders
Full Driving licence, preferably clean
Previous commercial experience in Consumer / Retail environment
Experience of using costing tools
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