Director, Solutions Design Engineer
Listed on 2026-09-26
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Manufacturing / Production
Operations Management, Systems Engineer
Position Summary
Are you passionate about developing innovative supply chain solutions that accelerate business growth, drive operational excellence, and create long-term value for customers? is seeking a Senior Director, Solutions Engineering to lead complex solution design initiatives across North America while serving as a strategic partner to Commercial, Operations, Finance, IT, and Customer Implementation teams. Reporting to senior leadership within Research & Development Department, this role primarily focuses on new business opportunities ensuring solution designs are operationally sound, financially viable, and aligned with customer requirements.
Job Description Position SummaryAre you passionate about developing innovative supply chain solutions that accelerate business growth, drive operational excellence, and create long-term value for customers? is seeking a Senior Director, Solutions Engineering to lead complex solution design initiatives across North America while serving as a strategic partner to Commercial, Operations, Finance, IT, and Customer Implementation teams. Reporting to senior leadership within Research & Development Department, this role primarily focuses on new business opportunities ensuring solution designs are operationally sound, financially viable, and aligned with customer requirements.
WorkLocation
Hybrid in Johns Creek, GA. Relocation assistance will be considered on case by case basis
Work ScheduleMonday
- Friday, 8:00am - 5pm
Up to 25%, with occasional periods of 50% depending on business needs and subject to change
Competitive Compensation$124,000-$160,000 plus performance based annual bonus
Key Responsibilities Strategic Solution Design Leadership- 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 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
- 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.
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