Warehousing Lead Solutions Design Engineer; remote

Job Description

Lead Solutions Design Engineers are responsible for supporting the growth of our Supply Chain Solutions & Dedicated Transportation Solution offerings by developing, designing, and winning new business through the following activities:

• Designing solutions that deliver financial value to our customers
• Demonstrating an understanding of our customers’ business
• Providing feasible designs aligned with our customers’ needs
• Helping the pursuit team shape win plans consistent with our solution design
• Providing sustainable designs aligned with Ryder’s operational & technical capabilities
• Writing and delivering a compelling proposal that influences the customer’s decision to select Ryder
• Supporting awarded business throughout the startup process, transitioning design and proposal assumptions to Operations and SCE CI resources through the Customer Due Diligence process

They are a key team member within a pursuit team that works on new business opportunities. The Lead Solutions Design Engineer will support a pursuit from start to finish and be an active team member throughout the various stages of the pursuit, all the way through successful transition during startup. Key activities include:

• Specializing across multiple design disciplines
• Using advanced analytical techniques and concepts to understand the business
• Managing or mentoring a small team of other SCE Engineers
• Executing design processes to create, re‑design, or optimize logistics networks
• Thinking and acting independently and creatively
• Effectively communicating the design and solution to internal stakeholders & the client

• Supporting the bid submission process by reviewing RFP documents, understanding objectives, developing questions to clarify gaps, and creating initial hypotheses specific to a solution design that solves the customer’s needs & delivers unique value
• Data validation, cleansing, profiling, baseline development & defining scenarios to model
• Calculating labor, equipment, facility and expense requirements based on transportation and warehousing design assumptions; developing process flows, concepts of operations, and value propositions consistent with the win strategy and working with IT to develop conceptual systems; coordinating with Pricing and other functions to develop cost and pricing models and relevant assumptions
• Developing optimization scenarios and strategies aligned with objectives
• Meeting frequently with customers and the cross‑functional bid response team; supporting technical review presentations and design validation meetings
• Implementation follow‑up, validating and modifying deployed processes to ensure they match the plan
• Developing and improving engineering tools and methodologies to ensure industry best practices
• Leading consulting projects that involve understanding customers’ pain points, developing, and presenting solutions

• Performing other duties as assigned

• Superb data organization and cleansing skills
• Advanced skills and concepts using design applications, tools, techniques, and methodologies to analyze and design complex transportation and warehousing networks
• Familiarity with simulation tools, transportation & warehouse management systems, ERPs, Automation, MHE, Visibility Tools, and industry leading technologies (preferred)
• Ability to influence project teams using facts, statistics, and analytics
• Comprehension of complex supply chain and transportation solutions; ability to segment design processes into manageable elements and process steps
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills, including the ability to translate complex designs, concepts, and regulations into terms readily understood
• Ability to create and maintain professional relationships within all levels of the organization (peers, work groups, customers, supervisors)
• Microsoft Office Suite skills with emphasis on Access, Excel and PowerPoint – expert required
• Knowledge of visualization (Tableau, Microsoft) and database programming – intermediate preferred
• Knowledge of effective metrics programs and sustainable, measurable design networks – advanced required
• Transportation Design:
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