Customer Automation Partnership Lead

## Customer Automation Partnership Lead Apply remote type:
Hybrid Remote locations:
Weybridge, Addlestone, United Kingdom:
London, England, United Kingdom:
Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom:
Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spaintime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todaytime left to apply:
End Date:
August 18, 2026 (13 days left to apply) job requisition :
JR24560

CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organization on earth via our 347 million pallets, crates and containers. We employ approximately 13,000 people and operate in 60 countries. Through our pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model, the world’s biggest brands trust us to help them transport their goods more efficiently, safely and with less environmental impact.
What does that mean for you? You’ll join an international organization big enough to take you anywhere, and small enough to get you there sooner. You’ll help change how goods get to market and contribute to global sustainability. You’ll be empowered to bring your authentic self to work and be surrounded by diverse and driven professionals. And you can maximize your work-life balance and flexibility through our Hybrid Work Model.#

** Job Description**#
** Key Responsibilities May Include:
*** Lead the automation partnership strategy, defining priority partner relationships, opportunity segments, and engagement approaches that support long-term business value.
* Manage the automation opportunity portfolio, qualifying opportunities based on commercial value, technical feasibility, scalability, customer relevance, and strategic fit.
* Partner with automation providers, integrators, and customers to represent organisational capabilities in specification, solution design, and partnership discussions.
* Translate partner requirements and market intelligence into clear recommendations for product development, testing, quality, and investment decisions.
* Challenge technical specifications and commercial positions where needed, balancing partner expectations with product capability, operational feasibility, and long-term value.
* Mobilise cross-functional stakeholders across product, engineering, operations, quality, supply chain, and commercial teams to resolve trade-offs and align responses.
* Develop insights on automation trends, standards, competitive activity, and partner needs to inform future capability, governance, and roadmap decisions.
* Enable consistent partner engagement by establishing clear ways of working, escalation paths, and decision inputs for automation-related opportunities.

You'll lead Brambles’ European automation partner strategy, owning the relationship portfolio with key automation OEMs, vendors, and ecosystem partners. Acts as the senior technical-commercial interface between external partners and internal operations, engineering, product, quality, and commercial teams. You'll shape partner engagement, opportunity prioritisation, specification alignment, and market positioning to strengthen Brambles’ role as a preferred partner in automated supply chain environments.

Converts automation market intelligence into actionable input for product, testing, quality, and investment priorities.
** Role Specific Accountabilities:
*** Define and lead the European automation partner strategy, prioritising OEM relationships, opportunity segments, and engagement models that strengthen Brambles’ position in the automation ecosystem.
* Own and govern the strategic automation opportunity portfolio, qualifying opportunities based on commercial value, technical feasibility, scalability, customer relevance, and long-term strategic fit.
* Act as the senior technical-commercial interface for automation partners, representing Brambles in specification, capability, and solution design discussions with OEMs, vendors, integrators, and customers.
* Shape partner specifications and commercial positions, using data, product knowledge, operational insight, and market intelligence to challenge unfavourable requirements while preserving strategic relationships.
* Mobilise senior internal stakeholders across operations, engineering, product, quality, supply…