Solutions Engineering Executive

• Lead the development and optimisation of
  supply chain solutions across inventory, warehousing, production logistics,
  transportation, distribution and fulfilment
  
• Translate customer and business requirements
  into practical supply chain strategies, operating concepts and engineering
  designs
  
• Provide direction on network configuration,
  inventory positioning, replenishment strategies, material flow and distribution
  models
  
• Oversee the design of operational processes,
  layouts, capacity, labour requirements, equipment requirements and supporting
  systems
  
• Ensure that physical processes, information
  flows and technology requirements form a coherent operating solution
  
• Evaluate alternative operating models and
  their implications for cost, service, flexibility, scalability and risk
  
• Identify constraints, dependencies and
  opportunities that materially affect solution feasibility or operational
  performance
  
• Ensure that engineering recommendations are
  supported by appropriate analysis and clearly documented assumptions
  
• Lead the engineering contribution to customer
  discovery, feasibility studies, proposals, RFQs, renewals and operational
  redesign
  
• Establish the scope, operating concept,
  design principles, key assumptions and engineering deliverables early in
  solution development
  
• Challenge incomplete requirements,
  unsupported assumptions and unrealistic commitments before detailed design or
  submission
  
• Direct the level of analysis required for
  each decision, balancing accuracy, materiality, available information and
  delivery timelines
  
• Manage engineering priorities, milestones,
  resources, risks and dependencies
  
• Review and validate solution designs,
  productivity assumptions, resource calculations, equipment selection and
  implementation requirements
  
• Ensure that solutions are technically
  feasible, commercially supportable and capable of being operated sustainably
  
• Provide technical assurance before
  submission, approval and implementation
  
• Support implementation planning, testing,
  operational readiness, launch and stabilisation through the delivery of agreed
  engineering outputs
  
• Ensure that approved designs, assumptions,
  constraints and customer commitments are transferred clearly to implementation
  teams and Operations
  
• Review material design changes during
  implementation and assess their operational and cost implications
  
• Incorporate lessons from implementation and
  operating performance into future solution development
  
• Support Business Development and Commercial
  teams in assessing opportunities and understanding customer requirements
  
• Provide technical leadership in customer
  discovery sessions, solution workshops, presentations and proposal discussions
  
• Develop and evaluate solution options that
  balance customer value, competitiveness, operational feasibility and financial
  sustainability
  
• Own the engineering assumptions and resource
  requirements underpinning solution cost models
  
• Lead or coordinate solution costing with
  Finance and the relevant costing specialists
  
• Ensure that cost models reflect the proposed
  operating design, including labour, equipment, facilities, systems,
  implementation costs and relevant risks
  
• Explain the operational and financial
  implications of changes in scope, volumes, service requirements and contractual
  assumptions
  
• Support pricing decisions and negotiations
  through clear technical analysis, cost justification and alternative solution
  options
  
• Lead the development of engineering methods,
  tools and reusable capabilities aligned with business strategy and customer
  needs
  
• Provide direction on functional capability
  and technology priorities, including the Functionality and Incubator Master
  Schedules
  
• Translate operational requirements into clear
  functional requirements for digital platforms, workflow tools, automation and
  decision-support systems
  
• Work with Technology and Operations to align
  capability roadmaps, development priorities and implementation plans
  
• Lead engineering assessments of existing
  operations to identify opportunities to improve productivity, service, cost,
  capacity and resource utilisation
  
• Diagnose underlying process, layout, systems
  and operating-model issues using appropriate data and direct observation
  
• Develop practical future-state operating
  models and improvement plans with Operations
  
• Validate improvement business cases,
  implementation requirements and expected benefits before commitment
  
• Support the implementation of significant
  operational changes and resolve engineering issues affecting delivery
  
• Establish and maintain engineering standards,
  design-review requirements and technical assurance practices
  
• Define engineering deliverables and technical
  acceptance criteria at relevant stages of opportunity development, approval,
  implementation and handover
  
• Provide strategic direction and leadership to
  the Solutions Engineering function
  
• Translate business priorities into clear
  functional objectives, work plans and performance expectations
  
• Allocate engineering resources according to
  opportunity priorities, operational needs, complexity and available capacity
  

Requirements

• Grade
  12
  
• A
  recognised four-year degree in Industrial Engineering, another relevant
  engineering discipline, Logistics, or a related field
  
• A
  postgraduate qualification in Management, Business, Supply Chain Management, or
  a related field will be advantageous
  
• At least 10
  years' relevant experience in supply chain engineering, contract logistics,
  manufacturing logistics, or similarly complex operational environments
  
• At least
  five years' senior management experience leading engineering or
  multidisciplinary solution teams
  
• Demonstrated
  experience in customer discovery, RFQ solution development, operating model
  design, solution costing, and implementation support
  
• Practical
  experience in warehouse and material flow design, resource modelling,
  productivity analysis, and operational improvement
  
• Experience
  translating operational requirements into functional systems and technology
  requirements
  
• Experience
  working with customers and senior stakeholders to evaluate and present solution
  recommendations
  
• Experience
  in the automotive and production logistics industries is strongly preferred