Senior Role - Logistics Solutions Engineering

Hiring for Senior Solutions Engineer

- This position will lead the solutions engineering in the sales process, and engineered opportunities into customized supply chain solutions. Specifically, he or she will analyse the effectiveness of operations, and design optimal logistics solutions to yield cost savings for MNC clientele and meet revenue and margins objectives of our organization.

- Other expectations include the development of supply chain capabilities and replicating them in sub-regions/countries within Asia.

- Lead cross regional, multi services solution designs covering OMS, International RDC, International logistics.

- This includes but not limited to develop detailed proposals addressing customer's supply chain pain-points, by solution design against it leveraging our organization products and strength.

- The cost models, process flows, and other logistics factors within customer RFX defined timelines.

- Provide guidance and training to sub regional customer solutions engineers to ensure consistent approach in APLL response and analysis in perform pricing, costing and profit and loss analysis e.g. breakeven point of the proposed solutions.

- Work with Global Key Account managers on renewal of OMS/CNS contracts through innovative solutions. Develop competitive responses to RFP and RFQ bids.

- Conduct customer's supply chain analysis (e.g. RDC solutioning, network optimization considering physical, documentation, information and financial flow, leveraging free trade agreements.

- Provide supply chain consulting to key customers to increase customer stickiness and acquire new business through solutions.

Roles & Responsibilities:

- Meet and exceed timeliness of submission of proposals and solutions.

- Meet and exceed presentation and layout expectations of submitted proposals and presentations.

- Meet and exceed contribution margins and Operating income targets in projects.

- Meet and exceed expectations to provide optimal International logistics, regional distribution and freight solutions.

- Meet and exceed expectations in development of capabilities and sharing of knowledge.

- Meet and exceed expectations in development of consulting service capability.

- Prompt and 100% on-time delivery of response and solutions in support of the engineering and business development project team.

- Achieve a polished and professional standard in presentations, reports and proposals without formatting irregularities, grammatical and spelling errors (presentation & proposal litmus test)

- Contribution margins and EBIT targets are in accordance with corporate guidelines.

- Demonstrate clear understanding of efficiency and effectiveness of clientele's logistics operations, and ability to map out processes.

- Able to design and develop process improvement metrics (service, cost and productivity).

- Generate solution consulting revenue and CM.

- Clear ability to manage assigned projects to ensure completion within time schedule and budget constraints.

- Support in training new logistics engineering analysts within specified time frame.

- Support business development team in client facing by active participation in client filtering, vetting and cleaning presentations.

- Annual engineering expenses within budget.

- Improve profitability of accounts through re-engineering and lean concept.

Qualifications:

Education: bachelor's degree or master's of Science in Logistics Management or Industrial Engineering from an established and reputable university is a prerequisite. Emphasis should be on operations research, modelling and scenario planning or industrial logistics.

Experience:

- Minimum 8 years of Logistics experience with skills in warehousing, distribution, order management, planning and optimization, and information technology application to logistics.

- Some proposal preparation experience, costing, contract negotiation on rates, and customer presentation experience is advantageous. At least 2 ~ 3 years exposure to Pan Asian oper