Solutions Design Engineer II - Transportation Management
- Employer
- Ryder
- Location
- Grand Rapids
- Salary
- Competitive
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- Industry
- Engineering and Architecture
- Role
- Designer / Graphic Designer / Artist
- Job Type
- Long-Term
- Hours
- Full Time
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Summary
Solutions Design Engineer II are responsible to support the growth of our Supply Chain Solutions & Dedicated Transportation Solution offerings by developing, designing and winning new business through:
Designing solutions that deliver financial value to our Customers
Demonstrating an understanding of our Customer's business
Providing feasible designs that are aligned with our Customer's needs
Helping the pursuit team with shaping wins plans consistent with our solution design
Providing sustainable designs that are aligned with Ryder's operational & technical capabilities
Writing and delivering a compelling proposal that influences the customer decision to select Ryder
Support awarded business throughout the startup process, successfully transitioning design and proposal assumptions to Operations and SCE CI resources through the Customer Due Diligence process
Solutions Design Engineer II will support a pursuit from start to finish and will be an active team member throughout the various stages of the pursuit all the way through successful transition during startup. Key activities include:
Specialize in a single design discipline
Use advance analytical techniques and concepts to understand the business
Execute design processes to create, re-design, or optimize logistics networks
Think and act independently and creatively
Effectively communicate the design and solution to internal stake holders & the client
Essential Functions
Calculating labor, equipment, facility and expense requirements based on transportation and warehousing design assumptions. Develop process flows, concept of operations and value propositions consistent with the win strategy and work with IT to develop concept of systems. Calculating labor, equipment, facility and expense requirements based on transportation and warehousing design assumptions. Develop process flows, concept of operations and value propositions consistent with the win strategy and work with IT to develop concept of systems. Coordinate with Pricing and other functions to develop cost and pricing models as well as relevant assumptions
Data validation, cleansing, profiling, baseline development & defining scenarios to model
Develop optimizations scenarios and strategies that are aligned with objectives
Support the bid submission process by reviewing RFP documents, understand objectives, develop questions to clarify gaps and develop initial hypothesis specific to a specific solution design that solves our customer's needs & delivers unique value
Meet frequently with customers and cross-functional bid response team. Support technical review presentations and design validation meetings
Implementation follow-up, which requires engineer to validate and modify deployed process to ensure that it matches plan
Develop and improve engineering tools and methodologies to ensure industry best practices
Support consulting projects that involve understanding customers' pain-points developing and presenting solutions
Additional Responsibilities
Performs other duties as assigned
Skills and Abilities
Superb data organization and cleansing skills
Exhibit advanced skills and concepts using design applications, tools, techniques, and methodologies to analyze and design complex transportation and warehousing networks
Familiarity in simulation tools, transportation & warehouse management systems, ERPs, Automation, MHE, Visibility Tools, and industry leading technologies (preferred)
Ability to influence the project teams by using facts, statistics, and analytics
Comprehend complex supply chain and transportation solutions and segment design processes into manageable elements and process steps
Good verbal, written and presentation skills, including the ability to translate complex designs, concepts, and regulations into terms readily understood
Learning to create and maintain professional relationships within all levels of the organization (peers, work groups, customers, supervisors)
Expert Microsoft Office Suite skills with emphasis on Access, Excel and PowerPoint expert required
Knowledgeable of visualization (Tableau, Microsoft) and database programming intermediate preferred
Knowledge of effective metrics programs and design networks that are sustainable and measurable advanced required
Transportation Design:Extensive knowledge of Dedicated Services and Managed Transportation Networks.Required knowledge of all available equipment types such as; dry van, temperature control, flat bed, other specialized equipment.Transportation Design Tools ie; JDA, Appian, Network Design Tools ie; Llamasoft, Transportation Management Systems ie; JDA, OTM, , Mapping Software ie; Tableau expert required
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree required in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain Management or Industrial Engineering
Four (4) years or more related work experience in the Transportation industry(e.g., Truckload, Multi-stop TL, LTL, Intermodal, Bulk, Rail, or Parcel services) required
Four (4) years or more related work experience in the Warehousing and/or Manufacturing industry (e.g., Industrial Engineering, Warehouse Operations, Operations) required
Expert Microsoft Office Suite skills with emphasis on Access, Excel and PowerPoint expert required
Knowledgeable of visualization (Tableau, Microsoft) and database programming intermediate preferred
Knowledge of effective metrics programs and design networks that are sustainable and measurable advanced required
Transportation Design:Extensive knowledge of Dedicated Services and Managed Transportation Networks.Required knowledge of all available equipment types such as; dry van, temperature control, flat bed, other specialized equipment.Transportation Design Tools ie; JDA, Appian, Network Design Tools ie; Llamasoft, Transportation Management Systems ie; JDA, OTM, , Mapping Software ie; Tableau expert required
Travel
10-20% DOT Regulated: No
Job Category: Solutions Design
Ryder is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and Drug Free workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.
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If you are a current employee at Ryder (not a Contractor or temporary employee through a staffing agency), please click here ($3.htmld) to log in to Workday to apply using the internal application process. To learn how to apply for a position using the Career worklet, please review this quick reference guide (\attachment.do?sys\id=a39f83621bda4223cd4bcb91) .
Job Seekers can review the Job Applicant Privacy Policy by clicking HERE. ()
You are the driving force behind our company.
Start your career with Ryder today!
Summary
Solutions Design Engineer II are responsible to support the growth of our Supply Chain Solutions & Dedicated Transportation Solution offerings by developing, designing and winning new business through:
Designing solutions that deliver financial value to our Customers
Demonstrating an understanding of our Customer's business
Providing feasible designs that are aligned with our Customer's needs
Helping the pursuit team with shaping wins plans consistent with our solution design
Providing sustainable designs that are aligned with Ryder's operational & technical capabilities
Writing and delivering a compelling proposal that influences the customer decision to select Ryder
Support awarded business throughout the startup process, successfully transitioning design and proposal assumptions to Operations and SCE CI resources through the Customer Due Diligence process
Solutions Design Engineer II will support a pursuit from start to finish and will be an active team member throughout the various stages of the pursuit all the way through successful transition during startup. Key activities include:
Specialize in a single design discipline
Use advance analytical techniques and concepts to understand the business
Execute design processes to create, re-design, or optimize logistics networks
Think and act independently and creatively
Effectively communicate the design and solution to internal stake holders & the client
Essential Functions
Calculating labor, equipment, facility and expense requirements based on transportation and warehousing design assumptions. Develop process flows, concept of operations and value propositions consistent with the win strategy and work with IT to develop concept of systems. Calculating labor, equipment, facility and expense requirements based on transportation and warehousing design assumptions. Develop process flows, concept of operations and value propositions consistent with the win strategy and work with IT to develop concept of systems. Coordinate with Pricing and other functions to develop cost and pricing models as well as relevant assumptions
Data validation, cleansing, profiling, baseline development & defining scenarios to model
Develop optimizations scenarios and strategies that are aligned with objectives
Support the bid submission process by reviewing RFP documents, understand objectives, develop questions to clarify gaps and develop initial hypothesis specific to a specific solution design that solves our customer's needs & delivers unique value
Meet frequently with customers and cross-functional bid response team. Support technical review presentations and design validation meetings
Implementation follow-up, which requires engineer to validate and modify deployed process to ensure that it matches plan
Develop and improve engineering tools and methodologies to ensure industry best practices
Support consulting projects that involve understanding customers' pain-points developing and presenting solutions
Additional Responsibilities
Performs other duties as assigned
Skills and Abilities
Superb data organization and cleansing skills
Exhibit advanced skills and concepts using design applications, tools, techniques, and methodologies to analyze and design complex transportation and warehousing networks
Familiarity in simulation tools, transportation & warehouse management systems, ERPs, Automation, MHE, Visibility Tools, and industry leading technologies (preferred)
Ability to influence the project teams by using facts, statistics, and analytics
Comprehend complex supply chain and transportation solutions and segment design processes into manageable elements and process steps
Good verbal, written and presentation skills, including the ability to translate complex designs, concepts, and regulations into terms readily understood
Learning to create and maintain professional relationships within all levels of the organization (peers, work groups, customers, supervisors)
Expert Microsoft Office Suite skills with emphasis on Access, Excel and PowerPoint expert required
Knowledgeable of visualization (Tableau, Microsoft) and database programming intermediate preferred
Knowledge of effective metrics programs and design networks that are sustainable and measurable advanced required
Transportation Design:Extensive knowledge of Dedicated Services and Managed Transportation Networks.Required knowledge of all available equipment types such as; dry van, temperature control, flat bed, other specialized equipment.Transportation Design Tools ie; JDA, Appian, Network Design Tools ie; Llamasoft, Transportation Management Systems ie; JDA, OTM, , Mapping Software ie; Tableau expert required
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree required in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain Management or Industrial Engineering
Four (4) years or more related work experience in the Transportation industry(e.g., Truckload, Multi-stop TL, LTL, Intermodal, Bulk, Rail, or Parcel services) required
Four (4) years or more related work experience in the Warehousing and/or Manufacturing industry (e.g., Industrial Engineering, Warehouse Operations, Operations) required
Expert Microsoft Office Suite skills with emphasis on Access, Excel and PowerPoint expert required
Knowledgeable of visualization (Tableau, Microsoft) and database programming intermediate preferred
Knowledge of effective metrics programs and design networks that are sustainable and measurable advanced required
Transportation Design:Extensive knowledge of Dedicated Services and Managed Transportation Networks.Required knowledge of all available equipment types such as; dry van, temperature control, flat bed, other specialized equipment.Transportation Design Tools ie; JDA, Appian, Network Design Tools ie; Llamasoft, Transportation Management Systems ie; JDA, OTM, , Mapping Software ie; Tableau expert required
Travel
10-20% DOT Regulated: No
Job Category: Solutions Design
Ryder is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and Drug Free workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.
Job Seekers can review the Job Applicant Privacy Policy by clicking HERE. ()
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