EMEIA Solutions Engineering Leader, Logistics & Automation

Crane Worldwide Logistics; Barcelona; Presencial; EUR 140.000 - 190.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Crane Worldwide Logistics is seeking a Senior Solutions Engineering Manager – EMEIA to lead the design and delivery of innovative, cost-effective Contract Logistics solutions across the region, supporting growth and operational excellence.

You will drive warehouse design, automation, and technology proposals, coordinating with Commercial, Operations, Finance, IT, and customers to deliver value across multiple countries.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Business, or related discipline; Master’s degree desirable.
• Minimum 15 years’ experience in industrial engineering, warehouse design, supply chain management, or Contract Logistics.
• Strong 3PL, retail distribution, manufacturing, e-commerce, or consumer goods experience.
• Proven capability in warehouse layout design, operational workflows, labour standards, labour modelling, and AutoCAD.
• Experience with WMS, automation technologies, business cases, TCO, and ROI analysis.
• Advanced analytical, presentation, project management, commercial, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI, Visio, SQL, SmartSheet, and Access.
• Ability to work effectively across multiple countries, cultures, and cross-functional teams.
• Win rate and quality of engineering-supported proposals.
• Accuracy and competitiveness of engineering cost models.
• Timely delivery of engineering support and project implementations.
• Productivity, efficiency, and ROI improvements delivered across operations.
• Customer satisfaction and engineering team capability growth.

Responsabilidades

• Lead engineering design for strategic Contract Logistics opportunities across EMEIA.
• Analyse customer data and develop commercially competitive logistics solutions.
• Design warehouse layouts, workflows, labour models, storage strategies, and material handling solutions.
• Prepare technical content for proposals, presentations, workshops, and customer solution reviews.
• Ensure solutions align with customer requirements, pricing submissions, and Crane operational standards.
• Support RFPs from qualification through contract award with engineered labour, resource, and cost inputs.
• Develop AutoCAD layouts, flow diagrams, order analytics, inventory profiles, and technical proposal documentation.
• Prepare budgetary estimates for warehouse equipment, automation, and technology solutions.
• Evaluate existing operations and identify improvements in productivity, quality, safety, service, and cost.
• Optimise layouts, storage capacity, inventory flow, labour utilisation, and network performance.
• Implement continuous improvement initiatives using Lean methodologies and engineering best practice.
• Assess automation opportunities and develop business cases, TCO, ROI, and financial analysis.
• Recommend warehouse technologies including WMS, conveyors, sortation, AS/RS, AGVs, AMRs, and robotic picking solutions.
• Support vendor selection, procurement, and implementation of approved automation projects.
• Lead engineering workstreams for new customer implementations and regional projects.
• Develop project plans, timelines, budgets, risks, and deliverables across cross-functional teams.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to agreed quality standards.
• Lead, coach, and develop the regional Solutions Engineering team.
• Allocate resources across regional priorities and promote collaboration between key functions.
• Drive a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and customer focus.

Conocimientos

Analytical skills

Presentation skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Commercial acumen

Cross-functional collaboration

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Logistics/Supply Chain

Master's degree desirable

Herramientas

AutoCAD

WMS

SQL

Visio

Power BI

SmartSheet

Access

Excel

PowerPoint

Descripción del empleo

Crane Worldwide Logistics is seeking a Senior Solutions Engineering Manager – EMEIA to lead the design and delivery of innovative, cost-effective Contract Logistics solutions across the region, supporting growth and operational excellence.

You will drive warehouse design, automation, and technology proposals, coordinating with Commercial, Operations, Finance, IT, and customers to deliver value across multiple countries.