Remote Transport Solutions Design Manager

Deutsche Post; Rugby; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car or car allowance

Private medical insurance

26 days annual leave

Discretionary bonus

Flexible working options

Pension scheme with employer/employee

Job summary

DHL Supply Chain is seeking an experienced Solutions Design Manager to join our Transport Design team. This role combines strategic design with hands-on modelling to deliver tailored transport solutions for customers, including data analysis with Excel/Power BI and close collaboration with operations and BD teams.

Based remotely with weekly travel to Rugby and up to 50% travel to sites, you will lead a cross-functional team, drive Go Green initiatives, and shape the growth agenda by delivering

Qualifications

• Knowledge of transport solutions design within divisional supply chain products and capabilities.
• Understanding DHL sectors, customers, and products.
• Experience of using Excel and PowerBI for data manipulation and analysis.
• Experience of using Paragon Transport modelling software is desirable.
• Understanding transport network design and operations.
• Experience of Modelling, extrapolating, and interpreting data and using this to inform the transport solutions design process.
• Finding innovative solutions to problems and defining your own concepts.
• Able to look for ways to drive increased efficiency and improved service.
• Matrix management of stakeholders and ownership of projects.
• Programming knowledge would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• You'll be designing end-to-end transport network and supply chain solutions using Transport solution modelling tools such as Paragon or similar.
• Data analysis using either MS Excel or Power BI to an expert level. To understand customer requirements and current transport processes.
• Working closely with customers and operational teams to optimise potential new business or re-engineer existing business through Transport network integration opportunities.
• Commercialising solutions through cost and pricing models.
• Keeping abreast of DHLs Go Green agenda (focused on vehicle carbon emissions) and incorporating green technologies into transport and route solutions.
• You'll act as a solution design SME within a specific technology and business unit and share that expertise to the rest of the solution design team.
• Working closely with other key functions such as business development and bid excellence teams to ensure quality solution outputs are presented back to customers as part of new business and renewal project proposals.

Skills

Transport design

DHL sectors

Excel & PowerBI

Paragon modeling

Transport network design

Data modelling

Innovative solutions

Efficiency improvement

Stakeholder management

Programming knowledge

Job description

DHL Supply Chain is seeking an experienced Solutions Design Manager to join our Transport Design team. This role combines strategic design with hands-on modelling to deliver tailored transport solutions for customers, including data analysis with Excel/Power BI and close collaboration with operations and BD teams.

Based remotely with weekly travel to Rugby and up to 50% travel to sites, you will lead a cross-functional team, drive Go Green initiatives, and shape the growth agenda by delivering