Warehouse Solution & Design Manager

TLP; Basingstoke; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Private medical

Car allowance

Annual bonus

Job summary

TLP is recruiting a Warehouse Solution & Design Manager in Basingstoke with travel across the Midlands and Southern UK. The role focuses on warehouse design, operational modelling, simulation, and network optimisation to improve performance and scalability.

You will challenge processes and deliver commercially viable solutions with clear ROI. The position offers hybrid working, a salary up to £65,000 plus a £5,500 car allowance and private medical, plus a 10–15% bonus potential and

Qualifications

• Experience in warehouse design and modelling.
• Strong analytical and commercial thinking.
• Ability to translate data into actionable recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Analyse and optimise warehouse operations and processes.
• Design, model and simulate warehouse layouts and operations.
• Develop business cases and ROI analyses for design solutions.
• Travel to operational sites across the Midlands and Southern UK to validate assumptions.

Skills

Warehouse design

Operational modelling

Data analysis

Process improvement

Stakeholder communication

ROI analysis

Job description

Warehouse Solution & Design Manager

Location: Basingstoke / Closest Home Office + Additional Site Travel across Midlands & Southern UK

Salary: Up to £65,000 + £5,500 Car Allowance + Private Medical

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Working Hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm

Working Pattern: Hybrid - 1-2 days per week at your closest home office, with regular travel to operational sites across primarily the Midlands and Southern UK.

About the Role

We are recruiting on behalf of a highly reputable and leading UK logistics and supply chain organisation for an experienced Warehouse Solution Design Manager. This is a key opportunity within a pivotal period of business growth, focused on warehouse design, operational modelling, simulation and network optimisation across a complex logistics operation.

Reporting into the Head of Warehouse Design and Compliance, you will combine strong operational knowledge with analytical and commercial thinking to develop solutions that improve performance, productivity, customer service, efficiency and scalability.

Working as part of a specialist team, you will challenge existing ways of working, analyse current operations and develop innovative solutions across the warehouse network. You will use data, modelling and simulation to test different scenarios, assess operational risks and provide clear recommendations around cost, ROI, service levels, labour requirements, space utilisation and future scalability.

The role will also involve overseeing design documentation, proposals and approval processes, ensuring solutions are well evidenced, commercially viable and capable of being implemented successfully.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyse existing warehouse operations, processes and working practices to identify opportunities for improvement, optimisation and innovation.
• Design, model and simulate warehouse operations to assess throughput, labour productivity, resource requirements, capacity and space utilisation.
• Build, develop and validate operational models to support warehouse design, network optimisation and future-state planning.
• Undertake stress testing and scenario analysis to understand the impact of operational changes before implementation.
• Develop and evaluate different warehouse layouts, processes and operating models, providing practical and analytical justification for recommended solutions.
• Define future warehouse designs and operational strategies, considering cost, ROI, service, operational risk and scalability.
• Produce commercially focused business cases and recommendations for warehouse and distribution improvement projects.
• Challenge existing processes and practices, identifying opportunities to introduce new technologies, automation, industry trends and innovative operating solutions.
• Work closely with operational, central and project teams to ensure proposed solutions are both analytically robust and practical to implement.
• Translate complex operational and financial data into clear recommendations for senior stakeholders.
• Prepare and maintain warehouse design documentation, proposals, models and supporting analysis.
• Manage the proposal and approval process for design solutions, ensuring all relevant commercial, operational and financial considerations have been addressed.
• Support wider continuous improvement and network optimisation initiatives across the business.
• Provide analytical and operational insight to support strategic warehouse planning and future network requirements.
• Travel regularly to operational sites across the Midlands and Southern UK to understand site requirements, validate assumptions and support project delivery.

Salary & Benefits

• Up to £65,000 salary
• Circa £5,500 car allowance
• Annual bonus of approximately 10-15%, linked to company performance and personal objectives
• Hybrid working
• Monday to Friday - 9am-5pm | 37.5hrs per week
• Private medical
• 20% M&S discount
• 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays, increasing with service
• Healthcare cash plan
• Company pension
• Life assurance
• Employee perks and discount platform
• Wellbeing support and Employee Assistance Programme
• Tailored induction and ongoing training
• Cycle to Work scheme

The Opportunity

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Warehouse Solution Design Manager, Warehouse Design Manager, Solutions Engineer or warehouse modelling professional to join a high-profile logistics and supply chain organisation during a significant period of growth.

You will have the opportunity to take ownership of major warehouse design, modelling, simulation and optimisation projects, working across a large-scale operational network and influencing how future warehouse operations are designed and delivered.

If you are someone who enjoys challenging the status quo, analysing complex operational data and turning it into practical, commercially sound solutions, this role offers the opportunity to have a genuine impact across the wider business.