Solution Designer

About the job

Role Objective To lead end-to-end solution design for transportation, warehousing, and integrated logistics engagements. Ensuring cost-competitive, scalable, and execution-ready solutions that improve win rates, margins, and customer confidence. Key Responsibilities Warehousing Solutioning• Design RDCs, FCs, spoke warehouses, line-feed and supermarket models• Develop space, manpower, MHE, productivity, and layout models• Drive optimization across SKU profiling, throughput, slotting, and shift planning Integrated Logistics Solutions• Architect end-to-end warehousing + transportation solutions with single commercial ownership• Design integrated visibility and control-tower-led operating models• Ensure smooth handover from solutioning to operations, minimizing go-live risk Transportation Solutioning• Design primary, secondary, in-city, milk-run, and line-haul networks• Develop vehicle mix, routing, frequency, km/trip-based cost models• Identify savings through route optimization, consolidation, utilization improvement, and carrier rationalization• Lead transport desk / 4PL solutioning, including governance and SLA frameworks Costing, Commercials & Risk• Own bottom-up costing, pricing, and margin protection• Partner with Finance to ensure commercial viability and risk mitigation• Define year-1 savings roadmap and steady-state cost levers Technology Enablement• Embed WMS, TMS, track-and-trace, and analytics into solutions• Ensure tech-led productivity, visibility, and compliance Stakeholder & Team Leadership• Act as solution SPOC for large RFQs and strategic customers• Work closely with Sales, Operations, IT, Finance, and Legal• Mentor solution design team and standardize templates, assumptions, and playbooks Success Metrics• RFQ win rate improvement• Cost competitiveness vs benchmarks• Margin adherence post go-live• Accuracy of assumptions vs actuals• Speed and quality of solution turnaround Experience:• 15+ years in logistics / supply chain solutioning• Strong hands-on exposure to transport network design and warehousing solutions Education:• MBA / PGDM (Operations / Supply Chain preferred)• Engineering background preferred Core Skills:• Transportation & warehousing cost engineering• Integrated solution architecture• Strong commercial and financial acumen• Stakeholder Management

Requirements

• Transportation Design
• Warehousing Solutions
• Integrated Logistics
• Cost Engineering
• Stakeholder Management

Qualifications

• MBA / PGDM (Operations / Supply Chain preferred)
• Engineering background preferred

Preferred Technologies

• Transportation Design
• Warehousing Solutions
• Integrated Logistics
• Cost Engineering
• Stakeholder Management