Warehousing Lead Solutions Design Engineer (remote)

*Job Seekers can review the Job Applicant Privacy Policy by clicking here (http://ryder.com/job\-applicant\-privacy\-policy) .* **Job Description** : **Summary** Lead Solutions Design Engineers 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 They are a key team member within a pursuit team that works on new business opportunities. The Lead Solutions Design Engineer 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 across multiple design disciplines * Use advance analytical techniques and concepts to understand the business * Manage or mentor a small team of other SD Engineers * 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** * 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 * Data validation, cleansing, profiling, baseline development \& defining scenarios to model * 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 * Develop optimizations scenarios and strategies that are aligned with objectives * 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 * Lead consult