Vice President of Supply Chain Solutions & Engineering

Our client, a 50+ year old privately held 3rd Party Logistics Provider, have established themselves as one of the premier logistics companies in the United States. Their service offerings include, warehousing, drayage, brokerage, and other valued added transportation services with a focus in retail, CPG, home goods, and FMCG, electronics, technology, and automotive clients.

The Supply Chain Solutions Engineer designs, analyzes, and implements end-to-end supply chain solutions that improve efficiency, scalability, cost, and service levels. This role partners cross-functionally with operations, IT, procurement, logistics, and external partners to translate business requirements into optimized, technology-enabled supply chain solutions.

• Solution Design & Optimization
• Design supply chain solutions across planning, sourcing, manufacturing, warehousing, and transportation.
• Analyze current-state processes and develop future-state models to improve cost, service, and resilience.
• Develop network optimization, capacity planning, and inventory optimization models.
• Support make/buy, sourcing, and distribution strategy decisions.
• Data Analysis & Modeling
• Build quantitative models using data analytics, simulation, and scenario analysis.
• Use tools such as Excel, SQL, Python, or specialized supply chain software to evaluate tradeoffs.
• Develop KPIs, dashboards, and reporting to track solution performance.
• Collaborate with IT and vendors to implement supply chain systems (e.g., WMS, TMS, ERP, planning tools).
• Translate business requirements into functional and technical specifications.
• Support system testing, deployment, and post-implementation optimization.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Work closely with operations, procurement, finance, sales, and customer teams.
• Support RFPs, vendor evaluations, and solution costing.
• Present solution recommendations to leadership and stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities for automation, digitization, and process standardization.
• Lead or support Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement initiatives.
• Stay current on industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies.

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, Logistics, or a related field.
• 3–7+ years of experience in supply chain engineering, operations, consulting, or solutions design.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience designing or optimizing supply chain networks, processes, or systems.
• Proficiency in Excel and data analysis; experience with SQL, Python, or similar tools preferred.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to present complex concepts clearly.

• Master’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, or Business.
• Experience with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, Net Suite) and supply chain tools (Blue Yonder, Kinaxis, Manhattan, SAP IBP, etc.).
• Experience in logistics, manufacturing, e-commerce, or distribution environments.
• Lean Six Sigma certification (Green Belt or higher).
• Consulting or customer-facing experience.
• Systems thinking and end-to-end supply chain mindset
• Stakeholder management and influence
• Project management and execution
• Business case development and cost modeling