Senior Solution Analyst and Design Engineer
DSVKempton Park, GT, ZATime Type : Full Time
Minimum Requirements
Grade 12
Degree or diploma in : Industrial Engineering or Information Technology or Information Systems or Computer Science
- Advance Excel and PowerQuery
- AutoCAD
- Microsoft Office : PowerPoint, Visio and Project
- PowerBI
Not essential but advantageous :
Job-Related Requirements
BI platform working knowledge in PowerBI and / or Tableau compulsory
Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar role or environment preferable. AND Own vehicle with driver’s license required.
Added Advantages for the role
Main purpose of the role
The Senior Solutions Design and Analyst Engineer will be part of the Solution and Pricing department and will work closely with business development and facility general managers to maintain and growth the DSV Solutions business. Business growth will be mainly through Request For Quotation (RFQ) and / or consultation with new and existing customers. The requirement is also to support general managers to renew existing client at the end of their respective agreements.
As a secondary priority the role require take a leading role in developing Reporting Dashboards on BI Platforms (PowerBI and / or Tableau) for key DSV customers. The individual must be comfortable working with Big Data and clean, analyse, interpret and report back on large data sets. The role will also provide Supply Chain Consulting services to DSV customers in the form of Big Data Analytics, Supply Chain Opportunity Assessments, Network Design and Optimisation as well as Inventory Optimisation Services. The individual must be able to manage several clients across different industries and must be capable of gathering and translating their requirements into value adding services.
MS Word and PowerPoint skills is required to package the final solutions and commercials for submission to the client.
The role is critical in the growth of the DSV Solution business units and requires attention to detail, time management and good people skill with internal and external clients.
Duties and Responsibilities
o Data (analysis, comparison, sense checking, cleaning)
o Process (supporting business objectives, complete, accurate, relevant, error-proofed, common expectations covered, measurable)
o Facilities (best practices, flow, flexibility, compliance)
o All costing inputs to be signed off or supported by quotes,
o Effective use of programs like AutoCAD, MS Visio and Power BI, etc to ensured detailed and accurate designs related input into the costing model.
o Good understanding of labour regulations (24hrs operations, shift allowance, shift patterns etc)
o Develop relationships with key suppliers (racking, packaging, sprinklers, MHE etc)
o Verify all productivities used in costings
o Conduct research to ensure productivities used are in line with industry standards
o Developing and maintaining Reporting Dashboards using BI Platforms (PowerBI and / or Tableau)
o Working with Big Data : Clean, analyse, interpret and report back on large data sets received from DSV clients.
o Support the Inventory Optimisation services provided to customers
o Support in Supply Chain Network Design and Optimisation
o Support in Supply Chain Opportunity Assessments and Identify Supply Chain Improvement potential for clients
o Project Management
o Service new and existing clients at a strategic, tactical and operational level
o Material flow mapping
o Warehouse and layout design
o Qualitative flow measurement
o Manning requirements calculations
o Material handling equipment selection
o Procurement tender adjudication
o Storage density calculations
o Productivity calculations
o Work sampling
o Value stream mapping
o Problem Solving
o Solution and Operations review (volumes, resource, MHE, process etc)
o Commercial (revenue, cost, etc)
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