Associate Director, Warehouse Design and Strategy

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Florida.

📋 Description

• Design, engineer, and enhance distribution center sites to meet demand, throughput, storage, and service criteria.

• Conceptualize and implement warehouse automation projects in collaboration with business stakeholders.

• Act as a subject matter expert for distribution automation solutions in partnership with third-party providers.

• Drive innovative approaches on the warehouse floor.

• Establish standards for automation solutions that address storage, throughput, and layout governance.

• Conduct facility capacity modeling and flow simulations.

• Design slotting, pick-path, racking, and storage solutions in coordination with third-party warehouse operators and insourced sites.

• Assess emerging logistics technologies and automation alternatives, including AS/RS, AMRs, conveyors, and goods-to-person systems.

• Develop and execute technology and automation strategies for distribution locations.

• Collaborate with RTX systems and data teams to incorporate best practices into WMS and S4 designs during the transformation of the RTX Logistics operating system.

• Assist in network design by formulating distribution center expansion, relocation, and consolidation strategies.

• Partner with Strategic Sourcing, Operations, Real Estate, and various business operations teams.

• Create capital investment proposals and perform ROI analyses.

• Influence and drive change across various businesses, functions, and geographical areas.

• Lead and mentor a cross-functional team of logistics and sourcing professionals across multiple business units.

• Promote collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.

• Serve as a liaison among logistics, supply chain, finance, and executive leadership.

⛳️ Requirements

• Typically requires a University Degree and a minimum of 12 years of relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field with at least 10 years of experience, or absent a degree, 16 years of relevant experience.

• Over 10 years of experience in warehousing planning and operations, automation selection and implementation, logistics integration, or similar roles in the aerospace or manufacturing sector.

• Must be a U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, refugee, or asylee) or qualified to obtain necessary export authorizations.

• Experience managing teams across various functions and business units.

• Proven change management experience.

• Operational expertise in multi-site warehouse and distribution management.

• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all organizational levels.

• Proficiency in facility layout, industrial engineering, and warehousing.

• Practical knowledge of WMS, MHE, and automation solutions.

• Background in Industrial Engineering and Scenario Planning within supply chain contexts.

• Strong analytical and financial modeling capabilities, including the development of business cases.

• Competence in project management, change management, and transition management.

🏝️ Benefits

• Compensation, healthcare, wellness, retirement, and work/life benefits.

• Parental (including paternal) leave.

• Flexible work schedules.

• Achievement awards.

• Educational assistance.

• Child/adult backup care.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

• Life insurance.

• Short-term disability.

• Long-term disability.

• 401(k) match.

• Flexible spending accounts.

• Employee assistance program.

• Employee Scholar Program.

• Paid time off.

• Holidays.

• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs (eligibility dependent on position and collective-bargaining coverage).