Senior Process Software Consultant - Retrofit

SUMMARY

The Retrofit Process and Software Consultant supports the LTS Sales team in the competitive effort to win profitable business by ensuring that the TGW solutions produced are able to be implementable and operable under a potential client’s existing Warehouse Control System (WCS) and Warehouse Management System (WMS) environment.  This position first interfaces with the customer’s Project Lead, IT, and Operations teams to thoroughly analyze current distribution processes in the customer’s facility and then utilizes the analysis to ensure the project’s viability and optimality for proper upgrades and enhancements.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Visits TGW customer sites to understand current operating environments.
• Provides software and IT responses for RFI’s, RFP’s, IT assessments, and proactive customer requests on contracts and concept plannings.
• Participates in prospect calls, design meetings, and review sessions.
• Collaborates with prospects' IT and software organizations.
• Develops process maps, detailed requirements, and feature set documents.
• Creates WCS/WMS scope split documents.
• Collaborates on software designs with the software integration team and IT infrastructure designs with internal IT.
• Provides input for software cost estimates and assists in developing proposal documentation.
• Collaborates in hand-over to the software integration team and with retrofit solutions design and application engineering teams.
• Reads and analyzes RFPs, validates data analysis, PPT slides, and proactively adjusts customer contracts and concept plannings accordingly.
• Provides input for simulation definitions and results evaluation.
• Participates in WCS to PLC integration designs and realization design sessions with clients.
• Reviews and provides input to the software functional specification document.
• Performs additional duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Operations Engineering, or related field, or equivalent work experience.

Experience:

Minimum five (5) years of experience in high-level design or operation of diverse intralogistics or comparable software systems, or related.

Travel:

Up to 25% of travel (domestic and international) required.

Skills & Abilities

• Understanding of software systems and IT architecture.
• Ability to map operational activities to software requirements.
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience with material handling equipment (e.g., shuttle systems, miniload cranes, conveyors, pick stations) and supply chain software packages.
• Working knowledge of PLC technology.
• Experience implementing highly-automated intralogistics solutions.
• Experience optimizing supply chain strategies