Senior Manager of Solution Design

Overview This is a cross-functional team leader inside the Integrated Design & Solutions (IDS) team providing client 3PL solutions design for the North American market (all NFI lines of business) in parallel with business development, engineering, operations excellence, and the business operations team. Senior Manager, Solutions Design will be responsible for leading/facilitating the NFI solutions management process for incoming RFPs/RFQs they are assigned and leading cross-functional teams to design best-in-class integrated supply chain solutions incorporating distribution management, real estate, dedicated fleet transportation, non-asset based TM, brokerage services, intermodal, and NFI global and international forwarding services. Responsibilities Support the NFI new business development process thru leading and facilitating the NFI solutions management process and cycles in collaboration with BD/sales opportunity owners. Provide cross-functional program management of all assigned RFI/RFPs, facilitation of internal SM cycle and compliance associated with RFP response, client-facing consultancy support upfront in the sales cycle and during RFP engagement (pre-sales engagement), ensure stakeholder engagement during RFP cycle aligned to company requirements, and execute deal selection and qualification analysis. Lead cross-functional RFP project teams to provide an integrated customer solution/pricing during RFP cycle windows. SM owns the solution RFP and serves as the si