Warehouse Solution & Design Manager

Warehouse Solution & Design Manager

Location: Basingstoke / Closest Home Office + Additional Site Travel across Midlands & Southern UK
Salary: Up to £65,000 + £5,500 Car Allowance + Private Medical
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
Working Hours: Monday–Friday, 9:00am–5:00pm
Working Pattern: Hybrid – 1–2 days per week at your closest home office, with regular travel to operational sites across primarily the Midlands and Southern UK.

About the Role

We are recruiting on behalf of a highly reputable and leading UK logistics and supply chain organisation for an experienced Warehouse Solution Design Manager. This is a key opportunity within a pivotal period of business growth, focused on warehouse design, operational modelling, simulation and network optimisation across a complex logistics operation.

Reporting into the Head of Warehouse Design and Compliance, you will combine strong operational knowledge with analytical and commercial thinking to develop solutions that improve performance, productivity, customer service, efficiency and scalability.

Working as part of a specialist team, you will challenge existing ways of working, analyse current operations and develop innovative solutions across the warehouse network. You will use data, modelling and simulation to test different scenarios, assess operational risks and provide clear recommendations around cost, ROI, service levels, labour requirements, space utilisation and future scalability.

The role will also involve overseeing design documentation, proposals and approval processes, ensuring solutions are well evidenced, commercially viable and capable of being implemented successfully.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyse existing warehouse operations, processes and working practices to identify opportunities for improvement, optimisation and innovation.
• Design, model and simulate warehouse operations to assess throughput, labour productivity, resource requirements, capacity and space utilisation.
• Build, develop and validate operational models to support warehouse design, network optimisation and future-state planning.
• Undertake stress testing and scenario analysis to understand the impact of operational changes before implementation.
• Develop and evaluate different warehouse layouts, processes and operating models, providing practical and analytical justification for recommended solutions.
• Define future warehouse designs and operational strategies, considering cost, ROI, service, operational risk and scalability.
• Produce commercially focused business cases and recommendations for warehouse and distribution improvement projects.
• Challenge existing processes and practices, identifying opportunities to introduce new technologies, automation, industry trends and innovative operating solutions.
• Work closely with operational, central and project teams to ensure proposed solutions are both analytically robust and practical to implement.
• Translate complex operational and financial data into clear recommendations for senior stakeholders.
• Prepare and maintain warehouse design documentation, proposals, models and supporting analysis.
• Manage the proposal and approval process for design solutions, ensuring all relevant commercial, operational and financial considerations have been addressed.
• Support wider continuous improvement and network optimisation initiatives across the business.
• Provide analytical and operational insight to support strategic warehouse planning and future network requirements.
• Travel regularly to operational sites across the Midlands and Southern UK to understand site requirements, validate assumptions and support project delivery.

Key Requirements

• Proven experience working within warehouse solution design, warehouse design, logistics engineering, solutions engineering or a similar role.
• Strong practical experience in warehouse modelling, warehouse layout design, simulation and operational scenario testing.
• Proven ability to build and validate operational models and use data to develop effective warehouse strategies.
• Experience using warehouse modelling and simulation tools such as Infios, AnyLogic, Autodesk FlexSim, CreateASoft (Simcad) or similar.
• Strong understanding of warehouse operations, logistics and wider supply chain environments.
• Experience analysing throughput, labour productivity, capacity, resource utilisation and space utilisation.
• Strong analytical capability, with the ability to assess operational performance and identify commercially viable improvements.
• Financial modelling and commercial awareness, with the ability to evaluate cost, ROI and business case justification.
• Strong knowledge of warehouse design principles and the ability to develop scalable future-state solutions.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the confidence to challenge existing practices and present recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Experience with design and layout tools such as AutoCAD, SketchUp or similar would be highly advantageous.
• A genuine interest in warehouse automation, emerging technologies and developments within the logistics and supply chain sector.
• Highly analytical, creative and solutions-focused, with the ability to combine data with practical operational thinking.
• Willingness to travel regularly to operational sites across the Midlands and Southern UK.

Salary & Benefits

• Up to £65,000 salary
• Circa £5,500 car allowance
• Annual bonus of approximately 10–15%, linked to company performance and personal objectives
• Monday to Friday – 9am-5pm | 37.5hrs per week
• Private medical
• 20% M&S discount
• 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays, increasing with service
• Healthcare cash plan
• Company pension
• Life assurance
• Employee perks and discount platform
• Wellbeing support and Employee Assistance Programme
• Tailored induction and ongoing training
• Cycle to Work scheme

The Opportunity

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Warehouse Solution Design Manager, Warehouse Design Manager, Solutions Engineer or warehouse modelling professional to join a high-profile logistics and supply chain organisation during a significant period of growth.

You will have the opportunity to take ownership of major warehouse design, modelling, simulation and optimisation projects, working across a large-scale operational network and influencing how future warehouse operations are designed and delivered.

If you are someone who enjoys challenging the status quo, analysing complex operational data and turning it into practical, commercially sound solutions, this role offers the opportunity to have a genuine impact across the wider business.