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Warehouse Automation Senior Manager

We are a team of strategic advisors, architects, and implementers who drive business transformations. Our diverse talent energizes clients' business functions and technology to maximize value in Supply Chain enhancing their ability to fulfill their growth and efficiency ambitions. Imagine working with world-class supply network capabilities like Smart Factory, Strategy & Innovation, Supply Chain Responsiveness, Sourcing & Procurement, or Product Development & Operations!

Are you ready to take your career to new heights? Join our US Supply Chain & Network Operations Offering, where you'll deliver transformational solutions using operational expertise, digital technologies, advanced analytics, and industry-specific hybrid solutions. Don't miss the chance to be part of a team that provides exceptional client value while advancing your professional journey. Apply now and become a vital part of our innovative and dynamic workforce!

Recruiting for this role ends on 8/25/2026.

Work you'll do

As a Warehouse Automation Senior Manager on the Supply Chain & Network Operations team, you will be responsible for...

• Lead large-scale warehouse and distribution center automation programs from roadmap through deployment, including scope, timeline, budget, risks, and dependencies
• Define automation strategies, target operating models, and phased investment roadmaps aligned to business goals and fulfillment transformation priorities
• Oversee solution design for warehouse automation technologies, including goods-to-person, sortation, automated storage and retrieval systems, autonomous mobile robots, controls, and system interfaces
• Coordinate requirements and integration across warehouse management systems, warehouse control systems, warehouse execution systems, enterprise resource planning platforms, transport management systems, and data platforms
• Drive vendor selection, operational readiness, performance management, and executive stakeholder communication while supporting team development and practice growth

A successful candidate would possess these skills:

• Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
• Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
• Ability to lead projects or workstreams
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Ability to mentor and provide clear guidance to others

The team

Our team helps clients transform their value chains into competitive advantages. We drive efficiency, improve flexibility, and increase responsiveness through proactive insights and decision-making. We advise, implement, and operate transformational solutions that bring world-class supply network and operational capabilities to our clients. We provide operational know-how, digital technologies, advanced analytics, and industry-specific hybrid solutions to deliver unprecedented client value. Additionally, we improve operations, product, and material flow across the breadth of the value chain and create greater supply network synergy and value.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree
• 10+ years of experience in supply chain, fulfillment, automation engineering, operations transformation, or consulting
• 5+ years of experience leading complex programs with multiple workstreams and vendors
• Experience delivering at least 1 end-to-end warehouse automation deployment from design through go-live
• Experience with warehouse management system, warehouse control system, or warehouse execution system implementations and integrations
• Ability to travel 50%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for sponsorship now or in the future

Preferred:

• Sales experience
• Master's degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or Supply Chain
• Experience with warehouse management system, warehouse control system, and warehouse execution system implementation and integration patterns
• Experience with robotics or automation technologies, including autonomous mobile robots, automated storage and retrieval systems, sortation, conveyor, vision, or pick and pack automation
• Lean, Six Sigma, Project Management Professional, Project Management Institute, Prosci, or similar certification
• Experience in regulated environments, including life sciences, food, cold chain, or e-commerce fulfillment

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $171,600 to $338,300.

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

Information for applicants with a need for accommodation -  https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/careers/articles/join-deloitte-assistance-for-disabled-applicants.html

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Warehouse Automation Senior Manager

We are a team of strategic advisors, architects, and implementers who drive business transformations. Our diverse talent energizes clients' business functions and technology to maximize value in Supply Chain enhancing their ability to fulfill their growth and efficiency ambitions. Imagine working with world-class supply network capabilities like Smart Factory, Strategy & Innovation, Supply Chain Responsiveness, Sourcing & Procurement, or Product Development & Operations!

Are you ready to take your career to new heights? Join our US Supply Chain & Network Operations Offering, where you'll deliver transformational solutions using operational expertise, digital technologies, advanced analytics, and industry-specific hybrid solutions. Don't miss the chance to be part of a team that provides exceptional client value while advancing your professional journey. Apply now and become a vital part of our innovative and dynamic workforce!

Recruiting for this role ends on 8/25/2026.

Work you'll do

As a Warehouse Automation Senior Manager on the Supply Chain & Network Operations team, you will be responsible for...

• Lead large-scale warehouse and distribution center automation programs from roadmap through deployment, including scope, timeline, budget, risks, and dependencies
• Define automation strategies, target operating models, and phased investment roadmaps aligned to business goals and fulfillment transformation priorities
• Oversee solution design for warehouse automation technologies, including goods-to-person, sortation, automated storage and retrieval systems, autonomous mobile robots, controls, and system interfaces
• Coordinate requirements and integration across warehouse management systems, warehouse control systems, warehouse execution systems, enterprise resource planning platforms, transport management systems, and data platforms
• Drive vendor selection, operational readiness, performance management, and executive stakeholder communication while supporting team development and practice growth

A successful candidate would possess these skills:

• Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
• Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
• Ability to lead projects or workstreams
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Ability to mentor and provide clear guidance to others

The team

Our team helps clients transform their value chains into competitive advantages. We drive efficiency, improve flexibility, and increase responsiveness through proactive insights and decision-making. We advise, implement, and operate transformational solutions that bring world-class supply network and operational capabilities to our clients. We provide operational know-how, digital technologies, advanced analytics, and industry-specific hybrid solutions to deliver unprecedented client value. Additionally, we improve operations, product, and material flow across the breadth of the value chain and create greater supply network synergy and value.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree
• 10+ years of experience in supply chain, fulfillment, automation engineering, operations transformation, or consulting
• 5+ years of experience leading complex programs with multiple workstreams and vendors
• Experience delivering at least 1 end-to-end warehouse automation deployment from design through go-live
• Experience with warehouse management system, warehouse control system, or warehouse execution system implementations and integrations
• Ability to travel 50%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for sponsorship now or in the future

Preferred:

• Sales experience
• Master's degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or Supply Chain
• Experience with warehouse management system, warehouse control system, and warehouse execution system implementation and integration patterns
• Experience with robotics or automation technologies, including autonomous mobile robots, automated storage and retrieval systems, sortation, conveyor, vision, or pick and pack automation
• Lean, Six Sigma, Project Management Professional, Project Management Institute, Prosci, or similar certification
• Experience in regulated environments, including life sciences, food, cold chain, or e-commerce fulfillment

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $171,600 to $338,300.

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

Information for applicants with a need for accommodation -  https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/careers/articles/join-deloitte-assistance-for-disabled-applicants.html

#EPCORE

#SCNOFY27