Head of Solution Design Central Europe

At GXO, we’re constantly looking for talented individuals at all levels who can deliver the caliber of service our company requires. We know that a positive work environment creates happy employees, which boosts productivity and dedication. On our team, you’ll have the support to excel at work and the resources to build a career you can be proud of.

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Head of Solution Design Central Europe who will oversees a team of Solution Design Engineers, guiding their professional growth, ensuring the quality of project outcomes, and maintaining consistency with organizational standards. Responsibilities include project allocation, leading opportunity evaluations, supporting internal governance processes, and serving as a key liaison across multiple business functions.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Team Leadership – to manage a diverse group of Solution Design Engineers, balancing junior and senior expertise.
• Opportunity Evaluation – direct assessments of potential contract logistics projects to prioritize those with the strongest likelihood of success and alignment with market strategy.
• Project Allocation – assign work across the team to ensure fair distribution, efficiency in delivery, and high‑quality, profitable solutions.
• Quality Oversight – monitor project outputs through structured peer reviews and systematic checks.
• Standards Compliance – guarantee that all solutions adhere to established organizational processes, methodologies, and tools.
• Approval Support – facilitate internal review and governance steps required to secure executive approval for proposed projects.
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration – act as the local point of contact for departments such as Finance, HR, Operations, and Legal, ensuring smooth coordination.
• Capability Development – identify training needs, deliver targeted learning opportunities, and provide coaching to enhance team performance.

To excel in this role, you'll need:

• Master’s degree in logistics or/and business administration or any other related field.
• 10+ years of experience in solution design, automated warehouse solutions or operational experience in contract logistics, supply chain industry and min. 2 years of experience in team management.
• Excellent presentation, communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, global matrixed environment.
• Fluent in English

Pay, benefits and more.

GXO is dedicated to attracting top talent, and we recognize and reward it accordingly. We offer a competitive compensation package, company car, generous benefits package to ensure your well-being and job satisfaction.

We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains.

GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.  We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

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