Gartner · 2 weeks ago
Sr. Director Analyst, Warehouse Technology, (WMS, MHE Automation, and Intralogistics Robotics), Remote US
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
$172K/yr - $202K/yr
12+ years expGartner is a leading research and advisory company, and they are seeking a Senior Director Analyst for Warehouse Technology. The role involves creating insights and recommendations for clients in the supply chain technology sector, focusing on warehouse management systems and automation solutions.
Business DevelopmentConsultingInformation Technology
Hiring Manager
Pamela Potolicchio
Responsibilities
Create innovative, thought provoking, and highly leveraged "must-have" insights on the best options to prepare a business case, identify potential vendors, evaluate, select, and implement warehouse and fulfillment systems, solutions, and technologies to solve their mission critical priorities
Develop new insights and ideas through thought leadership and offer compelling, actionable approaches to client's needs and requests that accelerate the client's ability to act within the changing vendor marketplace for warehouse and fulfillment systems and automation solutions and emerging warehouse and fulfillment ecosystems, architecture, and business models. Proficiency in developing visual aids through graphics and converting written content to presentation materials is an important attribute for this role
Develop in-depth analysis to identify the root cause of a client’s barriers or overall needs and reframe thinking to drive strategy forward
Demonstrate thought leadership in establishing insights positions across a team of analysts
Bring provocative, independent insights to Gartner leaders that can evolve the course of a research agenda
Research, analyze and predict market trends and shifts to provide clients and vendors with actionable insights
Provide clients and prospects with actionable advice aligned to their designated content area via virtual or face-to-face interactions
Create and deliver high value presentation materials on and off stage for Gartner events, industry and professional association conferences, and client briefings
Support BTI and Sales: Provide sales support serving as voice of the market to help Insights teams create content and to drive engagement with clients to make progress against their critical priorities to grow their business
Provide high quality and timely content peer review
Build credibility as an industry expert to represent Gartner insights, methodology and strategy
Actively participate in innovation, ideation, and research discussions and collaborate effectively with peers in the Insights community
Identify research process improvements or develop new processes that help the team and BTI provide excellent service delivery
Be a mentor and a coach by supporting more junior team members
Be client-centric while actively seeking to help clients engage regularly and often with Gartner insights and interactions
Qualification
Required
A minimum of 7 or more years of experience in systems and solutions required to automate and optimize warehousing and distribution operations
Extensively familiar with WMS systems and their implementation
First-hand knowledge of multiple vendor's WMS solutions would be highly desirable
Experience with variations of material handling equipment (MHE), warehouse automation, WCS/WES, and intralogistics warehouse robotics
Experience with other warehousing systems such as workforce management (WFM), ecommerce fulfillment, distributed order management (DOM), yard management (YMS), dock door scheduling, supply chain visibility, and systems integration
Experience with the best practices and issues facing end users of warehouse and fulfillment technologies
Possess strong writing and presentation skills
Articulate and succinct communication skills; can interact at all levels of an organization on logistics technology, supply chain and business issues
A strategic and critical thinker, demonstrates analytical skills, applying conceptual models, recognizing patterns and drawing and defending conclusions
Demonstrate a curiosity for new ideas and best practices in emerging digital supply chain and logistics technology
Successful candidates are able to efficiently multitask, show a self-motivated work ethic, but also be collaborative within a geographically diverse team environment
Strong project planning and management skills and ability to collaborate with a research team
Domestic and international travel may be required – approximately 10% could be required
Bachelor's degree or higher in information systems, supply chain/logistics, or computer science
Preferred
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; Graduate degree preferred
12+ years of relevant field or industry
Location in the North America (Eastern or Central Time zones) - this position is home-office based – Remote Worker
A good understanding of end-to-end supply chain concepts incorporating plan, source, make, deliver and service with specific senior-level understanding of logistics operations and technology
Demonstrate executive presence; can immediately establish credibility with executives and additional stakeholders
Strong organizational skills; ability to work under tight deadlines and produce high quality deliverables
Demonstrate excellence in research and writing ability
Strong written and verbal proficiency, analytical and presentation skills; ability to engage clients and respond effectively to questions
Proficient in analyzing and synthesizing data; can effectively apply patterns and frameworks while drawing and defending conclusions to client challenges
Strong communicator who is able to explain complex concepts concisely and simply
Subject matter expert comfortable presenting at large and small-scale speaking engagements
Strong business and financial acumen
Deep knowledge of the global and competitive landscape within subject area as well as the interplay in that market
Ability to work independently, while also being intrinsically motivated to collaborate across teams and support the workflow of others, in a multicultural global team
Learning agile and adept with navigating highly matrixed environments
Ability to represent Gartner's research methodology and strategies effectively at all levels
Willingness and ability to travel up to 25% (where applicable)
Benefits
Generous PTO
401k match up to $7,200 per year
The opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
Company
Gartner
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