ROLE PROFILE

Key Role Details

DPDHL Role Title Head of Transport Solutions Design Reports to (Job Title) Director, Solutions Design Solid line Dotted Line
Corporate/ Business Reports to (Job Title) Dotted Line
V7 DSC Snr Director, Transport SD, APAC Solid line
Division - if more than 1 reporting line
Business Area / Unit DSC Career Function Solutions Design

Department Solution Design Job Family Solutions Design

Location (City / Country) Mumbai / India

• Set transportation Solution Design (SD) strategy governing direction and conduct, aligning to the business strategy at country level.
• Lead the strategic development of the transport solution design agenda for country including people development, solution skill sets and solution innovation in transport
design across sectors.
• Maximize the performance of the transportation SD function by providing strategic leadership and coordination across India.
• Lead strategically significant solution design programs and projects.
• Accountable for executing against the defined solution design methodology & tools.
• Lead talent management and succession planning for the team / function.
• Develop relationships with Country, Regional & Global customers to uncover needs & opportunities in order to achieve DSC's growth, contract retention and continuous
improvement objectives.
• Manage training transport solutions and use of standard Transport Solution Design tools & methodology.
Role Purpose • Manage governance model & support framework for all transport solution design tools & methodology.
• Ensure quality control/assurance of transport SD pursuit activities.
• Engage and support Sector Business & Transport Solutions Development to ensure process discipline and consistency leading to optimum input to SD pursuit processes
and facilitating efficient use of SD resource.
• Consultative support to the Sectors in the form of value propositions and general facilitation as requested by the business.
• Conceives and nurtures breakthrough transport solutions and services that create new value for customers and DHL.
• Ensure that our Transport Design solutions remain industry leading through the team’s expertise, thoroughness of the design process and forward thinking.
• Ensure all our proposed solutions can provide the highest levels of operational safety.
• Manage allocated resources to deliver greatest return.
• Industrialises best in class solutions and pursues standardisation.

Scope of Role
Budget responsibility Expected EBIT of own unit
TBC TBC
[€/year] [€/year]
Revenue of own unit Size of assets under
TBC TBC
[€/year] management [€]
Geographical
Country Team size 3 or more team members
Responsibility

Key Tasks, Accountabilities and Responsibilities

• Lead SD effort in complex must win transport projects to deliver business growth, retain and improve existing business.
• Full authority to shape Transportation Solutions Design with sign-off from SD Country Lead, SD Region Lead, SD Center of Excellence, and Regional Stakeholders,
including trainings and setting of standards/ methodology within the respective teams across the country.
• Lead Solutions Design Transportation Practice in the country.
• Builds & maintains strong relationships with senior management of other internal functions and divisions (e.g. BD, Operations, Project Management, Risk, IT, HR, Finance,
Legal, Real Estate).
Key Accountabilities • Successfully influences key stakeholders to ensure Solution Design work stream deliverables are achieved & meet project objectives for major projects.
• Proactively promotes community building across the region & globe to support the creation of networks with other key stakeholders for further knowledge sharing.
• Participates in key industry bodies and councils acting as a coach and advisor when applicable.
• Create organizational culture that supports and cultivates innovation.
• Ensure quality management through process adherence to key SD Milestones (i.e statement of work, profiling and assumptions validation, cost model, etc).

Responsibilities Measurement Criteria / KPIs

▪ Actively develops and extends relationships through customer organization to include senior leaders/decision makers. • Achievement of growth targets.
▪ Conceives and nurtures breakthrough solutions and services that create new value for customers and DP DHL. • Achievement of Renewal Rate target.
▪ Collaborate across areas to develop new services/ solutions that simplify the overall customer experience. • Achievement of performance improvement
▪ Proactively seeks to understand the business reasons behind internal processes /standards that do not meet the customer’s target.
needs and champions improvements that benefit both. • High satisfaction score in Post Opportunity
▪ Proactively engages with multiple stakeholders across the business to built consensus and gain resources to meet customer Reviews.
Customer needs. • High satisfaction score in First Choice
• Ensures our solutions are competitive by understanding the competitive environment in which DHL operates as well as our Customer Satisfaction Survey.
competitors solutions and approaches, allowing us to differentiate ourselves from their offering when required.

• Develop collaborative relationships with leaders of other functions involved in new business opportunities, renewals and • Measure of relevant stakeholder satisfaction
continuous improvement (e.g. BD, Operations, Project Management, Risk, IT, HR, Finance, Legal, Real Estate, etc.) to
continuously improve the transport solution design process, production of deliverables (e.g. solutions, proposals, etc.) and to
ensure required resources are available.
▪ Interacts with Regional & Global Senior Management and project sponsors to ensure that the Transport Solutions Design
Stakeholder Team is meeting Regional & Global expectations.
▪ Builds & maintains strong relationships with senior management of other internal functions and divisions.
▪ Successfully influences key stakeholders to ensure Transport Solution Design work stream deliverables are achieved & meet
project objectives for major projects.
▪ Proactively promotes community building across the region & globe to support the creation of networks with other key
stakeholders for further knowledge sharing.
Strategizing • Data analysis documents delivered on time
▪ Creates a clear, meaningful and compelling image of the desired future for Transport Solutions Design in country. and to the required quality standards.
▪ Ensures the strategy and roadmap for the Transport Solution Design is harmonised with the country Integrated Business • Transport Solution proposal documents
Plan. delivered on time and to the required quality
▪ Sets clear priorities for Transport SD in the country and keeps the organisation focused on efforts that add significant value. standards.
Designing solutions to deliver business growth, retain and improve existing business • Number of Approved Concepts of
• Set solution design transport strategy governing direction and conduct, aligning to the business strategy at country levels. Operations.
• Leadership of selected solution design programs and projects. •Number of Approved BCA submissions.
• Intervene in projects as required to ensure benefit realization. • Achievement of growth targets.
• Engage and influence leaders to develop transport solution design improvement plans. • Achievement of Renewal Rate target.
• Accountable for managing and governing transport solution design methodology. • Achievement of performance improvement
• Comply with Six Sigma DMADV methodology if applicable. target.
• Review, approve and challenge business cases. • Achievement of ROSDI target.
• Lead talent management and succession planning for the transport SD team. • Achievement of Conversion target (hit rate).
Process • Organisational representative in external industry networks & professional bodies at country level. • New/Renewed business performance
• Accountable for managing and governing standard resource & cost calculation model. against Business Case Approval targets
• Create organizational culture that supports and cultivates innovation. (EBIT and margin).
• Proactively promotes community building across the region & globe to support the creation of networks for further knowledge • High satisfaction score in Post Opportunity
sharing. Reviews.
• Improvement actions implemented following
Post Opportunity Reviews.
• High satisfaction score in First Choice
Customer Satisfaction Survey.
• Improvement actions implemented following
FCCS.
• Improvement actions implemented following
Lessons Learnt in Post Implementation
Reviews

• Management of thecountry transport solutions design team. • Achievement of Employee Opinion Survey
• Review and approval of deliverables. targets for active leadership and employee
• Conduct performance reviews and support in their personal development. engagement.
• Coaching and support of the sales staff in the pursuit of sales opportunities. • Implementation of First Choice Way self
• Implementation of global and regional guidelines within area of responsibility. assessment action plans.
People - Management • Contribute to taking and sharing best-practices within area of responsibility. • Demonstrable improvement in transport SD
• Recruit and retain a high quality team. & core Competency Development of SD team.
• Employee turnover, number of internal
promotions.
• Achievement of RODI target.
 Requirements for the Job
• Wide ranging knowledge of divisional products and capabilities.
• Extensive knowledge of all Sectors, Customers and Products.
Divisional Experience • End to End SC Experience with focus on transportation.

• Consultative and Facilitation Skills (internal and external).

• Understanding of Business Development Process.
• Transportation, logistics and broader supply chain knowledge at a detailed / executional level.
• Must have exposure to modeling of complex domestic transport network, logistics / transport operations, etc.
• Experience in at least one modeling / simulation tool.
• Expert in Supply Chain Engineering Disciplines.
Functional Experience • An advanced user of tools such as Microsoft Excel to perform complex data analysis.
• Team management and development.
• Business Stakeholder Management.
• Comfortable with Managing Data and Generating Reports.
• Able to Leverage Decision Support Sciences (Optimization, Simulation, and Decision Support Tools).
• Able to lead dedicate, matrix and ad hoc teams.

• Demonstrable track record in managing a diverse range of cultures.

Geographical
• Wide portfilio of engagement in numerous zones of country.
Experience
• B.Tech. MBA degree in relevant descipline is preferred.
Education / • 8 to 12 years relevant experience in transport solution design and transport operations management.
Qualification / • Team management Sklls.
Certification
Requirements