Senior Manager - Warehousing/Cold Storage Manufacturing, Logistics, Energy & Utilities Consulting

Cognizant Technology Solutions - Atlanta, GA

Full-time - Manager

Atlanta, GA

10,001+ employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Senior Manager in Warehousing/Cold Storage at Cognizant is responsible for providing strategic guidance and solutions to clients in the cold storage warehousing industry. This role involves managing client relationships, leading consulting engagements, and ensuring successful project delivery while aligning with business goals. The position requires expertise in transportation and logistics, with a focus on operational efficiencies and business growth opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic guidance and solutions to clients in the cold storage warehousing industry, ensuring alignment with their business goals and objectives.
• Conduct detailed assessments of clients' current cold storage operations, identifying areas for improvement and recommending best practices.
• Identify and recommend business growth, and cost-saving opportunities and operational efficiencies for clients, leveraging data analytics and industry benchmarks.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including marketing, IT, and operations, to deliver process improvements and operational excellence.
• Define product/platform strategies and solutions focused on inventory management, logistics optimization, billing and payments.
• Partner with client leadership to manage the product vision and roadmap, adjusting to client's priorities, and changing business needs.
• Define high-level solutions, detailed features, and prioritize roadmaps that make trade-offs between features and speed-to-launch with an objective to maximize business value realization.
• Work with program management and Agile teams to align on priorities and releases, anticipate bottlenecks, and balance business needs against technical/resource constraints.
• Manage, and escalate risks and concerns, communicate updates to clients and internal stakeholders on product roadmaps and ongoing development.
• Collaborate effectively across internal teams such as solutions architects, development teams, quality assurance teams, release management teams, delivery, and client partners.
• Lead business value creation from the development, and implementation of cold storage solutions, ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations.
• Monitor and evaluate the performance of implemented solutions, adjusting as necessary to achieve desired outcomes.
• Manage client relationships, ensuring successful project delivery and high levels of client satisfaction.
• Drive Cognizant Consulting's business across Transportation & Logistics.
• Build and develop strong thought leadership across key topics/business trends in transportation & logistics industry.
• Lead and mentor a team of highly dynamic & talented consultants, overall team's consulting execution, performance progress, annual appraisals, periodic guidance for performance improvement with overall ownership for building successful career for reporting tree & overall team.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or master's degree from an accredited college or university, or equivalent relevant experience, with additional certifications preferred, but not mandatory.
• 10+ years of consulting experience with a focus on Transportation and Logistics.
• Possess a deep understanding of the automotive industry with a proven track record of successful consulting engagements.
• Demonstrate strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data and provide actionable insights.
• Exhibit excellent communication and presentation skills capable of conveying complex ideas clearly and persuasively.
• Show proficiency in project management with experience leading cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality results.
• Have a strong client-focused mindset with the ability to build and maintain lasting relationships.
• Display a proactive approach to problem-solving with a keen eye for identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Personal leadership and a desire to create a culture that enables exceptional outcomes; the embodiment of Cognizant's Core Values of: Work as one, Raise the bar, Dare to innovate, Do the right thing, Own it.
• Ability to travel if needed for business requirements.

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan