Accelerated Digitalization Consultant - Military veterans preferred

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for supporting the digital transformation of the company by implementing new and innovative technologies and propagating them within the organization.

- Proactive identification of opportunities to implement new and innovative technologies across the business. (ie: AI Applications, Innovative Warehouse Hardware, Robotics etc..)

- Supporting technology assessment requests from internal stakeholders and implementation support as necessary.

- Working with technology vendors to assess form and fit; and performing analysis to assess whether a relevant business case can justify the investment. identifying project requirements through local site visits, data analysis, stakeholder reviews, and insights from vendors in the market.

- Using appropriate software tools in the process of developing, modeling, evaluating, and selecting the optimal solution

- As required, support technology vendor assessment and work with purchasing department to setup initial contracting.

- Developing key indicators to measure and report the progress of projects

- Leveraging successful technology implementations and proactively duplicating the use case throughout the business to ensure that projects are not “one and done”

- Creating reports for internal and external customers and senior management

- Making escalation judgments and flexible responses when irregularities occur

- Liaising and communicating with other internal teams

- Compliance with DHL's corporate philosophy and compliance

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in the logistics industry, with proficiency in warehousing, transportation operations, and a broader range of supply chain topics.
• Experience in proposal activities to internal and external customers
  
  
• Experience sourcing technology from a vendor and implementing technologies.
  
  
• Experience as a strategic planner or business consultant (preferred).
  
  
• Basic understanding of financial analysis and business models.
  
  
• Excellent communication skills in both written and spoken for (Japanese fluent/native; English reading and writing - advanced level).
  
  
• Skillset in MS Office / Office365 (advanced level: Excel, Word, PowerPoint,
  intermediate level or above: Power BI, Excel Macro, Access, SharePoint, TEAMS, Power Apps).
  
  
• A mindset of reviewing and continually improving current operational processes with internal and external customers.
  
  
• The ability to understand and execute on their own what needs to be done to increase customer satisfaction and productivity.
  
  
• The ability to flexibly respond and adjust to stakeholder demands, even when there are many process changes.
  
  
• A proactive attitude towards understanding business processes