Senior Solutions Design Engineer

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Senior Solution Design Engineer responsible for designing efficient road freight solutions at DSV. Collaborating with sales, operations, and vendors to optimize logistics processes.

Posted 6/23/2026full-timeShah Alam • 🇲🇾 MalaysiaSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Evaluate customer transport inquiries and RFQ requirements to engineer efficient, scalable, and cost-effective road freight solutions.
Review and interpret customer transport inquiries and complex RFQ requirements, accurately define project scopes, constraints, and operational targets.
Clean, structure, and analyze historical customer shipment data to identify volume trends, geographical lanes, seasonality, and optimization opportunities.
Design and engineer optimized transport solutions, including route planning, milk-runs, distribution networks, and fleet utilization strategies.
Develop detailed technical proposals and accurate commercial costing architectures that balance market competitiveness with company profitability guidelines.
Act as the primary liaison between Sales and Operations to ensure all engineered solutions are logistically viable, operationally practical, and commercially profitable.
Partner and communicate effectively with third-party logistics vendors to evaluate capabilities, secure capacity, and align costs with customer requirements.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s Degree in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Business Analytics, or a related field preferred.
Prior experience or a strong foundational background in logistics/transport operations is preferred.
Basic to solid understanding of daily transport planning, logistics solution design, or freight pricing models.
Proficiency in MS Excel (VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, Macros) and MS PowerPoint for creating data-driven presentations.
Familiarity with Microsoft Power Platform tools (Power BI, Power Apps) is highly preferred.
Strong geographical knowledge of Malaysia, its major industrial hubs, and regional road networks.
Professional fluency in written and spoken English and Bahasa Malaysia.
Proficient command of other languages (e.g., Mandarin) is considered an advantage.
Strong customer-oriented mindset with the ability to communicate technical ideas clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
Ability to analyze unstructured, incomplete customer data and translate it into clear, logical business solutions.
An agile approach to problem-solving, with a keen understanding of cost drivers, margins, and business profitability.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Flexible work arrangements

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Hard Skills & Tools

logistics solution designfreight pricing modelstransport planningdata analysisroute planningfleet utilization strategiescommercial costing architecturesproject scope definitioncost optimizationdata-driven presentations

Soft Skills

customer-oriented mindsetcommunication skillsproblem-solvinganalytical skillsinterpersonal skillscollaborationattention to detailadaptabilitynegotiation skillsstakeholder management