Process Optimization Engineer

<p><strong>Who we are:</strong></p><p>Ready to Join the Backstage Crew? </p><p>At Bleckmann, we’ve been delivering on promises since 1862. As a market leader in supply chain management for fashion and lifestyle brands, we keep the show running behind the scenes — from moving boxes to moving data, from pack & ship to IT and HR. </p><p>But we’re not just logistics experts. We’re The Backstage Crew — a tight-knit team of 6,500+ people who make fashion and lifestyle brands shine by doing the work that matters most, out of the spotlight but never out of impact. </p><p>Whether you're on the warehouse floor or behind a screen, you’ll find: </p><p>Strong connections with colleagues who support and celebrate you. </p><p>Fast growth in a company that’s expanding across Europe, the US, and Asia. </p><p>High energy in a dynamic environment where no two days are the same. </p><p>Guided freedom to take initiative, solve problems your way, and grow your career. </p><p>We believe in entrepreneurship, expertise, excellence, and engagement — and we live these values every day. From repairing returned goods to reducing waste, we help brands extend product lifecycles with sustainability in mind. </p><p>So if you’re ready to roll out the red carpet for our clients — and for each other — we’ve got a spot for you. </p><p>Behind the scenes is where the real excitement begins. Ready to join us? </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Tasks and responsibilities:</strong></p><p>At Bleckmann, we focus on Engineering and Innovation to drive excellence and efficiency in our logistics solutions, especially within the dynamic field of warehousing and supply chain management. Furthermore, intelligent order release and stable flow management are essential in <strong>manual</strong>, <strong>semi-automated</strong>, and <strong>fully automated</strong> warehouses. The <strong>Process Optimization Engineer </strong>ensures that waving strategies, optimizers, and digital decision-support tools are <strong>successfully rolled out, configured, validated, and continuously improved</strong> across all warehouse types.</p><p>The role bridges <strong>operations</strong>, <strong>simulation</strong>, <strong>design engineering</strong>, and <strong>IT</strong>, ensuring that:</p><ul><li>tools function end-to-end,</li><li>operational constraints are considered,</li><li>and that savings and performance improvements forecasted during the design phase are <strong>effectively realized on the floor</strong>.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Activities :</strong></p><ul><li>Deploys, configures, and validates waving strategies in manual, semi?automated and automated warehouses.</li><li>Analyzes current operational processes, identifying inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and areas requiring redesign or improved flow control.</li><li>Performs first?level process analysis to prepare improvement cases: requirement gathering, gap analysis, documentation, and challenge/hand?over to Design Engineers or other specialists.</li><li>Actively contributes to the definition of new processes, ensuring that prerequisites required for optimal wave execution (batching logic, inventory strategy, replenishment cycles, automation constraints) are embedded in the initial design.</li><li>Works closely with Design Engineers so that all process and system conditions required to realize the savings generated by optimizers are integrated during the solution design phase.</li><li>Identifies and explores new optimization opportunities, using data, observations, and feedback from operations to propose innovative improvements or new optimizer logic.</li><li>Ensures smooth roll?out of optimizers by validating flows and integrations with IT (WMS/WCS), participating in testing, and supporting performance stabilization after go?live.</li><li>Monitors optimizer performance and tunes parameters to optimize throughput, flow stability, productivity, and predictability.</li><li>Supports Modelling & Simulation by providing operational constraints and validating optimizer strategies against model outcomes.</li><li>Documents processes, logic, best practices, and trains operational, design, and IT teams when relevant.</li></ul><li></li><p><strong>Profile:</strong></p><p><strong>Technical Expertise:</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Warehouse Process Understanding:</strong></li>&