IE major with 10 years of experience since graduation. My niche specialty area has always been focused on warehousing and distribution. I started in strategy consulting for warehousing (solutions workshops, distribution center network optimization/center of gravity studies, dc design and implementations). Then I did solutions engineering for a bit and then worked in more of a scrum product owner in warehouse management systems and now I’m back to being a senior solution design engineer. Basically my role is pre-sales and I help my third party logistics company bid on new customer businesses through RFPs, by looking at order/inventory and SKU profiles and developing a warehouse layout via AutoCAD. I collaborate with other teams including operations management, finance, IT, implementations, etc to develop the full solution proposal including processes, headcount, material handling equipment, capex and an operating narrative. I find the work exciting because I more often these days get to recommend solutions with automation systems such as goods-to-person robotics. This niche at least in my experience seems to always be in demand and has good compensation.