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# Global Solution Design Engineer at DISHER

- **Company:** DISHER
- **Location:** Remote
- **Compensation:** $120k–$130k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-09-14
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-18
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/disher/ceca1b7e-bec6-4374-9c0e-634fb5bd3b35

## Job description

Global Solutions Design Engineer DISHER is currently partnering with a global supply chain solutions organization on their Global Solutions Design Engineer opportunity. In this role you will translates complex customer service supply chain challenges into scalable, commercially sound and operationally executable solutions across the companies service portfolio. The Solution Design Engineer combines deep service logistics expertise with strong analytical, technology and commercial judgment to determine how the company can best meet customer requirements while balancing service performance, scalability, operational feasibility and economics.

What it's like to work here: This organization empowers high-performance teams to solve complex challenges through creativity, partnership, and technology. Employees enjoy a supportive, collaborative environment where initiative and growth are celebrated. With a focus on work-life balance and professional development, this company provides meaningful opportunities for technical and personal advancement in a distributed workplace.

What you will get to do: Customer Discovery & Solution Design

- Lead discovery with prospects and customers to understand business priorities, service requirements, current and future operating models, technology environments, data, constraints, and desired outcomes.
- Translate complex service supply chain requirements into end-to-end solution designs spanning inventory positioning, warehousing, fulfillment, transportation, returns, service levels, technology, data, integrations, and other applicable capabilities.
- Analyze customer operational, inventory, order, SLA, geographic, and cost data to identify patterns, validate assumptions, quantify requirements, and evaluate solution alternatives.
- Design scalable solutions that maximize the use of the companies standard service, operational, and technology capabilities; challenge unnecessary customization and clearly identify the business rationale, tradeoffs, and implications of non-standard requirements.

Commercial & Technical Validation

- Develop the analytical and operational rationale for proposed solutions, clearly articulating customer outcomes, service improvements, economic value, assumptions, risks, and tradeoffs.
- Partner with Pricing and Operations to validate solution economics, operating assumptions, resource requirements, network design, and implementation feasibility.
- Provide solution expertise throughout strategic sales pursuits, including customer presentations, workshops, demonstrations, RFP/RFQ responses, and executive discussions.
- Own the solution strategy and technical content for RFP/RFQ responses, including requirements interpretation, solution design, network assumptions, dependencies, and response quality.

Solution Definition & Deal-to-Delivery

- Lead development of Statements of Work in partnership with Sales, Operations, Implementation, Pricing, and other stakeholders, ensuring the contracted scope accurately reflects the approved solution.
- Clearly define implementation requirements, dependencies, timelines, data needs, technology requirements, and change-management considerations before handoff.
- Own solution design integrity from discovery through implementation handoff, remaining engaged during implementation to resolve design questions, evaluate material scope changes, and ensure the implemented solution remains consistent with approved design assumptions.
- Facilitate effective knowledge transfer among Sales, customers, Implementation, Operations, Technology, and other stakeholders to reduce execution risk and establish clear ownership.

Capability, Technology & Continuous Improvement

- Maintain expert knowledge of the companies service portfolio, global operating capabilities, processes, network, and supporting technology.
- Maintain sufficient technical fluency to understand how customer and systems, data, integrations, analytics, automation, and emerging technologies affect solution design and execution.
- Use modern analytical, automation, and AI-enabled tools to accelerate analysis, synthesize complex information, evaluate alternatives, improve solution quality, and increase effectiveness, while applying appropriate judgment and validation to outputs.
- Identify recurring customer requirements and market needs that may represent opportunities for new or enhanced company services, capabilities, technology, or product offerings, and provide structured feedback to the appropriate teams.
- Coach Sales and other internal stakeholders on brand capabilities, solution design principles, and the operational and technical considerations that affect customer solutions.

What will make you successful:

- 8+ years of experience in logistics, supply chain, solution design, consulting, pre-sales, or a related discipline, with demonstrated responsibility for complex or strategic customer solutions.
- Strong understanding of service parts logistics, warehousing and fulfillment, inventory, transportation, reverse logistics, and service-level-driven supply chain operations.
- Experience designing complex solutions that span multiple geographies, operating entities, service providers, systems, or business functions.
- Experience working directly with customers in discovery, consulting, solution design, or pre-sales environments.
- Demonstrated experience developing and presenting complex proposals and recommendations to both operational and executive audiences.
- Working knowledge of global geography, international logistics, and trade considerations.
- Experience with technology-enabled logistics solutions, systems integrations, analytics, or software demonstrations is strongly preferred.
- Willingness to travel as business needs require.
- Must have the current and continuing right to work in the United States of America without restrictions or expirations.

## About DISHER

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: DISHER is an engineering, product development, manufacturing technology, and talent solutions firm that partners with clients to innovate and build custom solutions across diverse industries.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Employee-Owned via ESOP)
- **Headquarters**: Zeeland, Michigan, USA
- **Founded**: 2000
- **Founders**: Jeff Disher

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Engineering Services, Product Development, Manufacturing Technology, Talent Solutions
- **Target customers**: B2B, primarily mid-market to Fortune 500 companies across a wide range of industries including automotive, consumer goods, medical, and industrial equipment in the US and globally.
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "Making a Positive Difference" — through integral relationships and innovative solutions with customers, coworkers, and communities. Their vision is to leave the world better than they found it.

## Products & Services
- **Product Development**: Integrated design and engineering services from concept through production, covering mechanical, electrical, and software engineering.
- **Manufacturing Solutions**: Services to streamline processes, boost productivity, and advance manufacturing technology, including automation and process optimization.
- **Electronics Engineering**: Design and development of electronic systems and embedded solutions.
- **Talent Solutions**: Staffing and consulting to place top engineering, design, and technical talent into client teams (both short-term contractors and permanent hires).
- **DISHER Extended Network (DEN)**: A vetted network of freelance and contract professionals (engineers, designers, project managers) who work on a project-by-project basis for DISHER clients.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (Private, ESOP-owned company). No external funding rounds.
- **Key Metric**: Core team of 130+ employees, with an extended network (DEN) of over 70 experts. Headcount has grown significantly from a one-person operation founded in 2000.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not applicable (100% employee-owned). Bi-weekly meetings review state of the business, indicating strong internal transparency on financials.
- **Growth Signals**: 130+ core team members signals steady, stable growth over 20+ years. They are an award-winning firm that augments teams for clients ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies, indicating strong reputation and demand.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)**: Every full-time core employee becomes an owner of the company, fostering a strong sense of ownership and alignment with the company’s long-term success. This is a powerful differentiator.
- **Strong, Intentional Culture**: Built on 12 core culture characteristics (e.g., Unvarnished Communication, Trusting Relationships, Innovation, Stewardship) that are actively lived out through weekly team lunches, offsites, and ongoing feedback.
- **Flexibility & Autonomy**: No fixed start/end times for workdays. Team members are encouraged to work where they are most productive (office, remote, or at client sites).
- **High Employee Satisfaction**: 98% of teammates say DISHER is a great place to work, as per their internal Great Place to Work survey.
- **Community Commitment**: 10% of profits are given back to community and nonprofit organizations. Employees get 20 paid hours of volunteer time annually.

## Strategic Focus
- **Deepening Client Partnerships**: Moving beyond being "extra hands" to becoming true partners that help clients achieve their vision.
- **Continuous Improvement**: Using workplace assessments (Great Place to Work, Denison Organizational Culture Survey) to refine culture and operations.
- **Talent Development**: Investing heavily in their people through DISHER University, individual coaching, and personal development opportunities to maintain a high-caliber team.
- **Expanding the Extended Network (DEN)**: Growing their network of vetted freelance talent to provide flexible, scalable solutions for clients.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture is Core**: DISHER intentionally builds a collaborative, transparent, and supportive environment. Their 12 core characteristics guide how employees treat each other and customers.
- **Flexible & Remote-Friendly**: They have no fixed daily start/end times and support working from the office in Zeeland, MI, from home, or at client locations, based on what is most productive.
- **Exceptional Benefits**:
    - **Employee Ownership (ESOP)**: Full-time employees are immediately enrolled in an ESOP, providing a unique retirement benefit in addition to a 401k.
    - **Generous Time Off**: Up to 4 weeks of vacation plus 11 paid holidays.
    - **Parental Leave**: 2 weeks off after the birth or adoption of a child.
    - **Paid Impact Time**: 80 hours per year for community service, professional development, and charitable work.
    - **Insurance**: Excellent health, dental, and vision insurance, plus mental health resources.
- **Team Bonding & Events**: Weekly all-team Friday lunches, two companywide offsites per year, a Christmas party, a summer picnic, and group sports sponsorships.
- **Growth & Development**: Formal programs like DISHER University, educational reimbursement, individual coaching, and subject matter communities.

## Sources
1. [disher.com - Company Homepage](https://www.disher.com/)
2. [disher.com - About Us](https://www.disher.com/about/)
3. [disher.com - Careers Page](https://www.disher.com/careers/)
4. [disher.com - Our Culture Page](https://www.disher.com/our-culture/)
5. [jobs.lever.co/disher - Job Listings](https://jobs.lever.co/disher)

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