Flexible Automation Leader
Grand Rapids, MI - USA
Job Summary
About the Role: Flexible Automation is a cornerstone of Dematics growth strategy and one of the fastest growing segments of the business. Serving as a critical entry point for customers beginning their automation journey Flexible Automation creates significant opportunity to expand into broader integrated Dematic solutionsfurther accelerated through strategic partnerships that bring advanced robotics software and AI driven capabilities to market.
The Leader of Flexible Automation provides end to end leadership for this high growth portfolio encompassing AMRs AGVs and robotics across both internal capabilities and a robust partner ecosystem. This role is accountable for shaping and delivering scalable differentiated solutions by seamlessly integrating partner technologies into Dematics platform while maintaining strong alignment to product strategy customer needs and commercial objectives.
With full responsibility for regional execution delivery excellence and financial performance across the U.S. Canada and Mexico the leader operates at the intersection of strategy innovation and execution. Partnering closely with Engineering Installation Product Management Commercial teams and key external partners this leader ensures solutions are deployable cost effective and scalablepositioning Flexible Automation as a key driver of customer value innovation and sustained growth for Dematic.
We offer:
Competitive Compensation and Benefits
Pay Transparency
Global Opportunities
Join us at Dematic Corp. and be a part of a team that is dedicated to crafting the future of commerce with outstanding and innovative solutions!
Tasks and Qualifications:
Key Responsibilities:
- Drive endtoend performance of the Flexible Automation portfolio with full accountability for project margin schedule execution quality and customer satisfaction. Establish clear operating models governance and RACI frameworks in partnership with strategic technology partners to enable scalable predictable delivery.
- Set the standard for delivery excellence by establishing bestinclass project governance deployment standards and risk management practices across AMR AGV AutoStore and hybrid automation solutions.
- Build and lead highperforming delivery organizations developing teams capable of executing complex multisite automation programs at scale while fostering a culture of accountability collaboration and continuous improvement.
- Collaborate closely with Engineering and Installation to ensure solutions are executionready scalable and aligned with realworld field capabilities while continuously evolving deployment models to improve speed cost and reliability.
- Scale delivery capabilities to support growth ensuring the organization can meet rapidly increasing demand in flexible automation markets without compromising quality safety or customer outcomes.
- Serve as a senior escalation and executive sponsor for key customers and internal stakeholders driving issue resolution and ensuring Flexible Automation engagements deliver consistent results longterm partnerships and repeat business.
- Provide leadership in strategic business planning and operational improvement shaping the roadmap for delivery excellence organizational maturity and sustained portfolio performance
Skills and Capabilities:
- Proven leadership experience (10 years) leading large complex and matrixed technical or solution organizations
- Demonstrated ability to lead and scale a $200M flexible automation portfolio with full accountability for margin delivery performance and customer outcomes.
- Deep expertise in flexible automation technologies including AMRs AGVs robotics and hybrid automation solutions and their deployment at scale.
- Proven success leading large geographically dispersed project delivery organizations across complex multisite implementations.
- Strong program and project governance capability including risk management delivery standardization and executivelevel escalation handling.
- Ability to partner effectively with Engineering Installation Product Management and Commercial teams to ensure solutions are executionready and scalable.
- Strategic mindset with experience using entrylevel automation solutions to enable customer growth into broader integrated systems.
- Credible executive presence with the ability to engage senior customers and internal leaders during highstakes Demonstrated ability to build develop and lead high-performing teams in dynamic environments
About Company
We are a leading supplier of forklifts and warehouse equipment as well as automation technology and software solutions for the optimization of supply chains.