Ben Robson

Manager, Distribution & Fulfillment Solution Design @FORTNA

Atlanta, GA, US

Collaborate on cross-functional project teams, leading workshops and activities to architect solutions that align operational design, material handling automation, and warehouse software to meet or exceed complex customer objectives.• Direct capacity assessment for a high-volume food distributor, justifying a greenfield facility due to capacity constraints and pivoted to design a mixed-case pick-to-pallet operation with a design rate of 10K+ cases per hour. • Developed tailored solution for an industrial customer supporting manufacturing kitting and spare parts fulfillment; partnered with a supplier partner to customize a solution that covers 90% of parts and 98% of lines through automation.• Rapidly delivered an RFP response for a leading footwear retailer, designing a $20M omnichannel unit picking solution with tote based GTP, downstream packing, and WES workflows that will be capable of 100K units per day shipped.• Partners with Account Executives on site visits to uncover customer pain points, capture requirements, and identify automation opportunities as inputs to consultative design SOWs.• Strengthened customer trust and confidence in proposed solutions by hosting customer leadership at PROMAT.• Contributes to thought leadership by performing research and building supplier relationships to expand FORTNA’s rolodex of solution alternatives, providing learnings, tools, and design insights to internal stakeholders.

Virginia Tech

Bachelor of Science (BS), Industrial Systems Engineering