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Digital Automation Consultant - Material Handling
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Date: Sep 11, 2026
Location:
US
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Company:
Belden Inc
Innovation Starts With You
Propel your career at Belden, where innovation creates possibilities-for our people, our customers, and the communities we serve. We connect people, information, and ideas to solve the world's most complex connectivity challenges, turning curiosity into meaningful impact. Here, you'll take on work that challenges you, supports your growth, and empowers you to shape what's next. You'll collaborate with global teams, gain diverse perspectives, and contribute to solutions that extend beyond our business-creating value in the world around us.
Together, we are shaping the future of digitization and paving the way for the next generation of innovation.
Job Summary:
As a Digital Automation Consultant (DAC) for Material Handling, you help customers navigate digital transformation and automation initiatives early - before requirements are locked in. Reporting to the DAC Leader, you'll diagnose operational challenges, align stakeholders, and translate customer needs into technical requirements for Belden's solution engineering teams. You'll shape winning strategies and lay the groundwork for successful delivery and long-term customer success.
This individual contributor role carries high-impact, cross-functional technical leadership - guiding opportunities from discovery through solution validation. Using your Material Handling expertise, you'll ask the right questions to uncover customer needs and translate them into technical direction for the solutions engineering team.
What You Will Do:
Partner with stakeholders to analyze customer operations and identify automation opportunities in Material Handling environments
Define outcome-driven use cases, KPIs, and success criteria aligned with customer goals
Design and present automation solutions that build trust and long-term partnerships
Translate operational needs into technical requirements and technical designs into business-friendly language
Provide technical leadership across sales, Solution Consultants, engineering, and services
Collaborate with technical teams on POCs, FATs, and network audits
Share industry insights and use cases demonstrating ROI
Build financial justifications for automation solutions and influence decision-making at all levels
Relay customer insights and market trends to refine Belden's strategy
Contribute to thought leadership in the Material Handling space
What You Will Bring:
5-7 years in Material Handling, automation, industrial networking, or similar
Working knowledge of OT/IT networking (Ethernet, switching/routing, VLANs, wireless, resiliency, basic cybersecurity)
Familiarity with automation, IIoT, robotics, Lean/Six Sigma; RPA tools (UiPath, Automation Anywhere) a plus
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent communication and presentation skills
Track record of driving measurable business outcomes
Let's Create Possibilities Together.
Join a global community shaping the future of intelligent connectivity. At Belden, you'll help push the boundaries of technology and write the next chapter of innovation, creating possibilities for your career, your future, and the world around you.
These statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work involved for this job. It is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of this job.
Applicants can expect a base compensation range of $140,000 to $170,000, plus benefits and additional incentives based on the level of the role. This is the reasonable estimate that Belden believes it might pay for this job based on applicable circumstances at the time of posting. Belden may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range as permitted by law, and commensurate with the applicant's experience, qualifications, and geographical location.
Belden also offers hybrid and remote work practices where feasible and provides employees with benefits that could include health/dental/vision, long term/short term disability, life insurance, HSA/FSA, matching retirement plans, paid vacation, parental leave, employee stock purchase plan, paid leave for volunteer work in your community, training opportunities, professional talent management and succession planning, corporate health well-being initiatives and a work culture which includes commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and sustainability!
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