Job Description

Overview

Bring your skills as an Industrial Engineering Manager to a growing Fortune 500 retail company and certified Great Place to Work! This position supports the Supply Chain organization through a variety of projects focused on enhancing productivity, reducing expense, and maximizing throughput.

The Industrial Engineering Manager supports the distribution centers through a variety of projects focused on enhancing productivity, reducing expense, maximizing throughput and ensuring workplace safety through data reporting and analysis. Company expert in labor management and is relied upon to provide guidance and recommend policy in this field. Works very closely with Distribution Directors and Assistant General Managers to help achieve cost and throughput targets.

Responsibilities:

Manage in-house Industrial Engineers in the day-to-day performance of their job. Provide project leadership and assist in prioritizing projects. Ensures projects/department milestones are met and adhering to assigned budget. Use appropriate project management tools to plan, develop, and coordinate the completion of assigned tasks and deliver quantifiable results.

Manage the development and maintenance of accurate and effective engineered standards through detailed review of time and frequency studies. Manage the development and maintenance of best practices for all job functions.

Lead, test, and rollout new concepts to improve the processes flow and setup in the distribution centers while taking into consideration agronomical concepts in any work area designs. Support the design and installation of material handling equipment incorporated into existing and new DCs.

Utilize labor data to cost rationalize capital expenditure. Support capital projects when required with work sampling, cost justification (Return on Investment), and cost/benefit analyses. Perform due diligence on each project to ensure accuracy of costs assumptions, capacity assumptions, and timing assumptions. Develop presentations and present recommendations to senior management.

Support business objectives for expense and throughput improvement initiatives through needs assessment, work methods flow analysis, recommendations and project implementation.

Develop standard operating procedures (SOPs) and build strong relationships with distribution operations team partners to coach and train in the proper definition, communication, and implementation of best practices.

Assists in the development of processes and mechanisms for labor forecasting, staffing, modeling, incentive performance reporting and tracking and other reporting as required to support management of engineering projects.

Additional responsibilities include partnering with Continuous Improvement Team and DC Operations to provide cross functional project support.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering preferred.

5-8 years of experience in projects related to process design, work measurement, productivity improvement, cost reduction and project implementation preferably in the Distribution Center Operations in a National Logistics Network.

Experience with work measurement, standard data, and predetermined time systems and tools with an emphasis on time study expertise.

Well versed in team education, training, and facilitation of engineering principles.

Experience with providing coaching, and direction to team members.

Experience in the development, maintenance, and implementation of a management observation and accountability programs.

Strong ability to gather, analyze and interpret information and develop, recommend, and implement solutions while maintaining budget.

Demonstrate ability to interact across a broad range of organizational levels and functions.

Lean Six Sigma Green or Black Belt certification preferred.