Warehouse Industrial Engineer

Indianapolis, IN, United States

Location Indianapolis, IN

**TITLE**: Warehouse Industrial Engineer

**LOCATION:** Indianapolis or Chicago, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Atlanta

**Our Client** is a leading logistics and transportation company providing , , and services throughout the United States, Mexico, Canada, and the United Kingdom. They are regularly recognized for industry-leading practices in third-party logistics, technology-driven innovations, commercial vehicle maintenance, environmentally friendly solutions, corporate social responsibility, world-class safety and security programs, military veteran recruitment initiatives, and the hiring of a diverse workforce.

**Your Role as the Warehouse Industrial Engineer:**

The **Warehouse Industrial Engineer** drives change through focused CI efforts to higher levels of performance in safety, quality, performance, cost and growth every day by effectively utilizing lean and engineering methodologies, tools, root cause analysis and waste reduction with a bias for action. This high influence position supports assigned VP of Operations (Business Unit/Vertical) and reports to the CI Director. This individual must possess a willingness and desire to work directly with his/her peers and their direct reports in the business units to define and set a strategy for engineering efforts and continuous improvement activities for new and existing operations.

Primary duties and responsibilities include:

* Effective facilitation and execution of Value Stream Maps & Kaizen Events through all stages (A3 charter ideation / creation, pre-work identification and completion, delivery of results in Kaizen week, regular follow up and follow through on sustainment). Independently identifies process gaps, recommends and implements process improvement.

* Provide formal and informal training, coaching, mentoring to associates Assisting and/or leading the execution of Lean Assessments. Coach process owners how to use engineering and Lean methods to achieve operational excellence. Support business start-ups, retrofits and expansions including pricing inputs, go-live and steady state certifications.

* Supervise a team of continuous improvement engineering professionals, make employment decisions (hire, promote, coach, development) and performance management. Manages multiple and complex Supply Chain projects. Regularly interacts with Senior Management and/or customer.

* Lead the development and execution of strategy blueprinting, score carding and key performance indicator action plans. Establishes and implements performance measures. Provide regular reports of data and actions to measure progress against the site objectives. Work with site leadership to conduct assessments of critical site and business needs. Establish agenda and frequency and lead the regular Management Review meetings. Develop a thorough effective and timely continuous improvement plan to address the top business needs at sites. Drive process improvement activities to achieve dramatic improvement in the key business metrics of safety, quality, delivery, cost, and employee development.

* Develop advanced competency in wide range of engineering methods, Lean tools, and quality standards and coaches employees in the use and implementation of CI, Quality Assurance, & Lean principles. Applies company methodologies and tools and engineering methodologies/tools such as product slotting, studying labor standards (time studies), layouts and optimization of flow, data profiling and analysis, and resource modeling to improve distribution and/or transportation operations.

* Establish and regulate the standards for Quality Management Systems based on company and/or industry standards. Oversee internal auditing to ensure regulatory compliance and certification. Facilitate regular Performance Reviews with operations leadership and monitor metrics. Develop/implement strategy to manage scope and meet customer expectations. Manage the design, implementation, monitoring and maintenance of the QMS based on established company and/or industry standards.

**Background Profile for the** **Warehouse Industrial Engineer:**

* Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Business, Supply Chain Management - preferred or minimum of 8 years relevant work experience

* 8+ years or more in the Distribution, Warehousing and/or Manufacturing, Transportation, Supply Chain Logistics industry

* Lean, TPS, QMS

* American Production Inventory Control Society (APICS) and/or Supply Chain Logistics Certification

* **Must Have: warehouse experience (setting up new warehouses and supporting from start-up), CAD, Slotting

Nice to have: SCALE WMS, Facility sizing

Will be supporting all warehouse setups in the Midwest**

**Skills for the** **Warehouse Industrial Engineer:**

* Lean: Proficiency with: Creating Cell Designs, Managing Material Flow, Design Plan for Every Part Systems (PFEP), Setting up/operation of Kanban, Supermarket Systems Pull Systems, Lean Mfg Systems, Developing and most important managing to: Leader Standard Work, Visual Management Systems and Management Accountability Systems, Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA).

* Warehouse Engineering: Mastery with: Product Slotting, Distribution Center MHE, Studying Labor Standards (time studies), Distribution Layouts and optimization of flow, Warehouse Metrics, Headcount rationalization and forecasting, Data Profiling, Working with ambiguous data sets and customer requirements to develop a Supply Chain Solution, WMS Functionality and Processes required to implement engineering designs/solutions/proposals Aptitude to learn a new business and systems.

* Effective interpersonal skills, Builds and manages effective teams, System and change implementation skills, Strong verbal and written communication skills

* Ability to create and maintain professional relationships within all levels of the organization (peers, work groups, customers, supervisors), Ability to work independently and as a member of a team, Flexibility to operate and self-driven to excel in a fast-paced environment, Capable of multi-tasking, highly organized, with excellent time management skills

**Travel**

40% - 50% to the Midwest

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