Bachelor's Degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering required.
5-7 years of experience with AutoCAD/Solidworks.
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Visio, MS Project).
Strong understanding of warehouse processes from receiving to shipping.
Preferred certifications include Lean or Six Sigma Black Belt and Project Management Professional (PMP).
Ability to build relationships and influence across organizational structures.
Responsibilities
Lead cross-functional teams to eliminate inefficiencies in layout and material flow.
Design storage locations to maximize cubic space and reduce costs.
Manage Lean Management initiatives, including training and knowledge transfer.
Support Environmental Health & Safety initiatives by resolving non-compliant processes.
Collaborate with leadership on process improvement and standardization opportunities.
Act as a liaison for PDC infrastructure and planning for IT integration projects.
Analyze labor code data to develop productivity recommendations for leadership.
Benefits
Opportunity to lead large-scale strategic initiatives.
Engagement with cross-functional teams and leadership.
Involvement in enterprise-wide optimization projects.
Access to training and development in Lean and Six Sigma methodologies.
Potential for career advancement within the organization.
Full Job Description
Job Overview
The PDC Process Improvement Engineer is responsible for providing engineering expertise to the Parts Distribution Centers (PDC) by improving end-to-end material 2ow, designing systematic layouts, optimizing space utilization and leading continuous improvement initiatives. This role provides analysis to leadership to ensure that operational processes are ecient, cost- eective, and of highest quality to meet customer requirements and strategic objectives. The location of this position resides at the Parts Distribution Center (PDC), but reports into Home Office which requires continuous alignment to all Home Office and PDC expectations around culture, communication and business topics
Responsibilities
Leads cross-functional teams tasked with identifying and eliminating ineciencies within layout, process, and material 2ow to ensure the most cost-eective and quality design.
Designs storage locations to maximize the PDC's available cubic space to reduce labor and material handling costs while utilizing optimal WMS congurations.
Project manager for all Lean Management initiatives across Home Oce and PDC Network teams including training, sponsoring, facilitating and transitioning of knowledge for others to use and apply to improve end-to-end supply chain ineciencies.
Support Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) initiatives by identifying and resolving non-compliant processes within PDC.
Collaborates with international and domestic leadership to support ad-hoc process improvement and standardization opportunities that ensure the most eective and ecient processes.
Represents the PDC as a liaison for understanding unique site infrastructure, storage system congurations, and planning for all business unit and IT integration projects.
Develops recommendations for PDC productivity targets by analyzing labor code data and presenting ndings to PDC leadership for approval.
Manages large-scale strategic initiatives across all project planning phases including initiation, planning, execution, and closure that add value to internal and external customers.
Support enterprise-wide initiatives to define the future-state systems landscape and optimization of the physical footprint of the North American logistics network.
Calculates cycle time using work measurement techniques, determines standard work, and communicates the results to leadership to enhance daily labor planning tools.
Evaluates alternative and emerging warehouse technologies and their potential benets to safety, quality and productivity to the North American PDC Network.
Lead efforts to standardize processes, procedures, and best practices to ensure consistency in operations, documentation, and reporting across the PDC network.
Consistently engage and communicate with PDC leadership to ensure excellent collaboration through common understanding of the operation that enables continuous improvement
Qualifikationen Qualifications Must have ability to successfully build relationships, communicate across organizational structure and effectively influence others
Requires a Bachelor's Degree in:
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Certications (Preferred):
Lean or Six Sigma Black Belt (Lean preferred)
Project Management Professional (PMP) preferred
Must have at least 5-7 years of demonstrated experience in the following:
AutoCAD/Solidworks
Microsoft Oce products (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Visio, and MS Project)
Understanding of warehouse processes (receiving through shipping), e xternal systems that may interface with the WMS, p eripheral interface devices (RF, printers, etc.)
