Siemens

Industrial Engineer - Logistics

Siemens • $82K — $141K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering or technical field.
  • 3-5 years in manufacturing or logistics engineering roles.
  • Experience in improving material flow and warehouse operations.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with data-driven insights.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and data analysis tools.
  • Project management and collaboration skills across functions.
  • Familiarity with SAP, MES, and digital manufacturing tools.

Responsibilities

  • Design and optimize factory and warehouse layouts for efficient operations.
  • Implement best practices for warehouse management and inventory processes.
  • Support manufacturing readiness through efficient processes and labor standards.
  • Drive cost reduction and waste elimination initiatives across the value stream.
  • Develop scalable systems for improved productivity and throughput.
  • Lead continuous improvement initiatives using Lean methodologies.
  • Implement Daily Management Systems to sustain operational excellence.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits.
  • Employee training and development opportunities.
  • Collaborative and innovative work environment.
Full Job Description
  • Plant Layout, Material Flow & Logistics System Design: Design and optimize factory layouts, warehouse layouts, supermarkets, storage strategies, material flow routes, and point-of-use inventory systems to support safe, efficient, and scalable breaker manufacturing operations
  • Logistics Engineering & Warehouse Excellence: Develop and implement best-in-class warehouse operations, inventory management processes, replenishment systems, pull systems, and internal logistics strategies to ensure reliable material availability and efficient product flow throughout the facility.
  • Breaker Manufacturing & Manufacturing Readiness: Support development of breaker manufacturing processes, labor standards, workstation designs, and operational best practices while ensuring manufacturing readiness for production ramp-up and future growth.
  • Cost Reduction & Material Flow Optimization: Drive cost reduction initiatives through logistics optimization, inventory reduction, labor efficiency improvements, warehouse productivity enhancements, and waste elimination across the value stream.
  • Productivity, Capacity & Throughput Improvement: Develop scalable production and logistics systems that improve material availability, labor utilization, equipment productivity, throughput, and capacity while supporting future expansion requirements.
  • Lean Project Leadership: Lead Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen events, 5S deployment, material flow optimization, and continuous improvement initiatives that improve safety, quality, delivery, cost, inventory, and productivity.
  • Daily Management Systems (DMS) & Operational Excellence: Implement and sustain Daily Management Systems (OpsEdge), KPI management, visual controls, accountability processes, and operational excellence standards across warehouse, logistics, and manufacturing operations.
  • Safety & Ergonomics: Design safe and ergonomic material handling systems, warehouse operations, workstations, and manufacturing processes that reduce risk, improve efficiency, and comply with Siemens safety standards.
  • Data Analytics & Digital Manufacturing: Develop dashboards, inventory management tools, labor models, warehouse productivity metrics, capacity models, and performance reporting systems that enable data-driven decision making and support digital manufacturing initiatives.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Logistics, Manufacturing Engineering, Facilities, Quality, Maintenance, Finance, and EHS teams to successfully launch, stabilize, and scale manufacturing and logistics operations.
  • Training & Culture Development: Coach employees and leaders on Lean principles, warehouse excellence, material flow methodology, standard work, Daily Management Systems, and continuous improvement while building a culture of operational excellence and accountability.

You will win us over with the following qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain Engineering, Logistics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • 3-5 years of experience in manufacturing, warehouse operations, logistics engineering, supply chain, or industrial engineering.
  • Experience designing or improving material flow, warehouse operations, inventory management, or manufacturing processes.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate data into operational improvements.
  • Experience conducting time studies, capacity analysis, labor planning, and process optimization.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and data analysis tools.
  • Strong project management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
  • Experience with SAP, MES, Power BI, and digital manufacturing tools.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Master's degree in engineering or a related field
  • Breaker manufacturing or electrical products manufacturing experience.
  • Greenfield/start-up manufacturing experience.
  • Experience implementing Daily Management Systems and Lean Operating Systems.
  • Experience with pull systems, supermarkets, Kanban, point-of-use inventory, and Lean material flow concepts.
  • Simulation software experience (AUTOCAD, Visio, FlexSim, Simio, Arena, etc.).

You'll Benefit From
Siemens offers a variety of health and wellness benefits to our employees. Details regarding our benefits can be found here: https://www.benefitsquickstart.com/siemens/index.html
The pay range for this position is $82,538 - $141,494 annually. The actual wage offered may be lower or higher depending on budget and candidate experience, knowledge, skills, qualifications, and premium geographic location.

About Siemens

Siemens AG is a German multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Munich and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe with branch offices abroad. The principal divisions of the company are Industry, Energy, Healthcare, and Infrastructure & Cities, which represent the main activities of the company. The company is a prominent maker of medical diagnostics equipment and its medical health-care division, which generates about 12 percent of the company's total sales, is its second-most profitable unit, after the industrial automation division. The company is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index. Siemens and its subsidiaries employ approximately 385,000 people worldwide and reported global revenue of around €87 billion in 2019 according to its earnings release.
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