Senior Operation Engineer

Business trip to EU countries one a month (2-3 days)

 

Key Accountabilities:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
Process review and continuous improvement    
Using Lean Six Sigma, 5S methodology to analyze and refine existing process.    
Oversees and lead continuous improvement projects (inclusive of participating in LEAN program management).    
Provide management feedback on new process opportunity or gap identification.    
Modeling seasonality (Client space requirements flexing up and down) for new and existing Clients and how that impacts our business from a space and labor allocation standpoint.    
Proposing racking configurations and process flow to optimize utilization of space based on Client and product mix.    
Innovation of robotic solutions and full deployment.    
Power BI / Dashboard creation    
Providing visual support to KPI’s and performance within the Distribution Centers.    
Gather data for Client Operational analysis    
     
Analysis    
Analyze contractual commitments and Client specifications to model Operational standards that impact pricing and profitability prior to Clients coming on.    
Review current business to understand any gaps around requirements for space and labor and propose solutions on how to close any gaps.    
Working with the Operations to understand forecasted requirements and refine this process to ensure we are receiving the most accurate information possible to make decisions around labor.    
Project Management    
Manage and Lead multiple projects using formal industrial engineering methodologies and project management    
Direct, coordinate and track the activities of the projects to include Operation, IT, Sales and Other departments    
Determines project responsibilities by identifying project phases and elements, assigning personnel to phases and elements, and reviewing bids from contractors    
Develop schedules and update the schedule on a regular basis. Identify milestones and critical path to ensure risk management and communication to stakeholders.    
Liaison between Engineering department and other project stakeholder groups including Operation, IT, Sales, and other departments.     
Travel    
Must be able to travel domestically and internationally for business purposes.    
Must be mobile to work at multiple facilities both domestically and internationally.    
Performs other duties as assigned    
     
     
Experience:    
     
A Bachelor’s degree or above in Industrial Engineering    
Must have 3+ years of industrial engineer experience in a 3PL setting    
Must have related experience in a warehouse environment that handles apparel    
Must have WMS experience    
Six Sigma, Lean or 5S certified or trained is a plus    
Excellent technical capabilities, inclusive of tier one WMS experience    
Proficiency in MS Office Applications, AutoCAD, including PowerBI and an expert in Excel.    
Project Management experience.    
The ability to be flexible and adapt to changing priorities.    
The ability to bring cross-functional teams together to collaborate on projects.    
Building quality relationships with co-workers, vendors and contractors.    
Ongoing learning opportunities.    
Setting goals and achieving them.    
Ability to work under pressure.    
A solutions focused approach to everything you do.    
Ability to collaborate, interact, communication at all levels of organization and team building.    
 

*Candidates must have right to work in Netherlands