Advisor, Process Improvement

About the role

Mercedes-Benz USA is responsible for the sales, marketing and service of all Mercedes-Benz and Maybach products in the United States. In our people, you will find tremendous commitment to our corporate values. Our products and employees reflect this dedication. We are looking for diverse top-notch individuals to join the Mercedes-Benz Team and uphold these hallmarks.

The PDC Process Improvement Engineer is responsible for providing engineering expertise to the Parts Distribution Centers (PDC) by improving end-to-end material flow, designing systematic layouts, optimizing space utilization and leading continuous improvement initiatives. This role provides analysis to leadership to ensure that operational processes are efficient, cost-effective, 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 inefficiencies within layout, process, and material flow to ensure the most cost-effective 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 configurations.
• Project manager for all Lean Management initiatives across Home Office 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 inefficiencies.
• 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 effective and efficient processes.
• Represents the PDC as a liaison for understanding unique site infrastructure, storage system configurations, and planning for all business unit and IT integration projects.
• Develops recommendations for PDC productivity targets by analyzing labor code data and presenting findings to PDC leadership for approval.