Sr. Industrial Engineer

About the role

The Sr. Industrial Engineer plays a crucial role within Corporate Continual Improvement & Lean Six Sigma, focusing on distribution team initiatives aimed at enhancing efficiency and service across the entire supply chain.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to and executes initiatives to improve processes, procedures, and tools utilized by the organization.
• Utilizes Lean and Six Sigma methodology to drive and sustain continuous improvement.
• Establishes and maintains engineered labor standards across the Distribution network.
• Facilitates medium to large cross-functional and cross-departmental projects with high complexity and cross-organizational impact.
• Uses data to make better-informed decisions about the business, transforming and aggregating data for data discovery.
• Provides on-call support as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering or related field.
• 5+ years’ experience in relevant and related positions in engineering support in a retail, manufacturing, or comparable environment.
• Proficiency in Six Sigma and Lean tools/methodologies and Distribution experience.
• Experience in projects related to process design, work measurement, productivity improvement, cost reduction, and project implementation.
• Foundational knowledge of supply chain management strategies and concepts.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Supply Chain operations with the ability to conceptualize, document, and communicate solutions to better align with business strategy and meet objectives.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to analyze complex data for trends and translate into actionable business recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to lead project or cross-functional teams to resolve, implement, or reach consensus on issues.
• Ability to mine and merge large amounts of rich data sources, ensure data consistency, make data-driven predictions to drive profitable courses of action, and create visualizations to aid in understanding data.
• Outstanding leadership and human relations skills to build effective relationships with team, leadership, and business partners.
• Written and verbal communication skills to effectively present information to all levels of leadership.
• Facilitation, influencing, and organization skills to work in a fast-paced environment where priorities can change quickly.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and with others.
• Self-starter and flexible to work on various shifts as needed.

Skills

• Proficient skills in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, and Excel.
• Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, or other process improvement methodology.
• Experience conducting time studies and development of engineered labor standards.
• Experience with Warehouse/Labor management systems like Red Prairie & High Jump.

Benefits

Advance Auto Parts offers competitive benefits including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off.

Pay

Compensation is commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Schedule

This position requires up to 50% travel and flexible work hours.