Lead Process Improvement Engineer
HD Supply
- Forest Park, GA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Bachelors and/or Masters required, Lean Certification required.
- 5+ years of experience in high volume manufacturing/distribution environment.
- Expertise in 5S, LEAN, Six Sigma or similar.
- Demonstrated success dealing with ambiguity.
- Excellent verbal and written presentation skills.
- Ability to influence decisions with data.
- Proven history of driving results while reporting to offsite leadership.
- Ability to travel overnight up to 40%.
- Comprehensive benefits plan on first day (Medical, Dental, Vision).
- Generous Paid Time Off benefits.
- Advancement Opportunity with Fortune 300 company.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
- Annual incentive opportunities.
- Drives the implementation and adoption of process innovations across the distribution network, including documenting and standardizing operating procedures and distribution processes.
- Develops and maintains labor standards, labor management system configuration, and distribution center reporting.
- Performs “test and learns” to create processes that increase customer value, reduce costs, and increase building capacity.
- Determines the root cause of performance defects through data analysis, data decomposition, and process observation.
- Collaborates with business partners across functional areas in support of supply chain initiatives.
- Performs data collection and analyses for process mapping, budget development, and cost to determine project feasibility.
- Develops project plans, communicates business process changes, and manages project priorities to meet schedules and budgets.
- Ensures process controls are defined, implemented, and monitored to sustain results.
- Displays the highest level of critical thinking and analysis in bringing successful resolution to high-impact, complex, and/or cross-departmental problems. Makes prompt, sound decisions when faced with complex and often contradictory alternatives that result in successful outcomes.
- Operates with considerable latitude. Situations may have little or no precedent requiring original or new concepts or approaches without guidance from others. Reaches decisions under conditions of uncertainty.
- Develops or engages/directs others in developing innovative solutions to important, highly complex strategic and operating problems; cross-departmental considerations are often present.
- Typically located in a comfortable indoor area. There may be regular exposure to mild physical discomfort from factors, such as dust, fumes or odors, temperature extremes, loud noise, strong drafts, or bright lights.
- Most of the time is spent sitting or standing in the same location and/or there may be a need to stoop regularly or move/lift light material or equipment (typically less than 8 pounds).
- Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.
- Typically requires BS/BA in a related discipline. Generally 8+ years of experience in a related field OR MS/MA and generally 5+ years of experience in a related field. Certification is required in some areas.