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If you want to make a difference, Rite Aid is the right place.

While Rite Aid is big, it still feels small — you and your work are never lost in the crowd. You know the leaders, and they recognize your impact. Teams are tightly knit and agile. Small groups, courageous enough to meet our goals in new ways. You can take your work, your team, or your business to the next level without being slowed down by a ton of process or layers of approval. For anyone with intent to grow, you can reinvent yourself in a new role or take on a new challenge while helping us reinvent Rite Aid and innovate our industry.

Wherever you work in the Rite Aid family, your diverse perspectives and fierce commitment enable us to deliver on the promise of ’whole health for life’ for communities around our country.

And that makes the biggest difference of all.

Job Summary

The primary purpose of this position is to provide support to the distribution centers with regard to material handling systems, facilities improvement, ergonomic design, production methods and procedures, Engineered labor standards development and maintenance, systems development and implementation, and capital project budgeting and management. Frequent independent judgments are essential. The incumbent is also required to perform all tasks in a safe manner consistent with corporate policies and state and federal laws.


The incumbent is also required to perform all tasks in observance of Rite Aid's brand and strategy and adhere to our core values and service attributes.

Responsibilities

• Optimize current processes within the distribution center through the development and implementation of improved procedures, systems, and equipment.

20%

• Develop cost benefit analyses and financial models to support the distribution center's requirements, designs, and alternative selections to existing systems.

15%

• Develop and maintain labor standards and the productivity monitoring system for the distribution center.

15%

• Perform time studies to support production standards.

10%

• Manage capital improvement projects, including the development and execution of plans to support additional product lines or increased store volume and the development of estimates for the equipment, systems, and personnel needed to complete various projects.

10%

• Assist with the preparation of job performance instructions.

5%

• Research ergonomic and safety issues in the facility; make improvements as needed.

5%

• Provide technical support to the Maintenance, Operations, and Information Services groups located in the distribution center.

5%

• Maintain the distribution center's layout, plans, and drawings.

5%

• Act as the primary contact for material handling equipment vendors with regard to on-site issues and their equipment and systems.

5%

• Interact with the General Manager to develop the distribution center's capital and expense budgets.

5%

Qualifications

Education Level

Area of Specialization (Marketing, Finance, Pharmacy, Engineering/IT, etc)

Required or Preferred

Bachelor Degree

Industrial Engineering

Required

LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS

Licenses/Certifications

Other/List/Reason

Required or Preferred

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Required or Preferred

WORK EXPERIENCE

Experience

Areas of Experience (Pharmacy, Compliance, E-commerce, Retail, etc)

Required or Preferred

2 years of experience in

Industrial Engineering

Required

2 years of experience in

Big box distribution

Preferred

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Language Skills

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret professional journals, or governmental regulations. Able to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Able to present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to work with math concepts such as probability and sta