Industrial Engineer

Industrial Engineer - Loxley, AL RSC

About this role

The Industrial Engineer will drive process improvement activities to achieve dramatic improvement in the key business metrics of safety, quality, delivery, cost, and employee development.  Develop advanced competency in wide range of engineering methods, Lean tools, and quality standards and coaches’ employees in the use and implementation of CI, Quality Assurance, & Lean principles. Applies company methodologies and tools, engineering methodologies/tools such as product slotting, studying labor standards (time studies), layouts and optimization of flow, data profiling and analysis, and resource modeling to improve distribution and/or transportation operations 

What You’ll Do  

• Lead, support and encourage Ace Values: Winning, Excellence, Love, Integrity, Gratitude, Humility and Teamwork. 

• Develop advanced competency in wide range of engineering methods, Lean tools, and quality standards. 

• Coaches employees in the use and implementation of Continuous Improvement, Quality Assurance, & Lean principles. 

• Applies company methodologies and tools, engineering methodologies/tools such as product slotting, studying labor standards (time studies), layouts and optimization of flow, data profiling and analysis, and resource modeling to improve distribution and/or transportation operations. 

• Provide regular reports of data and actions to measure progress against the site objectives. 

• Makes Inventory and/or Supply Chain strategy recommendations. 

• Works on complex problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors. 

• Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions. 

• Establishes and implements performance measures. 

• Work with site leadership to conduct assessments of critical site and business needs. 

• Develop a thorough effective and timely continuous improvement plan to address the top business needs at Ace sites. 

Ace Hardware is committed to promoting and maintaining a safe, healthy and injury-free environment for all team members.  This is our number one priority, and we will support programs and initiatives that focus on this commitment.  It is critical that all team members take responsibility for their safety as well as the safety of others to ensure that Ace Hardware is a world class safety organization. 

What you need to succeed: 

• Be a safety champion by promoting a safe and productive workplace through your own actions, including the proper use of PPE, safe operation of powered equipment and safe lifting techniques as determined by the role. 

• Be an active participant in contributing to a successful safety culture in the facility. 

• 10% travel required. 

• B.S. Industrial Engineering or related degree required. 

• 1 -2 years’ experience in Supply Chain Management/Logistics/Warehousing or related field. 

• Demonstrated excellent communication skills, both written and verbal to effectively communicate thoughts and sell ideas. 

• Strong organizational and collaborative skills to include team building. 

• Experience with profiling, quality program, incentives, etc. all systems and diagnostics related