Continuous Improvement Engineer

Continuous Improvement Engineer #1005799

DIRECT/PERMENANT HIRE

100% ONSITE in Los Indios, Texas

Must-Haves:

• Four-Year College Degree in Engineering, Materials Management or equivalent, related degree with a minimum of five (5) years’ experience working in high-volume automotive manufacturing or warehousing environment or equivalent combination of education/experience required.
• Spanish language required

Job Description:

YOUR MISSION:

• Researches, designs, develops, implements and improves processes to enhance schedule performance, lower costs, and improve quality through application of Lean/Value Analysis-Value Engineering concepts, techniques, analysis and decision tools within high-volume automotive distribution and logistics environment.

A day in the life:

• Utilizes engineering methods (e.g., mathematical models, simulation, statistics) to assist in developing optimal process designs and efficient utilization of resources (e.g., facilities, personnel, materials, equipment).
• Develops warehousing labor standards, rates, workload and staffing models considering standard rates.
• Develops meaningful productivity metrics and KPIs for large-scale automotive warehousing environment.
• Surveys, benchmarks and develops gap analysis to industry benchmark KPIs for order fulfillment, receipts, picks, put-aways and shipments in automotive Tier1 or OEM environment.
• Leads projects (ERP, cap-x, in/outsourcing etc.) to close gaps to industry benchmarks.
• Regularly surveys equipment suppliers, 3PLs, OEMs and other 3rd parties for productivity & service level improvements enabled by emerging technologies (RFID, WMS, AGVs, conveyors, scanners, automated packaging, labeling etc.)
• Assists with material flow path modeling and optimal bin/container/location design to minimize travel distances, reduce errors/defects and ensure reliability of critical scale processes.
• Improves warehouse labor productivity in line with industry norms, leads cap-x improvement projects, and develops optimal balance of in-sourced/outsourced headcount,
• Adequate LI representation in meetings and real-time communication to Site Director on issues requiring escalation
• Ongoing communication with corporate, factory, and LI Operations to ensure operation is running efficiently and with enough capacity to meet customer demand
• A culture of continuous improvement by constantly identifying opportunities to reduce cost, gain efficiencies, and/or eliminate waste.
• Constant review of team activity and value-added work to identify gaps and assess the possibility of using outside vendors to offset peaks in workload.
• Responsible for maximizing the use of Technology, Business Intelligence, and managing budget to ensure year-on-year improvements.
• Collaboration is a vital leadership style and skill necessary for success, and as such, this role will likely work with professionals throughout all our sites, including MX factories and our corporate functions.

Must-Haves:

• Four-Year College Degree in Engineering, Materials Management or equivalent, related degree with a minimum of five (5) years’ experience working in high-volume automotive manufacturing or warehousing environment or equivalent combination of education/experience required.
• Labor Management background/experience required.
• Prefer experience within or contracted to 3PL’s, managing internal staff, external and/or contract employees.
• Strong ability to holistically analyze overall material flow process and implement process improvements.
• Ability to apply continuous improvement techniques (Lean, TPM, Kaizen) is required.
• Strong communication and influencing skills with both hourly staff and senior managers.
• Ability to project manage and deliver results in a diverse multi-cultural environment.
• SAP Warehouse Management experience preferred (or similar ERP warehousing management application).
• Spanish language required