Sr. Industrial Engineer

Summary : The Sr. Industrial Engineer is a key member of Corporate Continual Improvement & Lean Six Sigma organization. This position will be a part of the Distribution team focused on continuous improvement efforts and standardization implementation across E2E Supply Chain. The incumbent utilizes business intelligence, data management, change management and engineering principles to drive improvements for the organization. The purpose of this position is to eliminate waste, optimize cost and improve service for high impact programs. This position helps to ensures effective productivity measurements are established for identified functions through time studies and frequency studies conducted in the Distribution Center. The position will manage the Labor Management program and helps to develop engineered labor standards as needed. Analyzes work force utilization, work center layout, material flows, production costs, process flow, and production requirements to determine the most efficient utilization of personnel and equipment are key deliverables for this role. The Position will lead in the design, evaluation, training, and revision of all work methods, workflow, productivity, job functions, physical layout and equipment.  The Position will not only assist in the development of Distribution Center and capital budgets but will also work effectively with corporate & external resources (consultants and contractors) to ensure collaborative partnerships to meet business requirements.   Advance Auto Parts is going through transformation of its Work Measurement System. The goal is to create a stable, standard and scalable data warehouse to support reporting for our supply chain to rely on for years to come. This position must carry great Collaboration & Influential capability. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include, but are not limited to: Continuous Improvement: Contributes to and executes initiatives to improve processes, procedures, and tools utilized by the organization. Capabilities in all aspects of the Process Improvement spectrum (i. e., Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen, PDCA, DMAIC, Gemba walks, 5S, Visual Display Boards) supporting continuous improvement of operations performance. Works with operations to assess issues, develop recommendations and implement business improvement processes. Creates an improvement process methodology that identifies, captures, and applies improvements to work process development and maintenance methodologies based on lessons learned, industry best practices, and feedback from customers. Utilizes Lean and Six Sigma methodology to drive & sustain continuous improvement. Identifies opportunities for new systems functionality and enhances key Supply Chain metrics/processes improving business outcomes. Focuses on reducing recurring issues through detailed issue resolution, training and documentation. Ensures that reporting enables the organization to meet or exceed performance guarantees, store requirements and provide data for performance analysis. Project Administration: Facilitates medium to large cross-functional and cross-departmental projects with high complexity and cross-organizational impact. Completes required analysis, design and development deliverable documentation. Measures, interprets and reports on the performance of project impact to the organization. Provides interpretations and recommendations to leadership teams. Engineered Labor Standards: Establishes and maintains engineered labor standards across the Distribution network. Monitors and validates associate performance on regular basis to ensure accuracy and fairness of the standards. Provides guidance, leadership and training support for the Labor Management program to the Distribution Center leadership teams. Business Intelligence: Uses data to make better-informed decisions about the business. Intelligently transforms and aggregates data for data discovery. Delivers business analytics (everything from