Operations & Supply Chain Process Engineer (34838)

Job Summary

Operations and Supply Chain Process Engineer analyzes and improves processes across manufacturing, supply chain, warehousing, logistics, and order fulfillment. This role uses data analysis, process engineering, and Lean principles to improve efficiency, capacity, quality, and cost while implementing standardized and sustainable processes.

Essential Functions, Duties, and Responsibilities

Process Analysis & Improvement

  • Map current-state processes and design future-state workflows to improve efficiency, quality, capacity, and cost.
  • Analyze workflows, labor utilization, facility layouts, material flow, and operational capacity.
  • Develop and standardize procedures and processes across applicable functions.

Operations & Supply Chain Optimization

  • Assess and improve processes across manufacturing, procurement, planning, inventory, warehousing, logistics, and customer order fulfillment.
  • Identify and implement opportunities to improve throughput, inventory utilization, scheduling, material flow, and transportation.
  • Design and implement improvements to operational processes, workflows, facility layouts, and systems.

Technology, Automation & Analytics

  • Identify, design, build, implement, and manage technology and automation solutions that improve efficiency and reduce manual processes.
  • Partner with IT and functional teams to develop, test, deploy, and maintain system and process automation improvements.
  • Develop and monitor KPIs, dashboards, and analytical tools to measure performance and identify improvement opportunities.

Continuous Improvement

  • Apply Lean principles, time studies, data analysis, and process engineering methodologies to eliminate waste and improve performance.
  • Perform root cause analysis and develop sustainable solutions to operational issues.
  • Establish process controls and standard work to ensure improvements are maintained.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, Finance, Customer Service, IT, and other departments to drive process improvement initiatives.
  • Facilitate cross-functional process redesign and support implementation, documentation, training, and change management.
  • Manage improvement initiatives from concept through implementation and ongoing performance monitoring.

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