What are the responsibilities and job description for the Industrial Engineer position at TVS SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS NORTH AMERICA, INC?
Summary
This position is responsible for designing and implementing new systems or processes to increase operational efficiency and support plant leadership with operations planning activities and problem resolution for two local site locations.
Essential Functions
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
- Manage project tasks and coordinate with key project stakeholders.
- Able to collaborate with Business Development, Operations and Finance
- Identify key Supply Chain key performance indicators (KPI's) to help drive efficiencies and safety
- Analyze operational data, layout, material, and workforce utilization.
- Review/define process/system requirements
- Lead implementation activities for new or changing processes and systems.
- Provide training, resources, and documentation.
- Apply statistical methods and perform mathematical calculations to determine processes, staff requirements, and production standards.
- Coordinate quality control objectives and activities to resolve production problems, maximize service reliability, and minimize cost.
- Partner with vendors, staff, and management personnel regarding purchases, procedures, product specifications, service capabilities, and project status.
- Travel to customer or vendor sites for presentations, meetings, etc.
- Participate in all TVS SCS quality and excellence initiatives.
Competencies
- Technical capacity
- Communication proficiency
- Problem solving/analysis
- Decision making
- Initiative
- Results driven
- Thoroughness
- Adaptability
- Collaboration skills
- Teamwork orientation
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that an employee must meet to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee may occasionally be required to lift 51 pounds, anything over this, an employee needs to request assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
This job is performed in a busy warehouse environment with high forklift traffic. Warehouses are subject to seasonal temperatures. Steel-toed shoes, safety glasses, and vests are required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
Full Time, Exempt. Schedule flexibility for extended or unplanned work hours is required.
Travel
This role requires splitting time between two primary locations approximately two hours apart. Up to 50% of the travel commitment is expected to be travel between sites, including routine travel to ensure effective management and collaboration.
Education and Experience
- A bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field is required.
- 5 years of work experience in Industrial Engineering and Supply Chain Operations
- Proficient technical skills; MS Office, Outlook, CAD, Visio
- Demonstrated understanding of Methods-Time Measurement (MTM's)
- Warehouse Management System (WMS) or equivalent inventory software experience preferred
- Lean Manufacturing experience preferred
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
As an EEO employer, TVS SCS NA is committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive culture. The TVS SCS NA team does not discriminate against candidates and employees because of their disability, sex, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, veteran status, or any other protected status under the law within any employment practices. We are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations to applicants; please contact [Hope Molyneaux, JMolyneaux@tvsscs.com] to request a reasonable accommodation. The employee selected for this role must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily, and if requested, reasonable accommodations will be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their job, absent undue hardship.
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