Associate Industrial Engineer

Overview

JOB DESCRIPTION : As an Associate Industrial Engineer, you are responsible for working closely with Operations and senior engineering professionals to build labor standards and support ongoing continuous improvement projects. Your focus will be on the development and implementation of projects designed to increase facility utilization, improve upon existing SLAs and provide a safe work environment for Deckers associates.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

This position emphasizes optimizing facility performance, leveraging Lean and Six Sigma methodologies, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. Key elements include :

• Facility Optimization : Improving metrics, systems, safety, and quality within the Distribution Center (DC).
• Collaboration : Partnering with Operations leadership to prioritize and drive improvements that benefit the customer experience.
• Continuous Improvement Leadership : Creating and leading projects with Lean and Six Sigma methodologies to address gaps and improve processes.
• Training and Facilitation : Leading Lean training sessions and rapid improvement events to spread knowledge across the organization.
• Process Analysis : In-depth analysis of complex production and processes to identify improvement opportunities.
• Team Leadership : Facilitating business teams and developing team members by recognizing strong performers and coaching others to improve.
• Green Initiatives : Supporting environmental sustainability efforts in line with corporate goals.
• Safety and Efficiency : Ensuring that operations run safely and efficiently, while fostering a culture of recognition and coaching.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

The Associate Industrial Engineer develops labor standards, publishes area efficiency levels and partners with facility leadership to improve operational effectiveness. This includes, but is not limited to, improving customer SLAs, reducing labor costs and driving improvement in overall CPU. Develop and implement continuous improvement projects that underpin the annual strategic pillars, monitoring project status, identifying project constraints and proposing creative solutions to remove.

Craft regular presentations to senior management communicating key take-aways from multiple initiatives and offering data to support decisions to be made.

Recommends and develops measurement plans to ensure improvements are repeatable and realized, supports with communication of workplace safety precautions, and ensures compliance with safety and protocols for the departments. As the IE Manager you support and, working with Operational, Quality and Functional stakeholders, lead on the development of a prioritized project pipeline to deliver Cost of Quality (COQ) reduction goals.

Collaborate with operations and other teams. Support and contribute to Green Initiatives. Responsible for the safety.

As the Associate IE, you identify specific employees for special recognition or coaching to improve their efficiency and effectiveness. Leveraging organizational skills, problem solving, and creative thinking, they resolve escalated issues, drive continuous process improvement and team development in a dynamic environment. Support with other job duties as needed. Develop and maintain productive, effective, and professional relationships with peers, superiors, and others. Always represent the company in a positive and supportive manner.

QUALIFICATIONS

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PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The employee may be exposed to different weather elements.

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