Continuous Improvement Specialist

7 days ago


Reston, Virginia, United States Safeguard Global Recruiting Full time
Job Title: Continuous Improvement Engineer

We are seeking a highly skilled Continuous Improvement Engineer to join our team at Safeguard Global Recruiting. This role will be based in the Los Indios, TX area and will report to the Sr. Engineering and Manufacturing Manager.

Job Summary:

The successful candidate will be responsible for improving processes within a large 3PL automotive warehouse. This will involve researching, designing, developing, implementing, and improving processes to enhance schedule performance, lower costs, and improve quality through the application of Lean/Value Analysis-Value Engineering concepts, techniques, analysis, and decision tools.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Develop and implement process improvements to enhance schedule performance, lower costs, and improve quality.
  • Utilize engineering methods to develop optimal process designs and efficient utilization of resources.
  • Develop meaningful productivity metrics and KPIs for large-scale automotive warehousing environments.
  • Survey, benchmark, and develop gap analysis to industry benchmark KPIs for order fulfillment, receipts, picks, put-aways, and shipments in automotive Tier1 or OEM environments.
  • Lead projects to close gaps to industry benchmarks.
  • Regularly survey equipment suppliers, 3PLs, OEMs, and other 3rd parties for productivity and service level improvements enabled by emerging technologies.
  • Assist 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.
  • Improve warehouse labor productivity in line with industry norms, lead cap-x improvement projects, and develop optimal balance of in-sourced/outsourced headcount.
  • Make presentations in meetings and provide real-time communication to Site Director on issues requiring escalation.
  • Provide ongoing communication support to corporate, factory, and LI Operations to ensure operation is running efficiently and with enough capacity to meet customer demand.
  • Develop a culture of continuous improvement by constantly identifying opportunities to reduce cost, gain efficiencies, and/or eliminate waste.
  • Consistently review 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.
  • Collaborate and work with professionals throughout all company sites, including factories and corporate functions.
Requirements:
  • Four-Year College Degree in Engineering, Materials Management, or equivalent, related degree.
  • Five (5) years – Ten (10) years of experience in working in high-volume automotive manufacturing or warehousing environments.
  • 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, Six Sigma) is required.
  • Six Sigma (Green Belt) and LEAN Certifications strongly preferred.
  • 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).
  • Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish language is required.


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