Supply Chain Engineering Project Leader
- Full-Time
- Irving, TX
- NFI Industries
- Posted 2 years ago – Accepting applications
Job Description
The Supply Chain Engineering Project Leader will lead the development of innovative supply chain solutions. Responsible for coaching & mentoring other engineers. Provides regular and proactive communication to customers and NFI leadership. The successful candidate will possess excellent technical skills and leadership experience combined with demonstrated interpersonal and teamwork skills.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Collects data and performs statistical analysis
Maps and documents processes
Independently identifies process gaps; recommends and implements process improvement
Applies standard engineering methodologies and tools to design distribution and/or transportation solutions
Conducts Supply Chain analyses and recommends alternative strategies
Actively supports the sales process and creates high-quality solutions and designs
Provides proposal and presentation support and creation for new business development
Effectively interacts with customers, sales, and operations to create value propositions
Manages multiple projects of small and medium-size
Leads, coaches, and mentors other engineers
Applies Lean Six Sigma (LSS) and Statistical Process Controls (SPC) tools
Requirements:
Bachelor Degree in Industrial Engineering
Minimum 6-8 years of experience in any of the following areas; transportation management, dedicated fleet operations, distribution center management, materials handling, industrial engineering, decision support systems, and technology
Master Degree preferred
3 years of 3PL experience
Strong knowledge of transportation and warehousing solutions and operations
Manhattan: Warehouse Management System (WMS) and Labor Management Software (LMS) experience are required.
Data management and manipulation skills
Programming skills to manipulate large data-sets
Experience with routing and scheduling packages and transportation optimization software
AutoCAD and Warehouse Management System (WMS) and Inventory Analysis tools
Strong financial conceptual skills
Strong computer proficiency in MS Office applications
Demonstrated data manipulation skills with the ability to manage multiple projects at one time.
Excellent communications skills.
Experience preparing and presenting oral and written presentations to management and clients
Experience with supply chain technology
Well organized with high attention to detail and accuracy
Demonstrated ability to learn technical skills quickly
Understanding of optimization and/or simulation algorithms
Database skills, especially through SQL or Access
Knowledge in: VBA, Python, R, Java, C++, or C# is a major plus
Travel: 60% or as required to support business needs
To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of NFI about this opening. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at NFI via-email, the internet or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of NFI, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by NFI for this position and a valid agreement with NFI is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of the NFI agency engagement process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.
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Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Collects data and performs statistical analysis
Maps and documents processes
Independently identifies process gaps; recommends and implements process improvement
Applies standard engineering methodologies and tools to design distribution and/or transportation solutions
Conducts Supply Chain analyses and recommends alternative strategies
Actively supports the sales process and creates high-quality solutions and designs
Provides proposal and presentation support and creation for new business development
Effectively interacts with customers, sales, and operations to create value propositions
Manages multiple projects of small and medium-size
Leads, coaches, and mentors other engineers
Applies Lean Six Sigma (LSS) and Statistical Process Controls (SPC) tools
Requirements:
Bachelor Degree in Industrial Engineering
Minimum 6-8 years of experience in any of the following areas; transportation management, dedicated fleet operations, distribution center management, materials handling, industrial engineering, decision support systems, and technology
Master Degree preferred
3 years of 3PL experience
Strong knowledge of transportation and warehousing solutions and operations
Manhattan: Warehouse Management System (WMS) and Labor Management Software (LMS) experience are required.
Data management and manipulation skills
Programming skills to manipulate large data-sets
Experience with routing and scheduling packages and transportation optimization software
AutoCAD and Warehouse Management System (WMS) and Inventory Analysis tools
Strong financial conceptual skills
Strong computer proficiency in MS Office applications
Demonstrated data manipulation skills with the ability to manage multiple projects at one time.
Excellent communications skills.
Experience preparing and presenting oral and written presentations to management and clients
Experience with supply chain technology
Well organized with high attention to detail and accuracy
Demonstrated ability to learn technical skills quickly
Understanding of optimization and/or simulation algorithms
Database skills, especially through SQL or Access
Knowledge in: VBA, Python, R, Java, C++, or C# is a major plus
Travel: 60% or as required to support business needs
To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of NFI about this opening. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at NFI via-email, the internet or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of NFI, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by NFI for this position and a valid agreement with NFI is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of the NFI agency engagement process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.
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