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Overview:

The purpose of the position is to support CLS, CFS, DNS and LTS business development by leading the development of engineered solutions for new and existing customers.  This position leads and support operational design solutions, engineering and financial modeling and pricing coordination with operations management, functional and strategy teams.  This role collaborates closely with Solutions Engineering Manager, Product Manager, and commercial leads.

This role also leads and supports engineering projects and initiatives coordinated through APLL Innovation and Process Improvement engineering team within APLL CLS, CFS, DNS and LTS network. 

This mid-level position works and collaborates closely with operations, IT, vendors, and project management teams.  This position will be tasked to support projects aimed to produce higher productivities through the implementation of best practices, new/ upgraded technology and automation, labor management systems, process optimization, and product flow among others.

Qualifications:

1. Preferred 3-5 Years of Industrial Engineering related experience in the 3PL Industry
2. Must have in depth knowledge of Automated Systems, such as AMRs, Co-Bots, VLMS, etc.
3. General knowledge of Supply Chain Industry: Retail, Industrial, Consumer
4. Experienced in facility planning and design.
5. Experienced in building/ simulating operational models.
6. A proven history working with large sets of operational/ volumes, and sales data for solutions modelling and cost analysis.
7. Experience with conducting work measurements / time studies and building labor standards.
8. Experience completing AutoCAD projects.
9. Expert at using MS Excel.  Advanced features (Pivot Table, Functions, VLookup, etc.)
10. MS Word proficient.
11. MS Power Point proficient.
12. MS Visio proficient.
13. Power BI proficient.
14. Tableau proficient.
15. Experience working under pressure to meet project team deliverables.
16. Effective communicator: verbal and written.
17. Public speaking: Presentations, Meeting Facilitation
18. Strong technical and analytical skills.
19. Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
20. Customer focused.

Requirements:

1. Ability to work remotely & autonomously.
2. Ability to work independently and as part of a team. 
3. The candidate must function in a fast-paced warehouse operations environment and collaborate in the development and deployment of effective engineering solutions.
4. Works closely in coordination with members of the operations, implementations, and business development teams. 
5. Conducts field observations and analyse data.
6. Excellent analytical, problem solving, and decision-making skills. 
7. While performing the duties of this job the employee frequently is required to sit, reach with hands and arms, and talk. 
8. While performing the duties of this job the employee frequently is required to stand and walk on warehouse operations floor for extended periods of time, gather data through conversations with others or via observations and measurement.
9. The employee may be required to travel to other sites to perform same functions.
10. The employee may be required to travel to meet with potential new customers.
11. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds. The employee is regularly exposed to ambient lighting and various climate conditions in unconditioned warehouse spaces.

The typical starting salary range for this position is: $80,000 - $90,400.

The actual salary offer will take into account multiple factors including skills, experience, education and location. Please note that the salary details listed in role postings reflect the base salary only, not total compensation, which includes bonus and benefits.

Candidates are eligible for the following benefits:

Vacation
6 days sick time
8 paid holidays
1 paid "Personal Holiday"
Company Bonus Plan
401(K) SAVE Plan
Annual Fixed Contribution
Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life & Disability coverage
Voluntary Benefits
Accident/Critical Illness/Hospital Indemnity Benefits
Tuition reimbursement and student loan assistance
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer funding and wellness incentives
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Employee Referral Program 

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Work Location Requirement - APL Logistics:
Employees residing within 25 miles of an APL Logistics Hub Office (AZ, FL, MI, NC, OR) are required to follow a designated Hybrid schedule as described below:  Fully on-site, or fully remote schedules are determined based on role and business needs.
    Hybrid employees must report to the office 8 days per month, scheduled by their supervisor.
    Warehouse roles are typically fully on-site.
    Candidates outside the 25-mile radius may be considered for fully remote roles, depending on business needs.
Remote work requires full compliance with company policies, including workspace standards, timekeeping, and communication protocols. Commuting costs are not reimbursed.  Adherence to this policy is a condition of employment.

Responsibilities:

1. Development of flexible, scalable, innovative, and cost-effective engineered solutions for warehouse operations such as Receiving, Put Away, Picking, and Loading.
   1. Material Handling Solutions
   2. Order Fulfilment Solutions
   3. Storage System Solutions
   4. Integrated solutions with WMS and WCS systems
   5. Process Improvements
2. Supports new business development cycle:  lead, solution design, pricing, and proposal development.
3. Works directly with commercial, operations, technology, project management teams in the review and analysis of RFPs to identify and approve pricing and contractual requirements to ensure feasibility of projects with respect to company costs and budget.
4. Works directly and collaborate with multifunctional areas: IT, Project Management, Finance, Procurement, and Operations.
5. Coordinates and executes project activities:
   1. Process Improvement / Lean Projects
   2. Labor Management System deployment/ maintenance
   3. Business Development support
   4. New business on boarding
   5. Technology upgrades
   6. New technology deployment.
6. Builds and maintains engineering models/databases.
7. Builds and maintains facility layout drawings in AutoCAD.
8. Conducts field observations, gathers data, and analyses data:
   1. Work measurement
   2. Process analysis
   3. Product flow analysis
   4. Space analysis
   5. Interviews / Observations
9. Complete research on market trends: labor, technology, and innovation.

     10. Document and publish reports: projects, meetings, studies, observations.

Key Result Areas:

1. Leads and supports in the design of engineered solutions, preparation of financial operational models and the coordination of implementation project cost estimation.
2. Identifies opportunities to introduce and deploy best practices and methods that result in a positive improvement on how the operation and/or the customer integrated solution should operate more efficiently.
3. Assists on the financial estimates and preparation of projects ROI, WACC, ROIC, ROCE.
4. Leads in the preparation of engineered solution presentations for internal and external audiences.
5. Customer / Commercial presentations.  Defends proposed solutions and elaborates on solutions justification and solutions benefits to the business.
6. Supports efforts for Request For Information (RFI) and/ or Request For Proposal (RFP).
7. Reviews and analyses RFP documents and data provided by customers.
8. Supports the development of conceptual operational process and layout for a new CLS operations.
9. Leads/Supports multiple projects simultaneously.
10. Project Manages solutions implementation.  Monitors and measures solutions returns and benefits to the business. 
11. Leads and supports engineering sessions with MHE technology vendors for the purpose of operational process integration.
12. Leads and supports engineering discovery sessions with internal and customer stakeholders and validates data, volumes, operational requirements and facilitates the definition of solution gaps.
13. Coordinates and produces final detailed operational layout.
14. Performs audits while new solution is being deployed to ensure expected productivities are met.
15. Performs on-site work measurements to validate / audit expected productivities.
16. Provides integration support with MHE Technology vendor.
17. Performs acceptance testing for MHE solutions.
18. Provides timely status reports to Manager on the progress of assigned projects via weekly status conference calls and/ or written reports.
19. Documents and publishes written solution design project status reports on weekly basis.
20. Participates on operational reviews with functional areas: HR, Procurement, Finance, IT and FIT, Implementations, and Operations.
21. Assists on the preparation of executive summaries for every design project.
22. Maintains meeting minutes and project correspondence with project stakeholders, project owners, project resources, and project sponsors.
23. Actively support SCS process improvement initiatives and also evaluates process improvements initiatives generated by the operation teams.
24. Validates that Job Functions, Operator Profiles, SOPs and Training manuals adhere to new design solution.
25. Validates that facility set up solution is planned according to new solution design.
26. Keeps track of his/her project hours and travel expenses and reports them every week in a timely manner to Manager.
27. Maintains all project records in share point. Performs periodic back up of project data and records
28. Maintains local team standard project templates.