Industrial Engineer - Labor Specialist

Meijer•Grand Rapids, MI

1d•$74,750 - $117,250•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for partnering with store leadership to drive operational productivity, capacity, and efficiency through the development of engineered labor standards. Applies industrial engineering concepts to forecast accurate future budgets, including sales, customer sales, and item movement.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering or related field.
Five (5) years of retail experience preferred
Previous experience working with labor modeling creating engineered standards, time studies, ROIs, and labor budgeting
Experience with labor reporting systems (ex: MOST, Standards Pro, Kronos or equivalent)
Ability to communicate clearly to a variety of audiences on complex topics
Previous experience with scheduling and timekeeping tools
Strong skills in MS Excel and other MS Office tools
Excellent organizational, analytical, written and communicative skills
Demonstrated ability to negotiate and lead/influence client base

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree preferred

Responsibilities

Build and maintain engineered labor standards, including time and motion studies, process optimization, and process documentation
Audit and update standards for changes in conditions
Update and maintain calculations to be used as part of P&L processing each period to allocate labor to correct departments
Educate store leadership and corporate office teams on labor concepts to improve understanding and acceptance as a key data point in decision making
Design and create labor model to align with company initiatives
Design and update configurations within the scheduling and timekeeping tool
Work with store operations and scheduling teams to create SOPs based on engineered standards
Provide labor based ROI comparisons on anticipated business ventures or processes
Own and drive projects to simplify process in store and create labor efficiency
Monitor performance reports on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis proactively providing key call outs to store leadership to assist in managing the effective use of store labor
Answer any and all questions related to store labor budgets
Ability to assess and discuss the human and organizational impacts of major change on existing operation and facilitate the exchange of ideas between engineering, management, and team members