Industrial Engineering Manager

TJX • Woburn, MA

112d

About The Position

At TJX Companies, every day brings new opportunities for growth, exploration, and achievement. You'll be part of our vibrant team that embraces diversity, fosters collaboration, and prioritizes your development. Whether you're working in our four global Home Offices, Distribution Centers or Retail Stores—TJ Maxx, Marshalls, Homegoods, Homesense, Sierra, Winners, and TK Maxx, you'll find abundant opportunities to learn, thrive, and make an impact. Come join our TJX family—a Fortune 100 company and the world's leading off-price retailer. The primary purpose of this position is to lead all engineering activities and establish a mentality of process improvement within our distribution center. The Industrial Engineering Manager will work with the IE group, Facilities, and the Operations teams to improve process efficiency, maintain labor standards, and reduce costs. Their expertise will also be used to develop and implement regional and national projects and strategies across all of our divisions!

Requirements

• Five or more years of related Industrial Engineering experience.
• Prior exposure managing a team, completing multi-variable work measurements and developing labor standards.
• Experience with process improvement initiatives and network optimization projects within a distribution center environment.
• Previous experience with Distribution planning models (square footage, labor, staffing, etc.) and awareness of material handling technology applications.
• Strong MS Office Suite skills, particularly in MS Excel, MS Access, and Visio.
• Experience with best-in-class Labor Reporting Systems, MOST and Standards Pro.
• Experience with Red Prairie, Manhattan or equivalent LMS.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, professional, and empathic.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and provide solutions for cost reduction through process improvements and cost/benefit analysis.
• Design and recommend department layouts and product flows.
• Identify operational bottlenecks and develop, analyze, and present cost-efficient solutions.
• Identify capacity impacts to distribution centers associated with varying parameters within the supply chain.
• Develop preferred methods/Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the warehouse in conjunction with Operational support.
• Establish and maintain standards using MOST and full cycle frequency studies across all operational processes.
• Utilize labor data to cost rationalize capital expenditure and process change return on investment.
• Use labor and material cost data to compare and recommend process change and communicate accurate process costs to senior management.
• Conduct ergonomic evaluations, recommending and implementing improvements to work area designs.
• Take ideas from concept to implementation and influence decision-making with all stakeholders.
• Possess outstanding multi-tasking ability to meet concurrent project timelines.

Benefits

• Associate discount
• 401(k) match
• medical/dental/vision
• HSA
• health care FSA
• life insurance
• short/long-term disability
• paid holidays/vacation/sick/bereavement/parental leave
• EAP
• incentive programs
• auto/home insurance discounts
• scholarship program
• adoption/surrogacy assistance
• smoking cessation
• child care/cell phone discounts
• pet/legal insurance
• credit union
• referral bonuses

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Clothing, Clothing Accessories, Shoe, and Jewelry Retailers