Senior Industrial Engineer

Bertelsmann•Crawfordsville, IN

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Penguin Random House, LLC is the world's largest general trade book publisher and a division of Bertelsmann AG. The Crawfordsville Operations Center in Montgomery County, Indiana, has an opportunity for a driven individual to join the Operations Services team. This role involves collaborating with people at all levels to strengthen the supply chain in the publishing industry. The Operations Services department focuses on project management and data analysis, with recent projects including adding distribution centers, implementing a goods-to-person system, and developing distribution network models. This position offers significant growth opportunities within the publishing industry's leading supply chain. The role will contribute to major operational initiatives across the distribution network, including a large-scale automation and material handling implementation. It will also support future automation, material handling, and operational improvement initiatives at the Westminster facility and across the network. Success requires adaptability, curiosity, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment. The role combines analysis, project management, and process improvement to support distribution operations. Responsibilities include evaluating existing processes, identifying improvement opportunities, developing new approaches, and working with data, building analyses in Excel, and communicating findings. Projects may involve warehouse work such as time studies, flow chart development, system enhancement testing, training others, developing activity-based costing and labor models, supporting warehouse management system implementations, designing new facilities, and implementing new automation and material handling solutions. The final title and compensation will be aligned with the selected candidate's skills and experience.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in industrial engineering, supply chain operations, or a related technical field
5–10 years of relevant experience in an industrial engineering, supply chain, distribution, manufacturing, or similarly complex operational environment
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Advanced Excel skills, including experience working with complex formulas
Excellent PC skills, including Microsoft Office Suite
Ability to prioritize work, manage multiple projects, and adapt to changing conditions
Ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues across functions and levels of the organization
Experience leading cross-functional projects
Experience working with external vendors
Experience extracting, analyzing, and summarizing large data sets to communicate findings clearly
Experience implementing and supporting warehouse management systems, automation systems, or material handling equipment

Nice To Haves

Experience training others
Experience leading projects in warehouse, distribution, supply chain, or manufacturing environments
Experience supporting facility design, systems implementation, or operational transformation initiatives

Responsibilities

Evaluate existing processes, identify opportunities for improvement, and help develop new approaches that support operational growth and efficiency.
Contribute to analyses and projects focused on distribution operations, with opportunities to take on increasing ownership over time.
Conduct work in the warehouse, including time studies, flow chart development, testing system enhancements, and training others.
Develop activity-based costing and labor models.
Support warehouse management system implementations.
Design new facilities.
Implement new automation and material handling solutions.
Collaborate with people at all levels within the organization.
Support a large-scale automation and material handling implementation.
Contribute to future automation, material handling, and operational improvement initiatives.
Work with external vendors.
Extract, analyze, and summarize large data sets to communicate findings clearly.
Implement and support warehouse management systems, automation systems, or material handling equipment.
Lead cross-functional projects.
Train others (preferred).
Lead projects in warehouse, distribution, supply chain, or manufacturing environments (preferred).
Support facility design, systems implementation, or operational transformation initiatives (preferred).