Sr Manager Engineering and Facilities

Ulta Beauty, Inc.•Fresno, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Sr. Manager of Engineering and Facilities acts as the SME for a wide variety of cutting-edge material handling systems, automation and electronics equipment for Ulta’s Distribution Center(s). The Sr. Manager of Engineering and Facilities will play a key role in maintaining all the equipment to ensure minimal downtime and thus minimizing customer service interruption. This includes addressing emergency breakdowns with minimal downtime, developing a staff of mechanics and coordinating contractors as required providing adequate coverage to support operations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required, preferred in Electrical Engineering or related technical disciplines with a control's emphasis
Extensive experience with and knowledge of motion control (preferably material handling systems), systems integration and maintenance
5 or more years engineering experience supporting, commissioning and troubleshooting PLC/PC industrial control systems (Siemens, Rockwell Systems/Allen Bradley, Square D) and their industrial networks (DeviceNet, SDS and Profibus, Ethernet I/O)
Extensive experience using SCADA Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs) such as Visual Logic Controller (VLC) or various Wonderware applications
Strong leadership and team engagement skills
Excellent executive-level presentation preparation and delivery skills
Strong customer relations skills
Demonstrated ability to direct and control activities through managers of the functional area
Thought leadership with the ability to build robust plans and execute them with speed, while communicating clear priorities to gain buy-in of others.
Experience building technology support and deployment strategies
Significant experience in CAPEX, engineering management, and large project engineering management for facilities, production operations, and material handling equipment management.
Experience in managing, mentoring, and developing engineers, maintenance, and utility personnel, and operational and/or maintenance managers.
Experience in developing strategic plans and investigating new manufacturing and facilities for processing technologies.
Developing budgets and methods to save expenses and increase efficiencies
Must be a self-starter and be able to successfully develop and execute against departmental goals with minimal guidance
Ability to manage and drive accountability across an integrated team in a production support environment.
Excellent verbal and written skills to communicate with associates and all levels of management.
English Proficient
Agile planning and prioritizing capabilities
Computer skills including MS Office, Excel, Warehouse Management System Application

Responsibilities

Serve as the Distribution network's troubleshooting expert and technical resource during equipment escalations. Coordinate resources to quickly resolve equipment downtime
Maintain comprehensive technical subject matter expertise of existing Ulta material handling systems and technology specifications. This includes varying types of package and pallet conveyors, sortation systems and other specialty equipment
Assess and modify systems where system performance does not meet operational expectations and design specifications in close partnership with operational and technical experts
Serve as the SME for Ulta electronics equipment such as Print and Apply labeling technology, put-to-light systems, Radio Frequency (RF) devices, cameras and scanners
Partner with appropriate HQ resources and vendors on issues that require additional scoping, involve system changes, or have network-level impact. Identify and escalate issues and, when necessary, pull appropriate teams together to solve problems.
Deliver complete facilities maintenance service within budget, meeting all contracted KPI’s. Manage and monitor the performance of their directly employed teams to ensure they meet required standards and KPIs.
Monitor the performance/relationship and budgets of all maintenance vendors used by the business.
Meet regularly with the Sr. Mangers, communicating all on-going maintenance activities, and updating on current project works.
Liaise with key suppliers to ensure that parts supply and subcontracted services are delivered to within acceptable standard, and to budget.
Monitor and report on key performance indicator (KPI) areas on a monthly basis including: Repair Time, Response time, Budgetary control and tacking of revenue parts and subcontractor spend
Ensure all operational areas operate within a safe workplace and adhere to company health and safety policies and procedures as well as meeting stated aims and KPI’s.
Promote and develop the competencies of our technical and non-technical team members
Effectively lead and manage the team to ensure delivery of prescribed deliverables
Conduct periodic inspections of company equipment including high value tools and equipment and vehicles
Manage all other site maintenance requirements, across a wide range of disciplines, through company approved vendors
Implement and rollout corrective action plans through direct teams and vendors to address instances of poor service
Identify and recruit vacancies within their directly employed operating structure
Provide suitable out of hours, emergency call-out cover to premises managers
Meet regularly with property managers to determine their on-going requirements, and to report service and budgetary performance
Be a collaborative business advisor and partner to the Distribution & Supply Chain Team, fostering a culture of open communication, providing insight and support while building key relationships across Ulta
Champions and models Ulta Beauty’s mission, vision, and values
Demonstrates high standards of associate safety, customer service, and servant leadership
Provides coaching and feedback to improve individual and team performance, sharing best practices to drive consistency and excellence
Leads and executes best practices to promote associate engagement and to enable a high performing workforce that contributes to the Company’s strategic growth and business objectives
Role models behaviors aligned to a values-based, guest-centric, high performing culture with an emphasis on embracing our competencies and delivering with subject matter expertise
Partners across the distribution center to coach and develop leaders to ensure they are building culture action plans that best align to our people strategies and business initiatives
Participates in talent calibration, culture survey action planning, goal setting and rollout, performance review consultation, and IDP creation/execution
Attends mandatory trainings and meetings to enable continuous professional development, completes all training on time
Maintains thorough knowledge of and ensures compliance with Ulta Beauty policies, procedures, and standards
Develops and implements operational strategies to improve efficiency and productivity
Learns and adapts quickly to new processes, communicating changes clearly across team and shift
Maintains outstanding DC operational standards, including cleanliness in department, work areas, and building spaces
Protects Company assets by following loss prevention best practices and procedures.
Manages operations to maximize efficiencies and productivity, optimize labor cost expenditures, and ensure safe operating practices
Develops strategic direction and establishes appropriate priorities for projects critical to success
Ensures that all organizational activities and operations are carried out in compliance with local, state, and federal regulations and laws governing business operations, and interacts with regulatory officials as required
Assesses organizational and operational effectiveness, while advocating process and technology changes/enhancements that will improve operating processes and performance
Build the leadership skills of all team members with a focus on the managers of people
Continually evolve the team through introduction and deployment of industry leading practices
Manage the relationship with the supply chain technology providers to ensure application enhancements, customization, and new releases meet Ulta’s needs
Build and maintain the process required to transition application functionality from the development to the steady state support team
Participate in the definition of project scope, business requirements documents, goals, and deliverables
Executes other tasks as directed