Operational Excellence Engineer - Global Logistics
Intuitive Surgical
- Georgia
- $160,200 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Resolves bottlenecks and other operational problems that prevent a timely and efficient handling of inbound and/or outbound orders (e.g. purchase order receipts and fulfillment of interplant stock transport orders).
- Conducts analysis as required to investigate and determine root cause of compliance, quality or other performance failures and implements corrective actions.
- Actively benchmarks and leverages lean oriented tools such 5S and Six Sigma to eliminate waste and help error proof transitional work.
- Lead formal CI program and provide cross logistics training in Lean/Six Sigma methodologies.
- Leads implementation of projects that meet operational improvement goals and objectives (e.g., throughput, transaction accuracy, process controls, ergonomic, layout, and other process improvement initiatives).
- Management of operations and resourcing necessary to support satellite warehouse locations.
- Develop and deploy key operational performance metrics, which are utilized to hold employees accountable for all day-to-day activities.
- Develop operations team knowledge of warehouse operations, continuous improvement, and WMS applications
- Apply analytical skills to identify and employ strategies to optimize warehousing, pick, pack & ship process, and meet shipment deadlines
- Ability to lead moderate to large cultural and behavioral change management initiatives successfully
- Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of Supply Chain Operations experience.
- 8 + years of experience working in a warehouse environment
- Demonstrated ability to successfully lead projects and process improvements in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Possess strong organizational skills to meet deadlines
- Must be able to apply sound judgment and decision-making skills in dealing with a variety of challenges
- Experienced with organizing unstructured data to support proposals or operational plans.
- Experience in leveraging lean process tools such as Six Sigma and 5S
- Comfortable leading training courses for Lean/Six Sigma and other operational excellence methodologies
- APICS CPIM and/or CSCP certification
- Skilled in MS Office suite, WMS, Access and/or SQL database experience.
- Agile and SAP knowledge preferred