Cranbury, NJ, USA
8 days ago
Director - Industrial Engineering

As the Director - Industrial Engineering, you will be responsible for providing the engineering rigor that underpins operational efficiency, labor productivity, and end to product flow. You will be responsible for owning the design and optimization of facility layouts, labor standards, and process design.

Responsibilities:

Own the creation, governance, and maintenance of labor standards across all segment processes Lead facility layout, workflow engineering, and process solutioning to optimize throughput, space utilization, and labor efficiency. Create scalable segment-oriented facility designs for new builds, retrofits, and expansions Partner with cross functional teams (IT/OPS) to analyze the labor impact of WMS changes (slotting, task logic, pick paths) into standard models. Work with Lean/OPs teams to embed standards into CI initiatives and validate performance against benchmarks. Partner with the analytics team to ensure labor standards and models translate into measurable reporting and network KPIs. Supervises, coaches, recruits, and mentors direct and indirect reports.

Qualifications:

Bachelors Degree – Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, or related field required Masters Degree – MBA preferred 10 years of progressive fulfillment industrial engineering or operations engineering experience Deep expertise in engineered labor standards, time studies, and activity level productivity modeling Experience designing distribution facilities, process engineering, and labor management systems Strong knowledge of WMS/LMS workflows and their impacts on labor standards Demonstrated ability to partner cross functionally with Automation, Operations, Analytics, Lean, and IT Engineered labor standards development and time study methodology Activity – level labor modeling for manual and automated workflows Facility layout, workflow optimization, and process design  Strong project management, stakeholder influence, and executive influence Lean Six/Sigma continuous improvement methods preferred Ability to travel 25% - 50%

Working Environment: Warehouse – Work is generally performed in a warehouse environment.  The noise level is moderately quiet. Generally well ventilated and well lighted.  Warehouse employees may be exposed to all kinds of weather and may be required to wear protective clothing.  Operates heavy equipment.  Strict safety regulations may be required.

Physical Expectations: Employee required to sit and drive a vehicle to perform their job.

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