Manager, Labor Management Engineering

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Provides senior technical leadership for labor management engineering, engineered labor standards, workforce analytics, branch layout, and operational workflow improvement. Leads complex projects and cross-functional workstreams by coordinating resources, influencing stakeholders, and driving timely execution.  Establishes dependable and equitable engineering methods, translates operational data into transparent recommendations, and partners with operations teams to deliver sustainable improvements in productivity, service, safety, and the associate experience.

Major Tasks, Responsibilities and Key Accountabilities

• Leads the labor management performance framework and identifies improvement opportunities across workforce utilization, weighted lines per hour, throughput, service, safety, and labor cost.

• Conducts complex time studies and work-sampling analyses and establishes accurate, equitable, consistent, and repeatable engineered labor standards.

• Guides labor management and industrial engineering work through project prioritization, technical review, peer mentoring, knowledge sharing, and dependable quality assurance.

• Partners with operations leaders, floor supervisors, and associates to develop implementation plans, standard work, and change-management approaches that support sustained adoption.

• Designs, implements, maintains, and continuously improves labor management systems, workforce analytics, reporting processes, and performance-tracking tools.

• Evaluates branch layouts, end-to-end workflows, and operational processes and develops practical solutions that improve flow, productivity, safety, and service.

• Applies Lean, Six Sigma, root-cause analysis, and continuous-improvement methods to eliminate waste and deliver measurable operational results.

• Develops clear business cases, findings, and recommendations and communicates results transparently to operations leaders and cross-functional stakeholders.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Nature and Scope

- Consults with senior management on solution development for complex strategic and technical business issues. Independently solves unique and complex problems that have a broad impact on the business. Assignments are large scope, high impact, high cost, and high importance.
- Establishes operational plans for assigned area. Acts as a strategic advisor and uses expert skills to contribute to the development of strategic company objectives. Receives general administrative and business direction as needed. Typically operates with broad latitude in a complex environment.
- Guides and mentors staff at all levels, provides advice to senior management on complex and strategic issues, and may lead or manage complex projects with dotted line responsibility.

Work Environment

- Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.
- Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.
- Typically requires overnight travel more than 50% of the time.

Education and Experience

- Typically requires BS/BA in a related discipline. Generally 7+ years of experience in a related field. May require certification. Advanced degree may offset less experience in some disciplines.

Preferred Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, operations engineering, supply chain, business analytics, or a related discipline.
- 5 to 7 years' progressive experience in manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, labor management engineering, or operational improvement.
- Prefers Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
- Demonstrates experience conducting time studies, developing engineered labor standards, analyzing workforce and productivity data, and implementing labor management or performance-measurement systems.
- Demonstrates the ability to lead complex projects, influence cross-functional stakeholders, review technical work, and implement change.
- Demonstrates advanced analytical, communication, problem-solving, and data-visualization skills.
- Demonstrates experience with branch or distribution facility layout, material flow, labor-management platforms, and workforce analytics.
- Demonstrates experience mentoring engineers and establishing consistent engineering methods, governance, and quality-review practices.

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For Connecticut job seekers:

Pay Range

$100,100.00-$162,400.00 Annual

Connecticut law requires the posting of the salary range for advertised jobs.  This range is determined based on market data and internal pay practices to establish a minimum and maximum value for a job. Individual base pay is determined based on a variety of elements including experience, skills, internal equity and other factors. For additional details on benefits, please review the full job description on White Cap Jobs