Senior Industrial Innovation Engineer - Manchester, United Kingdom - ADIDAS

Description

Working as a Senior Industrial Engineer in adidas, you will work alongside a team of engineers to identify and drive improvement opportunities in multiple Distribution Centre's (DC) across the adidas network.

Industry wide knowledge of manual and automated distribution centers would be a requirement in this role as well as an understanding of current trends within these fields.

The ability to conduct a technical evaluation of the DC with regards to understanding the facility design, material flow, process design, capacities, and constraints.

Excellent communications skills to enable close collaboration with Distribution Center heads as well as the local onsite Lean Teams.

Manage and/or conduct feasibility studies of various projects to determine the value of an investment and provide an economic justification for Business Cases.

Evaluate Labour Management systems including implementation, configuration, analysis of results and development of recommendations to the DC heads
Responsible for leading MHE work streams in capital projects from conception to final acceptance
Responsible for managing or running cost analysis relating to operational, technological, or labour cost.

Identify and evaluate problems and develop improvements to processes, layouts, internal flows, utilization, packaging material usage and methods of operation within a warehouse environment, making fact based recommendations to the lean organization.

Proven ability to utilize recognized industrial engineering techniques effectively to produce tangible results
Broad and deep knowledge of engineering and distribution operations combining theoretical and practical knowledge
Contribute significantly to the achievement of department and/or project targets
Make day to day decisions for the engineering department in a complex business environment
Strong ability to identify, evaluate, and develop project solutions and recommendations
Strong project management and organization skills
Focus on development and implementation of standardizing DC processes, MHE (Material Handling Equipment) and supplier harmonization.
As part of automated DCs, monitor Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) outputs as required.
Willingness and ability to travel internationally as needed.
Strong MS-Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project, Access, etc.)
Fluent in English/German, verbal and written communication
Undergraduate university degree, with a focus in Industrial Engineering or closely related field or relevant warehousing experiences
~5 years engineering work experience, ideally in a distribution center environment
~Broad background in Industrial Engineering technology and applications
~ Experience with AutoCAD is desirable
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