Industrial Engineer - Labor Specialist

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Responsible for partnering with store leadership to drive operational productivity, capacity, and efficiency through the development of engineered labor standards. Applies industrial engineering concepts to forecast accurate future budgets, including sales, customer sales, and item movement.

What You'll be Doing:

• Build and maintain engineered labor standards, including time and motion studies, process optimization, and process documentation
• Audit and update standards for changes in conditions
• Update and maintain calculations to be used as part of P&L processing each period to allocate labor to correct departments
• Educate store leadership and corporate office teams on labor concepts to improve understanding and acceptance as a key data point in decision making
• Design and create labor model to align with company initiatives
• Design and update configurations within the scheduling and timekeeping tool
• Work with store operations and scheduling teams to create SOPs based on engineered standards
• Provide labor based ROI comparisons on anticipated business ventures or processes
• Own and drive projects to simplify process in store and create labor efficiency
• Monitor performance reports on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis proactively providing key call outs to store leadership to assist in managing the effective use of store labor
• Answer any and all questions related to store labor budgets
• Ability to assess and discuss the human and organizational impacts of major change on existing operation and facilitate the exchange of ideas between engineering, management, and team members
• This job profile is not meant to be all inclusive of the responsibilities of this position; may perform other duties as assigned or required

What You Bring With You (Qualifications):

• Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering or related field. Master’s Degree preferred
• Five (5) years of retail experience preferred
• Previous experience working with labor modeling creating engineered standards, time studies, ROIs, and labor budgeting
• Experience with labor reporting systems (ex: MOST, Standards Pro, Kronos or equivalent)
• Ability to communicate clearly to a variety of audiences on complex topics
• Previous experience with scheduling and timekeeping tools
• Strong skills in MS Excel and other MS Office tools
• Excellent organizational, analytical, written and communicative skills
• Demonstrated ability to negotiate and lead/influence client base

We are committed to offering competitive pay that reflects market standards and ensures consistency within our organization.

The pay range for this position is listed below.

$74,750.00 - $117,250.00

This pay range represents the minimum and maximum base pay for the position, which is determined by factors such as market data, the qualifications required, the level of responsibilities associated with the role and other roles at this same level. Your specific pay rate within this range will be based on your experience, qualifications, and skills compared to the internal team you’ll be joining.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, a 401(k) plan with employer match, disability leave, and paid time off (PTO). In addition to these core benefits, we are committed to supporting your overall well-being and career growth. Our offerings include a variety of programs designed to support your personal and professional development, such as paid parental leave, paid education assistance (including free education), a childcare subsidy and more. We are dedicated to creating a work environment that promotes work-life balance, long-term health and financial security, and continuous professional development

The interview process is intended to learn more about your personal skills and experience. To this end, we ask that candidates do not use AI tools during the hiring process.

Please note:

• Cameras must be turned on during all virtual interviews.

• AI tools may not be used during any part of the interview process.