Industrial Engineer

### Industrial Engineer

Position Overview:

As an Industrial Engineer at Vallarta Supermarkets, you will utilize industrial engineering technologies and methodologies to evaluate current processes, equipment, and systems to determine areas of improvement that will enhance the customer shopping experience, product quality and freshness while eliminating inefficiencies.

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead and participate in the identification, prioritization, implementation, and control of cost reduction and process improvement initiatives using Industrial Engineering methodologies and processes.
- Identify innovative approaches to company-wide store issues that create opportunities for breakthrough process improvements that positively impact the customer shopping experience, safety, product freshness and food safety.
- Provide statistical analysis reports evaluating the efficiency of current processes, procedures, equipment and associates.
- Develop scope and charter definitions for projects.
- Conduct feasibility studies of varied projects to determine the worth of an investment and provide justification for capital appropriations.
- Evaluate vendor and supplier proposals for new equipment purchases to ensure increased efficiency and evaluate the equipment's contribution to cost saving measures.
- Serve as a liaison to Retail Operations peers, other department leaders and executive leadership.
- Provide IE support to stores lagging in attainment rates including methods and procedural issues, store profile audits, task requirements, and other areas.
- Travel to retail locations and offices to support process improvement initiatives and improve efficiencies by reducing waste of time, money, materials, energy and other resources.

Requirements:

- Bachelor's degree in industrial engineering or a closely related field required.
- 5+ years progressive industrial engineer project experience in a complex, integrated retail network preferred.
- Broad background in industrial engineering technology, application and project management.
- Ability to effectively communicate and influence all levels of the organization.
- Ability to work well within project teams.
- Strong mathematical and analytical skills.
- Effective planning, negotiating, decision-making, problem-solving, and organizing skills.
- Able to utilize all work measurement tools available (i.e. MTM, MOST, Time Study, Analysis).
- Proficient in Microsoft Office.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to earn Lean/Six Sigma belt certification within one year.

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