Entry Level Supply Chain and Engineering - Joshua Tree Group Process Excellence Analyst - Houston - NAELFY27

Accenture; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 30,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401(k) plan

Bonus opportunities

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Accenture seeks a supply chain and operations professional with a foundation in industrial engineering and process optimization to join its Engineering group in a client-facing consulting role in the United States. You will observe, learn, and apply labor standard development through Lean, Six Sigma, ergonomic methods, and time-study templates to improve methods and remove waste.

You will train associates, prioritize improvements with clients, and contribute to performance management programs

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Engineering or Business Management.
• Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering or significant equivalent experience.
• LEAN Six Sigma process improvement principles and practices.
• Strong computer skills: Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Willing to travel 80-90% of the time.
• Weekend work availability as needed by project schedules.
• 1-3 years in consulting experience.
• Additional software: AutoCAD, Microsoft Access, Excel VBA.

Responsibilities

• Partner with client managers to observe and learn labor standard development.
• Identify opportunities to improve methods, safety, or accuracy; remove wasted effort.
• Train associates on improved processes and performance management.
• Document labor standard development: methods, elements, templates, calibrate time-study team.
• Collect, enter, and analyze time study data.
• Finalize personal and fatigue allowances.
• Represent Accenture professionally in consultant/client relationships.
• Engage in on-site client relationships with various levels, including executives.

Skills

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Verbal skills

Written skills

Travel 80-90%

LEAN Six Sigma

Consulting experience

AutoCAD

Microsoft Access

Excel VBA

Education

B.S. in Industrial Engineering

Engineering degree

Tools

AutoCAD

Microsoft Access

Excel VBA

Job description

We Are

Supply Chain & Engineering, and we move fast, think fast, and work fast. We partner with our clients to improve day-to-day operations and equip their leaders to achieve success in their supply chains. Through leadership development, associate engagement, and improved operational execution, our clients can lower operating costs, retain talented workforces, and position their supply chain as a competitive advantage.

You Are

A supply chain and operations professional with a strong foundation in industrial engineering and process optimization. You bring hands-on experience, or a drive to build it, in labor standards development, lean process improvement, and performance management.

You are developing your ability to connect operational processes to measurable business outcomes for clients. You are comfortable contributing to project workstreams under the guidance of your leaders and are motivated to deepen both your technical and consulting skills. You are curious, coachable, and excited to grow in a client-facing consulting environment.

The Work

Engineering

• Partner with client managers and associates to observe and learn processes for labor standard development, applying disciplines including Lean, Six Sigma, human factors and ergonomics, workstation design, queuing theory, and facility and process design.

• Use observations to identify opportunities to improve job methods, safety, or accuracy, and to remove wasted effort from operational processes.

• Partner with the client to prioritize, implement, and train associates on improved processes.

• Complete the labor standard development process, including:

• Documenting preferred methods

• Defining and writing elements

• Creating and testing UMT time study templates

• Educating and calibrating the time study team

• Collecting, entering, and analyzing time study data

• Identifying and tracking production tasks

• Finalizing personal and fatigue allowances

Training & Communication

• Educate associates related to their successful participation in a Performance Management program, covering:

• Time and production tracking

• Calculating performance and incentive

• How standards are developed

• How to be successful on-standard

• Mentoring

• Conduct associate brainstorming and training sessions effectively and clearly.

Client Relationship

• Represent Accenture professionally in all consultant/client relationships.

• Engage in on-site client facing relationships with various levels in the organization, from associates to operations leaders, including executive leaders.

Basic Qualifications:

• An undergraduate degree in Engineering or Business Management, Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, or significant equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong computer skills, particularly Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Available to travel 80-90% of the time

• Available to work weekends, as needed by project schedules

• 1-3 years in consulting experience

• Experience with LEAN Six Sigma process improvement principles and practices

• Demonstrated problem solving skills

• Additional applicable software skills including Auto Cad, Microsoft Access, and Excel VBA coding

Fluency in at least one foreign language a plus, Spanish preferred

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