Industrial Engineer II

Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Inc.; Reno (NV); On-site; USD 95,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Discount

Comprehensive Health Benefits

401(k) with Company Match

Paid Time Off including Maternity and Parental Leave

Job summary

Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Inc. is seeking a key member for their Engineering team located in Reno, NV. The role will involve evaluating warehouse operations through data analysis to enhance performance, identifying issues, and driving process improvements.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering and 5 to 7 years of experience in distribution centers. This on-site position offers a competitive salary range between $95,000 and $110,000 depending on various factors.

Qualifications

• 5 to 7 years of experience working in distribution centers.
• Experience in slotting and deploying labor management.
• Ability to think outside the box and troubleshoot.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and analyze warehouse operations for performance enhancement.
• Document and maintain Standard Operating Procedures.
• Run inventory analysis and collaborate on slotting initiatives.

Skills

Strong knowledge of supply chain processes

Project management skills

Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office

Experience with large sets of data

Excellent communication skills

Education

Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Excel

AutoCAD

Job description

Barnes & Noble is the world’s largest retail bookseller and the leading retailer of content, digital media, and educational products. We operate over 600 Barnes & Noble bookstores in 50 states and one of the web’s premier e-commerce sites, bn.com. Our Nook Digital business offers a lineup of popular NOOK tablets and eReaders and an expansive collection of digital reading content through the NOOK store.

We’re proud to be an industry leader, consistently recognized for excellence in quality and customer service in our stores and online at bn.com.

This role will be a key Barnes & Noble Engineering team member. This position reports to the Director of Industrial Engineering and Analytics. Evaluate and analyze warehouse operations through detailed data analysis to drive warehouse performance excellence: identify issues and opportunities for improvement, document process changes, and gather data. Present warehouse improvement projects, create case studies, evaluate ROI, develop business requirements, and assist through design, acceptance, and deployment.

Benefits for those who are scheduled to work less than 20 hours per week include Employee Discount, EAP and Sick Pay. For those scheduled to work between 20 and 29.99 hours benefits include Employee Discount, EAP, Sick Pay and Paid Time Off including paid Maternity and Parental Leave, Company Paid Holidays, Transit and 401(k) with Company Match. For those scheduled to work 30 hours or more benefits include Employee Discount, EAP, Sick Pay and Paid Time Off including paid Maternity and Parental Leave, Company Paid Holidays, 401(k) with Company Match, Comprehensive Health Benefits (Medical, Dental and Vision), Healthcare and Dependent Care Spending Accounts, Healthcare Spending Account, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Transit, and Tuition Reimbursement. All benefits provided are in accordance with the terms of the current plan and may be subject to future change. Benefit may vary depending on location/state regulations. More information can be received by the recruiter or Human Resources.

An employee in this position can expect an annual salary between $95,000 and $110,000 depending on experience, seniority, geographic locations, and other factors permitted by law.

This role is on-site in our Reno, NV Distribution Center.

What You Do

• Understand warehouse operations, identify delays and opportunities of improvement to increase warehouse productivity: observe warehouse employees, break down processes, identify bottlenecks, and problems related to systems, procedures, or pace issues.
• In charge of setting up logistics and distribution center’s metrics, including inventory rate of movement, warehouse capacity, inbound/outbound activity, service level, reliability of transport and delivery, and other data related to product supply chain management, sourcing, and distribution.
• Support growth and development of the Distribution network, including facility design, maximization of space utilization and start‑up of new DCs.
• Document and maintain Standard Operating Procedures, process flow diagrams and work instructions.
• Understand order cadence and waving strategies to increase warehouse productivity.
• Collaborate with work standardization and perform time studies.
• In charge of labor management administration: employee productivity tracking, labor models and forecasting.
• Run inventory analysis: ABC modeling for over 300,000 SKUs.
• Collaborate with slotting initiatives: recommend logic, validate simulations, approve slotting moves for production and track efficiency of inventory moves completed.
• Project management: present new initiatives for warehouse improvement projects, build case studies, obtain buy‑in from stakeholders, evaluate ROI, create timelines, track project milestones, etc.
• Perform other related duties, as assigned.

Knowledge & Experience

• Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain or equivalent work experience.
• 5 to 7 years of experience working in distribution centers.
• Strong knowledge of supply chain processes such as inventory planning, warehouse, order, and labor management.
• Experience in slotting.
• Experience deploying labor management.
• Experience working with large sets of data.
• Project management skills: maintain issues log, create process flows, establish critical path, and maintain documents.
• Works well under deadlines, self‑starter, innovative, team‑oriented and customer‑focused.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Experience with Microsoft Access, Excel, Access and working knowledge of SQL.
• AutoCAD proficiency.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; able to communicate with employees at different levels of the organization.
• Ability to think outside the box, troubleshooting skills.
• Flexible regarding work schedule when needed.