Industrial Engineer II: DC Labor & Flow Optimization

Quality Bicycle Products; BLOOMINGTON (MN); On-site; USD 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Quality Bicycle Products is seeking an Industrial Engineer II to enhance labor productivity and end-to-end flow across the distribution center. You will apply engineering methods, data analysis, and cross-functional partnership to align labor and processes with demand.

The role focuses on identifying constraints, improving throughput, and implementing practical solutions that strengthen safety, service, cost, and systems performance across inbound, outbound, inventory, and support operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Management, or a related field.
• Two or more years of experience in engineering, operations analysis, or process improvement within distribution, manufacturing, or logistics environments.
• Strong analytical capability using Excel, SQL, or data visualization tools like Power BI or Tableau.

Responsibilities

• Analyze volume, labor utilization, and productivity trends to identify imbalance, waste, and capacity constraints across functions and shifts.
• Build workload balancing models that align labor deployment to forecast demand, service requirements, and priorities.
• Assess staffing plans and recommend labor adjustments to address changing volume and risks.
• Identify bottlenecks across receiving, replenishment, picking, packing, shipping, and inventory flows to improve throughput and stability.
• Partner with Operations leaders to optimize labor deployment, shift design, and resource strategy.
• Collaborate with WMS and business systems teams to develop dashboards and KPIs for labor performance and service attainment.
• Lead continuous improvement using Lean, Six Sigma, and structured problem solving to deliver measurable gains.
• Support peak planning, capacity modeling, and labor forecasting to handle volume variability.

Skills

Labor planning

Forecasting

Workforce management

Labor standards

Time studies

Productivity measurement

Cross-functional partnership

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Management, or related field

Tools

Excel

SQL

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Quality Bicycle Products is seeking an Industrial Engineer II to enhance labor productivity and end-to-end flow across the distribution center. You will apply engineering methods, data analysis, and cross-functional partnership to align labor and processes with demand.

The role focuses on identifying constraints, improving throughput, and implementing practical solutions that strengthen safety, service, cost, and systems performance across inbound, outbound, inventory, and support operations.