Manager, Labor Management Engineering

White Cap Supply Holdings, LLC.; Orange (CT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

White Cap Supply Holdings, LLC. is seeking a senior technical leader to oversee labor management engineering, engineered labor standards, workforce analytics, and operational workflow improvements.

You will guide cross-functional teams, translate data into actionable recommendations, and partner with operations to deliver sustainable productivity, safety, and service gains. The role requires advanced methods such as Lean and Six Sigma, plus strong communication with senior management to drive

Responsibilities

• Leads the labor management performance framework and identifies improvement opportunities across workforce utilization, weighted lines per hour, throughput, service, safety, and labor cost.
• Conducts complex time studies and work-sampling analyses and establishes accurate, equitable, consistent, and repeatable engineered labor standards.
• Guides labor management and industrial engineering work through project prioritization, technical review, peer mentoring, knowledge sharing, and dependable quality assurance.
• Partners with operations leaders, floor supervisors, and associates to develop implementation plans, standard work, and change-management approaches that support sustained adoption.
• Designs, implements, maintains, and continuously improves labor management systems, workforce analytics, reporting processes, and performance-tracking tools.
• Evaluates branch layouts, end-to-end workflows, and operational processes and develops practical solutions that improve flow, productivity, safety, and service.
• Applies Lean, Six Sigma, root-cause analysis, and continuous-improvement methods to eliminate waste and deliver measurable operational results.
• Develops clear business cases, findings, and recommendations and communicates results transparently to operations leaders and cross‑functional stakeholders.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Job description

A position at White Cap isn’t your ordinary job. You’ll work in an exciting and diverse environment, meet interesting people, and have a variety of career opportunities.

The White Cap family is committed to Building Trust on Every Job. We do this by being deeply knowledgeable, fully capable, and always dependable, and our associates are the driving force behind this commitment.

Provides senior technical leadership for labor management engineering, engineered labor standards, workforce analytics, branch layout, and operational workflow improvement. Leads complex projects and cross-functional workstreams by coordinating resources, influencing stakeholders, and driving timely execution. Establishes dependable and equitable engineering methods, translates operational data into transparent recommendations, and partners with operations teams to deliver sustainable improvements in productivity, service, safety, and the associate experience.

Major Tasks, Responsibilities and Key Accountabilities

• Leads the labor management performance framework and identifies improvement opportunities across workforce utilization, weighted lines per hour, throughput, service, safety, and labor cost.
• Conducts complex time studies and work-sampling analyses and establishes accurate, equitable, consistent, and repeatable engineered labor standards.
• Guides labor management and industrial engineering work through project prioritization, technical review, peer mentoring, knowledge sharing, and dependable quality assurance.
• Partners with operations leaders, floor supervisors, and associates to develop implementation plans, standard work, and change-management approaches that support sustained adoption.
• Designs, implements, maintains, and continuously improves labor management systems, workforce analytics, reporting processes, and performance-tracking tools.
• Evaluates branch layouts, end-to-end workflows, and operational processes and develops practical solutions that improve flow, productivity, safety, and service.
• Applies Lean, Six Sigma, root-cause analysis, and continuous-improvement methods to eliminate waste and deliver measurable operational results.
• Develops clear business cases, findings, and recommendations and communicates results transparently to operations leaders and cross‑functional stakeholders.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Nature and Scope

• Consults with senior management on solution development for complex strategic and technical business issues. Independently solves unique and complex problems that have a broad impact on the business. Assignments are large scope, high impact, high cost, and high importance.