Senior Manager, Industrial Engineering

Company Overview

Brother is a leading provider of home and office equipment, sewing and crafting products, and industrial solutions. With a legacy spanning over 115 years, our brand is renowned for producing award-winning printers, sewing machines, P-touch labelers, and more. Brother International Corporation (BIC) was established in 1954, marking over 70 years of operations in the United States. Our Americas headquarters is located in Bridgewater, New Jersey.

BIC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Brother Industries Limited (BIL), which was founded in 1908 in Nagoya, Japan, and operates in more than 30 countries worldwide. Brother’s Americas presence includes subsidiaries in Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and Peru.
Why Work at Brother?

Brother has consistently been recognized as a best place to work, reflecting our commitment to fostering a workplace culture aligned with our core values of being inclusive, collaborative, customer-centric, and socially responsible. We value work-life balance and flexibility, and as a result have introduced policies such as our hybrid office schedule, casual dress code, and flexible Fridays, which allow us to wrap up meetings for dedicated focus time or to start our weekends sooner, year-round.

Our commitment to employee growth and development is demonstrated through our offering of facilitated courses and certificate programs and our investment in resources that enable self-paced learning.
Role Overview

The Senior Manager, Industrial Engineering leads productivity improvements by developing, planning and implementing process automation projects. This role leads a team of engineers on continuous improvement activity aimed at optimizing distribution center operations. These projects may include process redesign, layout changes and development of long-term improvement plans. This role supports manufacturing and re-manufacturing processes in our Bartlett, Tennessee facility. In this role, the Senior Manager, Industrial Engineering supports strategic initiatives designed to optimize operational performance in distribution and manufacturing processes.

Management, Industrial Engineering Activity

• • Lead a team of Industrial Engineers (IE) to complete time studies and line-balancing exercises to proactively identify performance improvement opportunities that impact performance efficiency
  • Mentor and lead the engineering teams as an SME on process design and value stream mapping (VSM) activity
  • Manage engineering resources to support 5S and shop-floor layout planning for workplace optimization (WPO) improvements
  • Address complex issues and adapt to changing departmental plans
  • Utilize a team of industrial engineers to help the operations team meet operational challenges
  • Provide subject matter expertise on capacity assurance methodologies, root-cause problem solving techniques and the use of process tools (e.g. 5-why analysis, Ishikawa, and DMAIC)

Continuous Improvement and Technology

• • Lead the team in shop-floor interactions with the operations teams to identify capacity improvement opportunities and introduce process automation where it is needed
  • Provide technology solutions through a thorough understanding of advanced manufacturing engineering (AME) best-practices utilizing technology and automation
  • Develop engineering projects, participate in the request for proposal (RFP) process, source vendors, and manage projects to stay within budget
  • Develop and deliver executive level communications for project approvals showing a clear return on investment (ROI)

Develop Strategy & Long-Term Plans

• • Develop and manage the industrial engineering portfolio (a 5-year strategic plan)
  • Collaborate with the Health & Safety department to improve equipment safety and develop a pre-production safety review process that includes a design review to ensure safety and ergonomic standards are met before equipment delivery and installation

Financial Management

• • Develop and manage budgets for capital projects related to efficiency improvements and the integration of new technology applications
  • Developing cost-savings strategies and ensuring project plans are executed within budget…