Director – Automation Engineering
| Company | Walmart |
|---|---|
| Location | Bentonville, AR, USA |
| Salary | $130000 – $260000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field and 5 years’ experience in Engineering, supply chain, or a related area
- 7 years’ experience in Engineering, supply chain, or a related area
- 3 years’ supervisory experience
Responsibilities
- Lead a team of implementation engineers that will manage project installations across the eCommerce fulfillment network
- Manage site installation, manage project budgets (incl. managing POs), ensure site safety standards are upheld, and manage schedule to ensure all milestones are achieved
- Lead developing the project schedule and budget prior to the capital approval
- Identify considerations for bringing in new execution ways of working by working closely with Global Tech and Construction leaders
- Lead the feedback process from the installation of automation systems, racking, or machine tool design back into the firm engineering process to avoid future waste
- Leverage data analysis tools to explore highly complex data, develop and test hypotheses, influence strategic work, and build and provide insights to construct stories, build budgets, and make decisions
- Influence the usage of variety of financial tools, techniques, and approaches and lead building business cases and post audit analysis
- Interpret information to quantify the anticipate outcome of supply chain decisions, including describing typical tasks with using and managing suppliers, understanding issues for inbound and outbound logistics, and describe basic logistical processes using a variety of business process design tools and techniques
- Explain operational functions and key functional roles, clarify the role of each department or unit, and describe the interdependence of support functions
- Promote the usage of automation machineries, participate in implementation and training, conduct cost-benefit analyses of machineries, and monitor actual versus planned
- Apply data analysis and data modeling techniques to establish, modify, and maintain data structures and associated components and apply specific computing languages and tools in machine learning (R, Python, etc.)
Preferred Qualifications
- Graduate degree (preferred, but not required)
- Experience in Supply Chain fulfillment or distribution ASRS systems is a bonus!
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification desirable
- Doctorate: Computer Engineering, Masters: Computer Engineering