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    Sr Mgr, Engineering Design - Lake Forest, United States - W.W. Grainger, Inc.

    W.W. Grainger, Inc.
    W.W. Grainger, Inc. Lake Forest, United States

    3 weeks ago

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    Description

    Work Location Type:
    Hybrid


    As a leading industrial distributor with operations primarily in North America, Japan and the United Kingdom, We Keep The World Working by serving more than 4.5 million customers worldwide with products delivered through innovative technology and deep customer relationships.

    With 2023 sales of $16.5 billion, we're dedicated to providing value for customers, fostering an engaging culture for team members and driving strong financial results.


    Our welcoming workplace enables you to learn, grow and make a difference by keeping businesses running and their people safe.

    As a 2024 Glassdoor Best Place to Work and a Great Place to Work-Certified company, we're looking for passionate people to join our team as we continue leading the industry over our next 100 years.


    Join a team that designs and implements creative, bold supply chain solutions that improve customer service, reduce total supply chain costs, and ensures that Grainger's North American distribution network stays ahead of its growth plans.

    You enjoy operating in a dynamic, highly collaborative environment and combines critical thinking and analytical skills with experience in multiple disciplines, including supply chain network optimization, transportation strategy, inventory strategy, distribution center operations or finance.

    You will report to the Sr Director, Network Strategy. This role is base in Lake Forest, IL.


    You Will:

    • Summarize all data to develop a distribution strategy that considers customers' requirements, competitive landscape, industry trends and standard methodologies to support the company's growth plans
    • Improve and push the supply chain to improve by developing models, conducting analyses, and running pilots to identify service and cost improvement opportunities for domestic and international markets:
    • Figure out optimal product flows from supplier to customer
    • Improve reach and capabilities of distribution network
    • Identify and size necessary supply chain capacity investments
    • Design customer order routing strategy, monitor and report out on important supply chain performance metrics and provide business support for long-range forecasting process and medium and long-term business plan development
    • Simultaneously lead multiple projects in a dynamic environment and build reciprocal relationships with broad sets of internal partners to design and execute prioritized opportunities
    • Lead a team of motivated individuals to be tomorrow's business leaders
    • Develop executive-level content and present recommendations to senior leadership and partners to gain understanding on priorities and investments
    • Work with external partners, contractors and vendors, implement exclusive network design tools and handle data warehousing activities.

    You Have:

    • Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, Applied Statistics or related fields (required); MS/MBA preferred.
    • 8+ years of combined work experience in supply chain network design or optimization, operations planning, inventory planning, transportation and supply chain finance.
    • Experience leading and developing teams of professionals.
    • Experience in finance and capital project management experience preferred.
    • Experience in high SKU count, high service distribution environments a plus.
    • High analytic capability with a data-driven approach to solving complex supply chain problems. Enhance the skills desired here
    • Sense of curiosity and desire to develop creative solutions and standard methodologies
    • Demonstrated ability to adjust to rapidly changing environments and lead through ambiguity
    • Shown success in collaboration, influencing and gaining cross functional support
    • Develop results, align support, and implement projects, leading a project from start to finish.
    • Balance to guide progression throughout the company
    • Identify and develop top talent and build succession plans
    • Experience working with supply chain modeling/optimization process and tools (e.g Llamasoft Supply Chain Guru, IBM LogicNet, Infor Supply Chain Designer, i2 / JDA Supply Chain Strategist or simil


    We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status.

    We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.


    We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment that includes both providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process as well as throughout the course of one's employment.

    With this in mind, should you need a reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, please advise us so that we can provide appropriate assistance.



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