Sr. Director - Operations Engineering - Military Veterans
at Medline Industries LP.
Job Summary
Job Description
Medline is hiring for a Sr. Director of Engineering position reporting to VP-Engineering. This role leads a team across the following key areas :
1. Transportation Engineering
2. Process Engineering supporting 40+ distribution centers
3. Medline's entry-level Operations Management Development Program (OMDP) focusing on process improvement and Labor Management Systems.
4. Supporting the overall engineering department's key initiatives including large projects and supporting our sites KPIs
Responsibilities:
- Continuously improvement our processes through step change process improvements
- Help grow and develop engineering team members to create future leaders including our OMDPs
- Maintain our Labor Management System (LMS) and associated labor standards
- Help define the strategic roadmap of engineering and operations to improve safety, quality, service, cost, and people metrics
- Ensure the engineering department meets their financial commitments on capital projects and organize overall portfolio of works
The role follows a hybrid schedule, requiring onsite presence every Tuesday through Thursday each week in Northfield, IL.
Medline offers a business casual, entrepreneurial work environment with strong growth potential, a competitive compensation package, and a complete benefits package including medical/dental/vision/life insurance; 401(k) with company match. And much more!
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in an Engineering discipline (Industrial engineering preferred)
- At least 6 years experience distribution/warehouse environment; 12+ years overall
- At least 6 years of experience managing people, including hiring, developing, motivating and directing people as they work
Benefits - Medline is committed to offering competitive benefits and a variety of choices to best meet the needs of you and your family. For employees scheduled to work at least 30 hours per week, this includes health and well-being, financial fitness, career development, paid time off and more. Employees scheduled to work less than 30 hours per week can participate in the 401(k) plan, access the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Employee Resource Groups (ERG) and Medline Service Corps. For a more comprehensive list of our benefits, please click here .
Every day, we're focused on building a more diverse and inclusive company, one that recognizes, values and respects the differences we all bring to the workplace. From doing what's right to delivering business results, together, we're better. Explore our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion page here .
Medline Industries, LP is an equal opportunity employer. Medline evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.
Northfield, IL
In 2002, Medline began delivering products in the Chicagoland area with a single truck. Today, Medline’s MedTrans transportation fleet has grown to more than 1,500 vehicles, delivering nearly 80% of Medline U.S. product sales and providing consistent, exceptional end-to-end supply chain service.
Medline has the largest owned transportation fleet of any healthcare product distributor in the U.S. And MedTrans has grown along with Medline over the past two decades, doubling the size of its fleet every five years, and continuing to diversify its vehicles and strategies to meet the company’s evolving portfolio of more than 300,000 products.
The current MedTrans fleet is comprised of semi trucks, box trucks and cargo vans to accommodate large and small deliveries. MedTrans delivers supplies to major hospital and healthcare systems, as well as ambulatory surgery centers, long-term care facilities, clinics, physician offices and more recently, residential homes.
MedTrans also seeks to minimize the impact of its deliveries on the environment. This includes implementing across-the-board fuel and emissions-reduction standards and practices: utilizing Dynamic Route Planning to reduce miles and improve trailer utilization; purchasing the most efficient diesel-fueled trucks; and incentivizing all drivers to avoid hard stops, heavy acceleration, high speeds and long periods of idling. Medline also has served as an Environmental Protection Agency SmartWay® Transport partner for the past 10 years, tracking and sharing information on the company’s fuel use and freight emissions.