Wanzl North America’s (WNA) vision is to be a leading entrepreneurial player in terms of market share, agility, and game-changing solutions. WNA is a solution provider, creating value along the supply chain of our customers, from the online purchase to the delivery to their customers.
WNA, which includes the Technibilt and Cari-All brands, headquartered in Newton, North Carolina. With nearly 500 employees and 175 MUSD of sales, WNA focuses on the retail and distribution market segments with marquee customers such as Walmart, Amazon, and the majority of large grocers and retailers.
In addition to being the largest manufacturer of shopping carts in North America, WNA has three (3) additional main product segments as well as a Service business, providing turnkey solutions for customer guidance (Access Systems) and Shelving & Fixtures, as well as Material Handling/Rolling Stock products. Additionally, WNA is active in building a “digital” business line with products for shopping cart containment, smart exit gate technology, and solutions for autonomous and/or semi-autonomous retail stores.
WNA is part of the Wanzl group, headquartered in Germany, and has 12 plants in 8 countries, providing comprehensive, solutions-driven service and expert knowledge of local markets for customers across the globe through their 360° service.
Duties And Responsibilities
Manage a team of 5-10 Engineers, CAD Designers, & Engineering Technicians
Drive LEAN implementation / LEAN transformation.
Recommend and manage capital projects from concept through appropriation process, to project management and implementation for current production improvement.
Select, develop, and train the Manufacturing Engineering Team
Provide needed technical support and lead shop floor problem solving using world-class problem-solving methodologies.
Create and maintain shop floor layouts, fostering material flow optimization.
Creating and maintaining Manufacturing BOMs and Routings in ERP system
Support Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) driven by R&D
Support Industrialization in developing & implementing new production methods/processes.
Process Capability Studies
Standard Work Analysis, for both Direct and Indirect Labor
Create test protocols, document and track results.
Support for Operations, support for Tooling and Maintenance, Look for Efficiency Projects to increase Capacity, OEE, Reduce costs (Labor, Material, OH, etc.) and drive projects in consequence, review PMs, Cycle Times analysis, Downtime analysis.
Develop Set-up technicians.
Skills And Experience
BS in Engineering from an accredited university
Minimum of 5 years engineering experience in a Manufacturing Environment, Design/R&D, & demonstrated engineering project leadership experience.