Job Description

Your success is a train ride away!

As we move America’s workforce toward the future, Amtrak connects businesses and communities across the country. We employ more than 20,000 diverse, energetic professionals in a variety of career fields throughout the United States. The safety of our passengers, our employees, the public and our operating environment is our priority, and the success of our railroad is due to our employees.

 

Are you ready to join our team?

Our values of ‘Do the Right Thing, Excel Together and Put Customers First’ are at the heart of what matters most to us, and our Core Capabilities, ‘Building Trust, Accountability, Effective Communication, Customer Focus, and Proactive Safety & Security’ are what every employee needs to know and do to be most impactful at Amtrak. By living the Amtrak values, focusing on our capabilities, and actively embracing and fostering diverse ideas, backgrounds, and perspectives, together we will honor our past and make Amtrak a company of the future.

 

SUMMARY OF DUTIES:

This position is responsible for leading the supply chain operational activities across multiple material control locations located across the Amtrak long distance network. Develop continuous improvement in warehousing, inventory control, distribution, as well as creating process standardization and compliance. Paramount to success in this role is the building of strong relationships with front line operational customers (e.g., Mechanical and Maintenance of Way Departments), to ensure material availability and quickly solve any shortages. In addition, this role will support Supply Chain’s strategic initiatives and KPI goals and objectives.

 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Lead the team in ensuring a safe workplace for all employees and visitors
• Evaluate Amtrak long distance network for Continuous improvement projects aligned to departmental goals and objectives in the areas of standardization, process improvement, and cost savings initiatives.
• Achieve or exceed the key performance indicators especially fill rate through close monitoring of daily performance and through root cause analysis to identify systemic issues and needed improvements.
• Ensure operational compliance and excellence (audit, procedure, policy and KPI) in the following areas; cycle counting, WRAP audits, Wall 2 walls, management controls, budget and safety
• Perform routine site visits to ensure compliance with federal, state and local regulations as well as Amtrak company policies for Material Control Warehouse Management.
• Monitor attendance policies and lead any required employee investigations including interviews, thorough analysis and reporting.
• Support & perform annual activities on Amtrak’s slow moving inventory. Interface with the operational business customers in assisting the identification of items to be written off or sold and or scrapped.
• Support cross-functionally ISDP meetings (Integrated Supply & Demand Planning) with local operational business customers and other significant stakeholders to understand the business requirements for material across the Amtrak organization
• Where applicable, support state supported contracts involved with materials management - Siemens Charger Locomotives – IDOT, WSDOT, Caltrans and JPPA
• Coordinate ALC-42 mobilization for the Long Distance business lines via developing internal KPI’s and SOP’s within the Long Distance Network.
• Prepare and manage annual operating and five year capital budgets.

 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• BS or Bachelor of Science degree o r the equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience

• Strong working knowledge of SAP Materials Management (MM) and Warehouse Management (WM/eWM) software modules
• Strong skills using PC-based spreadsheet (Microsoft Excel, Access); Microsoft Word, PowerPoint as well as SAP report creation
• Prior supervisory experience of large supply chain organizations with multiple warehousing locations with the ability to provide guidance, oversight and leadership
• Knowledge of union work rules, progressive discipline policies, and demonstrated experience as a charging officer
• Strong working knowledge of supply chain management, financial analysis, process improvements and lean manufacturing concepts
• Prior satisfactory job performance  

 

 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Lean Certification

• 10+yrs in Supply Chain, Continuous Improvement, business related area or the equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience

• Proven extensive & successful progressive experience in Supply Chain management field

• Continuous Improvement - Six Sigma (Green Belt\Black Belt)

• Demonstrated experience in Six Sigma & Lean philosophy and best practices

• Knowledge of Tableau

 

 

WORK ENVRIORNMENT:

• Expected travel: up to 25%

• Position is based out of Chicago, IL  

• Hybrid Weekly Work Arrangement (up to 3 days on-site)

 

 

COMMUNICATIONS AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS:  

• Must have excellent oral and written communication skills.

• Ability to multi-task and demonstrated initiatives/self directed, team player and strong customer service characteristics

• Ability to identify critical objectives while considering the impact of those decisions and activities affecting the final desired outcome to achieve long-term goals

• Outstanding collaboration skills to facilitate cross-functional solutions

 

 

The salary/hourly range is $112,200-$158,436. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, internal equity, etc. Depending on an employee’s assigned worksite or location, Amtrak may consider a geo-pay differential to be applied to the employee’s base salary. Amtrak may offer additional incentive and pay programs to recognize and reward our employees, including a short-term incentive bonus based upon factors such as individual and company performance that is commensurate with the level of the position and/or long-term incentive plan compensation. In addition to your salary, Amtrak offers a comprehensive benefit package that includes health, dental, and vision plans; health savings accounts; wellness programs; flexible spending accounts; 401K retirement plan with employer match; life insurance; short and long term disability insurance; paid time off; back-up care; adoption assistance; surrogacy assistance; reimbursement of education expenses; Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility; Railroad Retirement sickness and retirement benefits; and rail pass privileges. Learn more about our benefits offerings here.

Requisition ID: 163344
Posting Location(s): Illinois

Work Arrangement: 04-Hybrid Weekly 
Job Family/Function: Supply Chain & Logistics 
Relocation Offered: No 
Travel Requirements: Up to 25% 

You power our progress through your performance.

 

We want your work at Amtrak to be more than a job. We want your career at Amtrak to be a fulfilling experience where you find challenging work, rewarding opportunities, respect among colleagues, and attractive compensation. Amtrak maintains a culture that values high performance and recognizes individual employee contributions. 

Amtrak is committed to a safe workplace free of drugs and alcohol. All Amtrak positions requires a pre-employment background check that includes prior employment verification, a criminal history check and a pre-employment drug screen. 

Candidates who test positive for marijuana will be disqualified, regardless of any state or local statute, ordinance, regulation, or other law that legalizes or decriminalizes the use or possession of marijuana, whether for medical, recreational, or other use. Amtrak's pre-employment drug testing program is administered in accordance with DOT regulations and applicable law.

In accordance with DOT regulations (49 CFR § 40.25), Amtrak is required to obtain prior drug and alcohol testing records for applicants/employees intending to perform safety-sensitive duties for covered Department of Transportation positions. If an applicant/employee refuses to provide written consent for Amtrak to obtain these records, the individual will not be permitted to perform safety-sensitive functions.

 

In accordance with federal law governing security checks of covered individuals for providers of public transportation (Title 6 U.S.C. §1143), Amtrak is required to screen applicants for any permanent or interim disqualifying criminal offenses. 

Note that any education requirement listed above may be deemed satisfied if you have an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Amtrak is an EOE/Affirmative Action Minority/Female employer, and we welcome all to apply. We consider candidates regardless of race/color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions), national origin/ethnicity, age, disability (intellectual, mental and physical), veteran status, marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, genetic information, citizenship or any other personal characteristics protected by law.

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