Senior Industrial Engineer, Network Planning & Engineering

Company details

Federal Express Corporation (FedEx Express) is the world’s largest express transportation company. Leveraging its unmatched air route authorities and extensive air/ground infrastructure, FedEx Express connects markets, within just 1 to 2 business days that comprise 90% of the world’s economic activity.

FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) provides customers and businesses worldwide with a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce, and business services. With annual revenue of $71 billion, the company offers integrated business solutions through operating companies competing collectively and managed collaboratively, under the respected FedEx brand. Consistently ranked among the world's most admired and trusted employers, FedEx inspires its more than 500,000 team members to remain focused on safety, the highest ethical and professional standards and the needs of their customers and communities. To learn more about how FedEx connects people and possibilities around the world, please visit about.fedex.com.

At the FedEx EU headquarter offices in Amsterdam (Hoofddorp), FedEx has a vacancy for an experienced:

Senior Industrial Engineer, Network Planning & Engineering

Function

The purpose of this job:

Support a large integration project in the Network area by coordinating deployment of Network routing solutions and ensuring alignment between multiple stakeholders

The responsibilities of the senior Industrial Engineer, Network P&E:

• Gather and validate requirements from stakeholders towards routing systems
• Coordinate required routing system updates with colleagues and stakeholders in the field and central network entities
• Communicate change activation dates and monitor success
• Identify and escalate issues, find solutions, and agree those with colleagues and stakeholders
• Perform data analysis tasks and provide network analytics for the project
• Establish and maintain communication with Network, Warehouse, Clearance, Field and Global Planning and Engineering teams and IT teams
• Collaborate cross functionally and cross regionally to enhance and drive value with key functional partners through the delivery of solutions which support key business decisions
• Act as a technical expert on complex and specialist network subject(s).

Profile

The Sr Industrial Engineer, Network P&E will have the following profile:

• University degree in Engineering, with focus on operations, process improvements, logistics/transportation
• Excellent knowledge of English is a must (working language)
• Relevant 5+ years working experience including profound understanding of logistics and transport industry processes
• Affinity with systems and technology
• Ability to coordinate projects, set priorities, develop a work schedule, monitor progress towards goals
• Familiar with Agile framework (SAFe)
• Excellent interpersonal & negotiation skills with the ability to interact effectively throughout various functional groups and hierarchical levels in a multicultural environment
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, fluent in English (working language)
• Proficient use of Office applications (Word, Excel & PowerPoint)
• Data querying and Manipulation (SQL, VBA, Access…)
• Innovative mindset and ability to learn quickly
• Excellent interpersonal & negotiation skills with the ability to interact effectively throughout various functional groups and seniority levels
• Ability to travel to US and within Europe

ONLY APPLY IF YOU ARE IN POSSESSION OF THE REQUIRED PASSPORT/WORK VISA TO BE ABLE TO WORK IN THE NETHERLANDS. FEDEX DOES NOT SPONSOR THESE DOCUMENTS OR RELOCATION

Offer

The chosen candidate will be offered a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package. FedEx takes pride in the career development programs that we offer our employees as part of our people-oriented philosophy. This will be a fixed term contract (2 years), but although the company will not be able to make any promises, at FedEx there are often opportunities for talented people.

Note that since 2005 FedEx has been recognized as a Great Place to Work in many countries worldwide.

ONLY APPLY IF YOU ARE IN POSSESSION OF THE REQUIRED PASSPORT/WORK VISA TO BE ABLE TO WORK IN THE NETHERLANDS. FEDEX DOES NOT SPONSOR THESE DOCUMENTS OR RELOCATION

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Language

English