Specialist - Capability Development and Optimisation

INSPIRE | EXHILARATE | DELIGHT For over six decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. The Group, in its endeavour to excel as a hybrid retailer, has reinforced its distribution and marketing services with a portfolio of eight owned brands and over 300 international brands in the luxury, beauty, fashion, and art de vivre categories. More recently, the Group expanded its expertise into new categories of luxury watches, jewellery, and eyewear. Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken with the customer at heart. Be it constantly reinventing itself or focusing on innovation to provide luxury experiences at over 750+ experiential retail stores, online and through mobile apps, each touch point leads to delighting the customer. Today, Chalhoub Group stands for 14,000 skilled and talented professionals across seven countries, whose cohesive efforts have resulted in the Group being ranked third in the Middle East and first in Saudi Arabia as a Great Place to Work. To keep the innovation journey going, the Group has set up “The Greenhouse”, which is not just an innovation hub, but also an incubator space and accelerator for start-ups and small businesses in the region and internationally. This is just one of the several initiatives taken by the Group to reinvent itself, catalysed by forward thinking and future-proofing. The Group has also been embedding sustainability at the core of its business strategy with a clear commitment towards people, partners and the planet. What you'll be doing This role focuses on analyzing and optimizing warehousing processes, with a focus on automation. It requires strong analytical skills and cross-functional collaboration to drive efficiency, accuracy, and cost-effectiveness across workflows.

• Assess current warehousing processes, both manual and automated, to identify bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and improvement opportunities.
• Conduct time and motion studies, workflow analysis, and root cause analysis to establish baseline metrics and prioritize improvement initiatives.
• Serve as a Point of Contact for automation by partnering with the Tech team to address system needs, fostering feature development.
• Conduct data analysis to identify ongoing automation process improvements and ensuring optimal product slotting.
• Lead discussions related to the automation system where other systems are involved (packaging, picking, KPIs, Reporting, external suppliers… etc).
• Initiate and support continuous improvement initiatives (Lean, Six Sigma) within warehousing operations to improve speed, accuracy, and cost-effectiveness.

Monitor and report progress and results on the effectiveness of improvement projects, providing data-driven insights and adjusting strategies as necessary. What you’ll need to succeed

• Proficient in data analysis and root cause identification for process improvement.
• Minimum 5 years in warehousing or logistics, with a focus on automation.
• Skilled in Lean, Six Sigma, or similar methodologies to optimize operations.
• Experienced in cross-functional collaboration with various teams to drive improvements.
• Bachelor’s in Engineering or Supply Chain preferred.

What we can offer you With us, you will turn your aspirations into reality. We will help shape your journey through enriching experiences, learning and development opportunities, and exposure to different assignments within your role or through internal mobility. We recognise the value that you bring, and we strive to provide a competitive benefits package which includes health care, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies as well as exclusive employee discounts. We Invite All Applicants to Apply It Takes Diversity Of Thought, Culture, Background, Differing Abilities and Perspectives to truly Inspire, Exhilarate and Delight our customers. At Chalhoub Group, we are committed to inclusion and diversity. We welcome all applicants to apply and be part of our exciting future. We ensure equal opportunity for all our applicants without regard to gender, age, race, religion, national origin or disability status. #J-18808-Ljbffr