Advisor, Labor Management

Overview:

The Advisor, leads all APLL CLS network initiatives associated with operations management compliance with APLL Labor Management program. This role will develop and manage APLL’s labor management program to achieve labor savings. The advisor will review, evaluate, and analyze data gathered by each CLS site. This role will perform and complete analysis of data, and provide operations management and engineering staff with reports, analytics, and recommendations. The Advisor will also work with CLS management and operations owners and counsel them on action plans and corrective measures.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

• Lead the definition, development, implementation of a uniform Labor Management Program across all APLL CLS sites in America’s region.  

• Responsible for the development and maintenance of corporate CLS labor management guidelines and labor savings target 

• Lead APLL process design and re-engineering initiatives for CLS new and existing CLS operations.

• Defines and sets labor standards for APLL CLS network

• Develops and maintains re-deployable templates for job functions in the APLL CLS network 

• Plans, leads and manages the deployment of Labor Management System solution (LMS) for all CLS sites. 

• Counsels CLS Sr Management Team.  Responsible for completing network and site analysis of labor productivity trends.  This role will have a network view of site trends and will develop a communication protocol with Directors), GM and Operators to review and raise concerns and provide recommendations on periodical basis. 

• Champion process improvement initiatives from data analysis from LMS reports, operations trends, and site engineering observations.    This role is responsible to coordinate any changes associated with a particular site.  Over time, job functions, activities within a site may require updates or changes to the previously set labor standards.  These changes will need to be coordinated and executed through this role to ensure adherence to Labor Management Program guidelines

• Project Management of special projects that requires outside contractors (such as analyst, industrial engineers, software vendors, etc.) as required to assure APL Logistics is consistently updating and including the most current best practices.  This role shares responsibility with IT product manager for LMS solution.  Any upgrade, improvement or enhancement will need to be managed by this role as this role must advocate for the CLS operations and avoid any impact on their day to day.

• Serve as the expert on work methods, engineered standards, best practices, performance coaching, and systems as it relates to the labor management program