Attend the upcoming Summer to Success Career Fair Event - Walk-ins are welcome!

When: Monday, August 24, 2026, from 11:00am to 2:00pm

Where:Reno/Sparks Convention Center. 4590 S Virginia St. Reno NV 89502

POSITION: Industrial Engineer II

SCHEDULE: Full-Time;

LOCATION: Reno, NV;Flexible regarding work schedule when needed.

SALARY: $95,000 - $110,000 per yeardepending on experience, seniority, geographic locations, and other factors permitted by law.

TO APPLY:

Submit resume with your application.

Direct Link:https://careers.barnesandnoble.com/job/Industrial-Engineer-II-91526BR

Career Page:https://careers.barnesandnoble.com/distribution-jobs

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SUMMARY: Barnes and Noble is the world's largest retail bookseller and the leading retailer of content, digital media, and educational products. We operate over 600 Barnes and Noble bookstores in 50 states and one of the web's premier e-commerce sites, bn.com. Our Nook Digital business offers a lineup of popular NOOK tablets and eReaders and an expansive collection of digital reading content through the NOOK store.

We're proud to be an industry leader, consistently recognized for excellence in quality and customer service in our stores and online at bn.com.

This role will be a key Barnes and Noble Engineering team member. This position reports to the Director of Industrial Engineering and Analytics. Evaluate and analyze warehouse operations through detailed data analysis to drive warehouse performance excellence: identify issues and opportunities for improvement, document process changes, and gather data. Present warehouse improvement projects, create case studies, evaluate ROI, develop business requirements, and assist through design, acceptance, and deployment.

MINIMUM/PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS: BS degree IE, Supply chain, or equivalent work experience. 3-5 years experience working in Distribution Centers. Strong knowledge of supply chain processes (e.g., inventory planning, warehouse, order, and labor management) Experience in Slotting. Experience deploying Labor management. Experience working with large sets of data. Project management skills: maintain issues log, create process flows, establish critical path, and maintain documents. Works well under deadlines, self-starter, innovative, team-oriented, customer-focused, etc. Advanced in Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. Experience in Microsoft Access preferred Excel and Access and working knowledge of SQL. AutoCAD Excellent communication/interpersonal skills. Able to communicate with employees in different levels of the organization (Office and Warehouse employees) Able to think outside the box, troubleshooting skills. Flexible regarding work schedule when needed.

Background check and drug screening.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES: Understand warehouse operations, be able to identify delays and opportunities of improvement to be able to increase warehouse productivity: observe warehouse employees, break down process, identify bottle necks, identify problems related to systems, procedures, or pace issues. In charge of setting up logistics and distribution center's metrics. Including but not limited to inventory's rate of movement, warehouse capacity, inbound/ outbound activity, service level, reliability of transport and delivery, and other data related to product supply chain management, sourcing, and distribution. Support the growth and development of the Distribution network, including facility design, maximization of space utilization and start-up of new DCs. Document and maintain Standard Operation Procedures, Process flow diagrams and Work instructions. Understand order cadence and waving strategies leading to increase of warehouse productivity. Collaborate with work standardization, perform time studies. In charge of Labor management administration: employee productivity tracking, labor models and forecasting. Able to run Inventory analysis: ABC modeling for over 300K SKUs. Collaborate with Slotting initiatives: able to recommend logic, validate simulations, approve slotting moves for production and track efficiency of inventory moves completed. Project management: able to present new initiatives for projects of warehouse improvement: build case studies, obtain buy in from stakeholders, evaluate ROI, create timelines, track project milestones, etc. Performs other related duties, as assigned.

BENEFITS: Employee Discount EAP Sick Pay Paid Time Off including paid Maternity and Parental Leave Company Paid Holidays Transit 401(k) with Company Match Comprehensive Health Benefits (Medical, Dental and Vision) Healthcare and Dependent Care Spending Accounts Healthcare Spending Account Disability Benefits Life Insurance Tuition Reimbursement

All benefits provided are in accordance with the terms of the current plan and may be subject to future change. Benefit may vary depending on location/state regulations. More information can be received by the recruiter or Human Resources.

EEO:

Barnes and Noble is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Al

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