Technical Program Manager - Automation & Robotics

A World-Class Team BJ s Wholesale Club is powered by more than 30,000 team members who make a real impact every day. Whether you're stocking shelves, solving problems or shaping strategy, your work helps families save on what matters most. We re a team built on purpose and opportunity. Join us and be part of something meaningful. Why You ll Love Working at BJ s At BJ s Wholesale Club, our team members are at the heart of everything we do. That s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health, well-being and future - both on and off the job. When you grow, we grow. Here s just some of what you can look forward to: • Weekly Pay: Get paid every week so that you can manage your money on your terms. • Free BJ s Memberships: Enjoy a complimentary The Club Card Membership, plus a free Supplemental Membership for someone in your household.* • Generous Paid Time Off: Take the time you need with vacation, personal, sick days, holidays, bereavement, and jury duty leave.* • Flexible and Affordable Health Benefits: Choose from three medical plans, and access optional dental, vision, Health Savings Account (HSA), and flexible spending account options to fit your lifestyle.* • 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan: Build your financial future with a company match (available to team members 18 and older).* • Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Accumulate funds through after-tax payroll deductions that can be used to purchase shares of BJ s common stock at a 15% discount.* *Eligibility requirements vary by position. Job Summary: Reporting into the Director, Robotics and Automation, the Technical Program Manager will increase BJ's supply chain capacity, in a growth environment, by managing the introduction of automation, robotics and systems into the BJ s warehouse environment. The objective is to drive down overall supply chain cost by increasing efficiency through robotics, automation, and system integration. Job Responsibilities: • Working with the Director, execute the robotics and automation business plan. Work to adapt that plan as people, market technology and company objectives evolve across BJ s warehouses. • Proven industry experience automating warehouse processes, systems and increasing labor capacity through robotics. This includes: • Increase labor productivity and space utilization by implementing robotics and automation solutions across the warehouse footprint. • Direct experience implementing robotics and automation for common warehouse operational tasks including pallet sortation, pallet load/unload, automated guided vehicles and custom pallet build for in-store and B2B receipt. Experience training TM s on these technologies. • Analyze order picking and packing technologies to develop a more responsive operation that increases accuracy and throughput. • Maximize investments in WMS and TMS and investigate technology bolt-on options to further enable the supply chain to meet growing demand with greater efficiency. Experience implementing warehouse control and execution systems. • In Omni operations, work with cross functional teams to lower order fulfillment cost. This may include optimizing in-club picking/packing processes for labor efficiency. • Analyze micro-fulfillment as a method to increase speed, agility, and responsiveness while decreasing cost in the context of dynamically changing eCommerce demand. • Integrate B2B sales systems and in-club processes, including new types of facilities to optimize order flows, in-club staging and labor utilization. • Develop and train others in the operation of all types of automated manufacturing equipment and processes, generate detailed work instructions. • Define, oversee, and commission the implementation of newly developed automation systems. • Manage, schedule, and budget assigned projects. Improve efficiency for current work and systems. • Lead and work cross-functionally with Learning & Development(L&D) and facility engineers to develop and deliver robotics training for deployment, troubleshooting, and maintenance. • Partner with L&D to develop and deploy Team Member training. Technical Design & Development: • Provide technical guidance in making design choices for BJ s for warehouse deployment. Drives continuous improvement, adaptation, and growth. • Expert in technical project planning, engineering implementation and delivery - including concept design and architecture reviews. • Develop and connect technical plans to measurable outcomes through understanding of business and innovation goals. Manage risks related to people, process, and technology. Qualifications: • 5+ years work experience in warehouse or manufacturing environment, working directly with emerging technologies, specifically Robotics. Experience supporting the build-out and running of transformation pipeline. • Experience developing automation solutions for warehouse applications. • Experience using OEE metrics to monitor and improve aut...