Job Description
Required Education/Experience:
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics or Psychology
• 4 years experience in the related area preferably in a manufacturing environment
Required Qualifications:
• 4+ years experience in Logistics to include issue resolution in the following areas:
• Supply Chain Planning
• Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
• Material Control
• Production Control
• Warehouse Operations
• Receiving operations
• VPS
• Travel requirements: 80% in the U.S.A.
• Lean Manufacturing
• Returnable container management
• JIS WoW and Transportation planning
Required Technical Skills:
• Expert = verbal and written communications skills
• Expert = degree of flexibility, initiative and self-motivation
• Advanced = on-site experience steering Logistics improvements at Suppliers, while developing successful working relationships under stressful conditions
• Advanced = experience with Client Supplier qualification tool RGA/RMT, LOPA and Client Launch teams
• Advanced = knowledge of the following systems: SAP, SCQ Ample, LPKM, GIS, and Client B2B
• Advanced = experience with Wrong Delivery Mislabeling analysis and issue resolution at Suppliers including the L-FMEA approach
• Advanced = experience interacting in the extended logistics cross section function within Client Group and other plants.
• Advanced = Microsoft Office, including PowerPoint and Excel application knowledge
Responsibilities:
• Provides onsite Supplier Logistics production support to assure the supplier's logistical line side delivery performance in series by using efficient problem-solving processes
• Day to day job duties:
• Daily Internal department status meetings
• On-site supplier visits (Travel)
• Critical part supply response and micromanagement of critical suppliers (when needed)
• Tracking supplier continuous improvement activities
• Escalation of supplier underperformance
• Management reporting activities based on supplier KPI's
• New project industrialization for Logistics processes
• Guaranties supplier launch and series capability by completing logistical qualification activities in the PEP (Product Development Process).
Represents in high stress production critical situations
Examples:
• Supplier caused production to stop at Client
• freight (daily/hourly)
• Issues, logistics failures, supply chain failures, natural disasters, labor issues, and priority issues
• Ensures that Client has a higher priority than other OEM's (Original Equipment Manufacturing)
• Represents Client and maintains professional relationships with Suppliers especially in high stress situations
• Establishes working networks with peers and Management to ensure assignment effectiveness
• Provides transparency via assigning measures to Suppliers, by maintaining a list of open points and creating PowerPoint presentations.
• Organizes effective meetings, provides directions, and follow through to ensure measures are met
• In the event of an emergency situation, may be required to assume the Supplier Logistics tasks: Logistics Planning, Production Planning, Material Control, Inventory Analyst, Logistics Manager or any other Logistics' task as • delegated by the Section Manager, Supply Chain
Quality/Planning
• Self directed to carry out assigned project responsibilities and meet all deliverables within the designated deadlines
• Performs other duties as assigned by Client Operations Supervisor