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Supply Chain Manager
Req ID 82233 | Duncan, United States ZF Chassis Systems Duncan, LLC
Job Description
Position Summary: Guarantee 100% delivery reliability to the customer on basis of low stocks, supplier’s reliability, and logistics cost reduction. Develop, manage, and enhance logistics concepts as well as processes and optimize logistics performance.
Position Responsibilities:
- Be first contact to the customer on logistics topics for local customer inquiries and coordinate with the customer on delivery schedules and transportation of product to customer.
- Detect root cause of eventual supplier shortages and report lessons learnt to management team.
- Review customer production plans and liaise cross functionally to establish an equal level of information for all involved parties.
- Manage the interfaces between / to supply base, material planners, materials coordinators, and engineering change to order.
- Monitor performance, develop plans to improve the delivery and supply performance as well as all plant logistics processes and implement measures for improvement.
- Assist in the development and review of ZF policies.
- Develop and implement an overall logistics plan to support production requirements with regards to equipment, staff, and space requirements as well as to promote low cost, high inventory turns and a safe, efficient material flow.
- Implement and use the standards, policies and processes defined by global-/regional cross function.
- Develop an annual goals plan and report results on a regular basis.
- Supervise, appraise, and develop assigned personnel.
- Compliance with all Internal and External Production Quality Management Systems
Essential Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree
- 8-10 years (advanced)
- Proven communication and leadership skills with people of all professional levels
Preferred Skills and experience:
- Experience in the automotive industry (OEM or 1st tier)
Reporting to Position:
- Warehouse Supervisor, Senior Material Planner, Material Planner(s), Supply Chain Specialist – Customs, JIS Coordinator, Logistics Engineer
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