Coventry
Material Flow Manager (m/f/d)
As a successful family-owned company on a path to global growth, the Brose Group offers challenging responsibilities and exciting career opportunities to performance-driven, skilled specialists with solid professional knowledge and proven career expertise who wish to contribute to our company’s success.Your Tasks
- Lead, manage and develop a team of up to 70 Material Handlers, ensuring high performance and strong employee engagement
- Take full responsibility for Health & Safety across all logistics areas and production interfaces, ensuring a safe working environment
- Plan and organise material handling capacity (personnel and equipment) to meet customer and production requirements
- Optimise efficiency, flexibility and agility of logistics operations in line with defined performance targets (cost, quality, delivery)
- Monitor and control key logistics KPIs, including cost, process performance, delivery reliability, quality, 5S standards, and attendance
- Drive and continuously improve material flow processes in line with the Brose Production System principles
- Lead and support continuous improvement and lean transformation initiatives within the logistics function
- Ensure effective training, development, and upskilling of the logistics team to meet evolving business needs
- Act as deputy for the Logistics Team Leader when required
- Ensure full compliance with company policies and standards, including Health & Safety, quality, environmental, and code of conduct guidelines
Your Profile
- Higher-level education (e.g. degree, HND, or equivalent) in Logistics, Supply Chain, Engineering, or a related field
- Proven experience in logistics or material flow management within the automotive manufacturing environment
- Strong leadership experience managing large teams in a fast-paced production setting
- Demonstrated success in implementing lean manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives, ideally in brownfield environments
- Solid understanding of material flow, capacity planning, and warehouse/logistics operations
- Experience with ERP/MRP systems, preferably SAP
- Project management expertise (e.g. PRINCE2 or equivalent) is an advantage
- Strong analytical and organisational skills with the ability to manage KPIs and drive performance improvements
- Confident communicator with the ability to collaborate across departments, suppliers, and customers
- Proactive, hands-on leadership style with a strong focus on results, safety, and employee engagement
