Auburn Hills
Logistics Planner
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
- Create and implement logistic concepts for door modules, seats, window regulators, drive systems and/or latch assemblies that apply to JIT/JIS and batch production from acquisition through to start of production
- Generate concept alternatives in cooperation with quality, manufacturing, plant planning, IT, and the facilities / headquarters in consideration of customer specifications
- Develop supplier packaging concepts to ensure quality, cost and material flow expectations are met
- Collaborate with purchasing in making supplier decisions based on the Landed Cost method
- Facilitate Value Stream Mapping workshops considering Lean methods and total cost of ownership
- Collaborate with customers to design, evaluate and implement finished good packaging and freight concepts
- Calculate and budget costs required for launching programs and design changes
- Expect limited travel to local production locations within 1 hour of Auburn Hills. Travel is dependent on phase of the project.
Your Profile
- Bachelor’s degree in Industrial or Logistics Engineering from a four year college or university or equivalent experience and/or training.
- Minimum three to five years of experience in a logistics department planning launching program.
- Special skills and knowledge: Microsoft Office software package (Outlook, Excel, Word), SAP Advanced (MM, WM, QM, PP), Logistics planning tools, Material flow
- Fluent in English
Julia Edwards
(+1) 2483394059