Work Arrangement: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to the office four times per week or other frequency dictated by the business and once a week remote.
Your Role:
In the role as Material Planning Manager, you will be responsible for supervising and leading a team of individual contributors for one of the key areas within the Global Supply Chain Organization: manufacturing/ warehouse operations, supply chain systems and processes, launch execution and scheduling and material management.
You will act as a liaison between purchasing, engineering, warehousing/manufacturing, logistics and suppliers to resolve issues and to provide support. Lead a team and provide employee development, training, and drive the performance management process as well as manage an efficient organizational structure.
What You'll Do:
Executes deliverables in support of the supply chain organization's business objectives. Guides of one of the key areas within the Global Supply Chain to ensure business objectives are met or exceeded in all areas including customer, quality, service, responsiveness, people, product and financial initiatives.
Supporting relationship management with logistic suppliers and service providers
Ability to understand and assess complex supply chain issues and lead teams in a cross functional environment to successfully resolve issues minimizing impacts to vehicle production
Assess supplier schedules and impact on vehicle assembly production
Collaborate cross functionally to develop creative solutions
Ability to summarize critical issues with resolutions and communicate to leadership
Handle very complex capacity constraint issues to resolution with goal to eliminate potential plant disruptions and reduce premium transportation
Analyze metrics supporting supplier critical issues or sufficiency plan resolution
Ability to be flexible and at times work extended and non-core hours to ensure issues are worked to resolution
Ability to travel to plant locations when required for onsite support of launch and build-out
Ability to problem tackle complete issues and implement new and innovative strategies.
Deep understanding of Supply Chain functions
Your Skills & Abilities:
Knowledge and Experience:
Minimum 5 years' experience.
Competencies:
Analytical & Problem Solving
Leadership & Management
Communication & Collaboration
Adaptability & Work Environment Awareness
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