Job Description

Your Contribution 

As a  Manager of Logistics reporting to the Plant Manager- Murfreesboro, you will be a key member of the Plant Leadership Team, serving as a true business partner to the Plant Manager.  The overall objective is to develop short-term and long-term strategic plans for this function to drive continuous improvement through improved efficiency, cost reduction and/ or improved service delivery while achieving of all elements of our customer scorecards. 

This role is responsible to:

• Lead Direct Reports in Murfreesboro including Customer Service, Production & Material Planning, Shipping & Receiving and Inventory Support. 
• Embrace the MAHLE Leadership Principles:

✓ Empower with accountability: Own mistakes and practice continual learning. Foster autonomy and development.

✓ Trust each other: Practice collaboration and communicate in an honest and authentic way. Utilize differences to make us stronger.

✓ Inspire for change: Create enthusiasm for MAHLE’s future by establishing an       environment that supports innovation and entrepreneurship.

✓ Lead by example: Make and keep commitments. Receive feedback before giving feedback.

• Strive to create an inclusive environment in which employees are valued and respected.
• Take ownership of talent management practices within the team. This includes, but is not limited to, diversity, equity and inclusion, learning and development, performance management, and succession planning.

• As a key member of the management team, participates in the overall leadership of the location.
• Strategy
  • Develop the vision and roadmap to support the long-term strategy and future growth of the organization while managing the day to day operations of the logistics.
  • Build a sustainable, lean, operation capable of not only supporting the company’s tremendous projected growth but also driving it.

• KPI Achievement & Relationship Management

• • Plan, manage, and coordinate all facets of the logistics operation to ensure outstanding supplier relationships while achieving or exceeding all elements of our customer scorecard and plant KPIs.
  • Work collaboratively and foster strong relationships across the organization at all levels. Infuse customer centric mindset into the organization with a bias towards action and improving the customer experience.
  • Work with vendors to develop a robust supply chain.
  • Develop logistics agreements: pack size, order quantity, ship frequencies, routings.
  • Ensure our supplier rating system is maintained (customer, vendor and freight deliveries).
  • Review customer delivery performance issues and ensure development and close out of corrective actions.
  • Manage EDI requirements.
  • Support escalated customer service issues.

• Material Planning & Material Flow
  • Manage the procurement of mass production raw material while balancing physical inventory and preventing line shutdown.
  • Coordinate with cross-functional teams and implement best practices related to forecasting and supply inventory control.
  • Facilitate continuous improvement of material flow and material management within manufacturing facility and supply chain.

• Warehouse & Inventory Management
  • Manage warehouse operations including stock management related to shipping, cycle counts, efficiency, accuracy & stock return.
  • SAP input/management: Oversee all receipts for incoming raw materials; oversee all transfers from inventory managed to warehouse managed.
  • Manage scheduling and loading/unloading of all incoming/outgoing containers.
  • Coordinate and implement consignment materials, future inventory, and warehousing concepts.
  • Track and report inventory issues and coordinate resolution.
  • Manage physical inventories for each BU annually; research and implement best in class inventory practices.
  • Benchmark and implement world class material flow/warehouse concepts and strategies (Lean Logistics principles – Logistics Excellence).

• Miscellaneous
  • Establish, report, and review team measurables.
  • Establish and track departmental budgets (expenses, inventory and transportation).

Your Experience & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or related discipline, from a four-year college or university.
• 10 years of experience in Logistics in a manufacturing environment (strong preference for automotive); material flow experience is strongly preferred. 
• Minimum of 5 years of management experience, preferably covering all areas of responsibility for this position.
• Must have excellent communication skills and demonstrate the ability to use organizational agility to accomplish the goals of the business.
• Strong analytical, communication and problem-solving skills are required.
• Proven skills in strategic implementation / department optimization.
• Extensive experience working with MRP and JIT principals.
• Demonstration of flexibility and adaptation to a changing environment.
• Proven & effective facilitation, leadership, mentoring, and training skills.
• Ability to provide decisive leadership and team facilitation in the face of adversity - define tasks clearly, identify and coordinate resources, and execute a go-forward plan.
• Ability to define goals, metrics, and levels of success for internal/external customers.
• Proven planning abilities, including successful execution of such plans.
• Proven execution of change management within an organization.
• Must have strong initiative and the ability to work well in a team environment.
• Proven success operating in a high ambiguity environment is required.
• SAP proficiency is strongly preferred.
• Global or multi-national business experience is a plus.
• APICS Certification (CPIM Designation) desired.

Our Offering

We will provide a collaborative environment working on exciting assignments, along with ongog personal & career development opportunities. We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every single requirement. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles! 

After receiving your online application, the interview process will typically be a screening call followed by Personal Interview(s)  

For more information about MAHLE and what a career with us looks like for you,  click here. and to learn more about our foundation owned technology group  click here.

#DiversityMatters with our inclusive culture, we welcome applications from all social, religious & ethnical backgrounds, disabilities both mental and physical, identities (gender) and neurodivergent people. 

MAHLE is not currently hiring individuals for this position who now or in the future require sponsorship for employment-based non-immigrant and immigrant visas. However, as a global company, MAHLE offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website 

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