HEAD OF LOGISTICS I

HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA.•Peachtree City, GA

About The Position

HELLA, one of the leading automotive suppliers worldwide, has shaped the industry with innovative lighting systems and vehicle electronics. In addition, the company is one of the most important partners of the aftermarket and independent workshops. What motivates us: Shaping the mobility of tomorrow and fostering the central market trends such as autonomous driving, efficiency and electrification, connectivity and digitization as well as individualization. Every day, 36,000 employees worldwide are committed to this with passion, know-how and innovative strength.

Requirements

University degree
More than 2 up to 4 years of job experience as a Head of Logistics
Experience in automotive company
English
Knowledge in SAP or ERP System
Leadership skills

Responsibilities

Direct, manage and optimize all logistics resources and budgets within a medium plant operation (personnel, inventory, transportation, infrastructure / equipment, external resources) to achieve minimal total costs and meet customer requirements
Plan the future resource requirements of a medium plant operation
Direct and control the design of material- and information flows and logistics processes of a medium complex plant operation
Responsible for the implementation of a suitable logistics controlling
Coordinate and balance conflicting interests of all logistics personnel and internal / external stakeholders to provide optimal solutions in a medium plant operation
Manage bottleneck situations and customer escalations
Participation in global strategic projects and facilitate pilot projects
Secure the implementation and application of global logistics and HELLA standards (e.g. process, equipment, health & safety, environment etc.)
Ensure the specified logistics quality of the location and qualify underperforming suppliers to meet the required quality standards
Participate in internal and external negotiations
Arrange for relevant declarations and clearance measures to be carried out considering legal and country- specific points of view
Drive continuous improvement and establish process improvements
Collaborate with regional logistics to consistently increase logistics performance
Responsible for achieving the targeted logistics KPIs within plant logistics
Supervise and execute the management of high complexity logistics projects from technical and organizational perspective along the supply chain and product lifecycle, incl. rollout and sustainable implementation of corporate standard processes
Managing of employees according to targets and delegation, to select, to qualify and further develop employees based on a culture of trust, control effectiveness, in order to develop and compensate potential and promote individual competencies, to achieve the targets of the department