Logistics Planner

Brose•Auburn Hills, MI

4d•Onsite

About The Position

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.

Requirements

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.
Microsoft Office software package (Outlook, Excel, Word)
SAP Advanced (MM, WM, QM, PP)
Logistics planning tools
Material flow
Fluent in English

Responsibilities

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