Sr. Supply Chain Specialist

ZF Group•Gray Court, SC

About The Position

The Sr. Supply Chain Specialist is responsible for managing the logistics project activities by ensuring successful progression of both internal and external customer milestones.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree along with 6+ years of experience
Extensive experience with interpreting and manipulating large amounts of supply chain data
Extensive experience with logistics contract management and in-depth knowledge of specialized methods and techniques.
Experience with an ERP system.
Can manage and resolve a wide range of complex problems using problem solving tools.
Demonstrate 100% commitment and support in all situations including out-of-hours assignments necessary to meet tight project deadlines.
Project Management skills, ability to develop and monitor timing plans and master schedule.
Demonstrate effective time management and prioritizing skills.

Responsibilities

Lead interdepartmental activities with management to define the project class and scope of project and resources needed.
Lead projects and processes to continuously improve the material and information flow.
Lead Logistics cost estimations for supply chains, BOM and/or supplier change requests for new and potential customers, prepare presentations with arguments for customer negotiations.
Maintain appropriate SAP and Axalant data as needed in projects and lead problem solving, corrective action development activities in case of issues with the BOM/material setup.
Act as customer to packaging engineering for developing packaging solutions for production line, transportation and warehouse storage and calculate overall logistics impact.
Lead in developing procedures and work instructions for all logistics department functions as needed.
Understand and comply with TS 16949 and ISO 14000 requirements.
Ensure material availability to support the ZFTG production schedule, independent orders for pre-series, bank builds, etc. by reviewing stock levels, vendor performance and production schedule to avoid potential shortfalls and report status reviews for all build phases.
Manage, review, and ensure maintenance of New Parts List or comparable project task list by product for all relevant topics.
Act as Team Lead, working with ZF teams (launch management, logistics, purchasing, quality and sales) and global SCM, in order to support business development, capacity, and continuity.
Develop reports, charts, graphs, and summarize data and key performance indicators to support managerial decision-making processes and gate reviews to the customer (including corrective actions if necessary).