Supply Chain Scheduler

Valeo • Highland Park, MI

13d • Onsite

About The Position

Valeo is a global tech company focused on reinventing mobility through innovative solutions for greener, safer, and smarter transportation. As a Supply Chain Scheduler, you will be responsible for managing inventory levels of raw materials and components, ensuring the achievement of the Master Production Schedule (MPS), and proposing preventative actions for material availability. You will define and lead initiatives for inventory reduction, measure and improve supplier service rates, and plan raw material and component requirements based on sales forecasts and production schedules. This role involves validating and sending forecasts to suppliers, monitoring daily material arrivals, and ensuring timely shipments. You will also identify and resolve blocking points, attend logistics/purchasing meetings, and propose action plans for material shortages. Collaboration with various departments such as APU, Logistics, Purchasing, and VPS is crucial for implementing supply chain improvements like Pull flow, Kanban, EDI, and Milk run. You will also define inbound transportation plans, support inventory counting, and manage communication with suppliers, including proposing logistics protocols and ensuring backup coverage for the role.

Requirements

• Technical Bachelor’s of Science degree
• 2+ years of experience with Supply Chain and/or Logistics
• At least 1 year of experience in Supply Chain and/or Logistics at a high speed manufacturing plant
• Experience with Google or Microsoft Administrative applications
• Experience with Just-In-Sequence Systems
• Experience with SAP

Responsibilities

• In charge of the inventory level of his raw materials and components families
• Follow up the MPS achievement and propose preventative actions regarding material availability to ensure MPS realization
• Responsible for setting up proper raw materials and components inventory levels
• Define and lead actions connected with inventory reductions with his components families
• Measure the Supplier Service Rate – SSR - for each supplier
• Propose action plans to improve the service level
• Follow up and report daily the inventory level of his raw material and components families
• Make sure that the materials and components are available to meet the complete customer demand
• Plan the raw materials and components requirement based upon Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning and Master Production Schedule and anticipate potential impacts with suppliers and with production
• Validate and send on a weekly basis forecasts to the suppliers
• Make sure that raw materials and components are available to meet customer demand
• Follow up daily the material arrivals according to firm orders and make sure suppliers ship parts on time according to firm orders
• On a regular basis, communicate complete, precise & reliable information to the Supplier contacts
• Adapt the chosen method of communication to the level of the Supplier contact
• Adapt the frequency to the situation (preventative, curative, crisis)
• Identify blocking points and plan appropriate quick actions to solve them
• Attend Logistics/Purchasing meetings and follow up related action plans
• In charge of proposing the action plan in case of material shortages with Team support and communication the action plan to the Customer
• Support the implementation with the appropriate departments (APU, Logistics, Purchasing, VPS) tools and methods in order to improve the supply chain organization like Pull flow, Kanban, EDI, Milk run
• Define with the External flow analyst the inbound transportation plans
• Support actively the inventory counting and propose actions to maintain accuracy of inventory in cooperation with the ERP and inventory control analyst
• Alert sales in the event of a crisis (Customer or internal), to define priorities with the Customer & internally (management, VS for the aftermarket), follow the evolution of any associated action plans
• If necessary, escalate
• Meet the Suppliers contacts on a regular basis (once a year for major Suppliers)
• Propose logistics protocol with suppliers in co-operation with External flow analyst and Purchasing
• Make sure that there is a backup for each Suppliers & train the backup on the way to manage the Suppliers’ account
• Ensure that during holidays the position is covered & that both suppliers and internal customers are notified in advance of the absence and informed of the person that will be temporarily managing the Suppliers’ account

Benefits

• Best in class, total compensation package
• Comprehensive benefits program with real financial value
• Opportunity to grow and thrive working on advanced technologies for greener, safer and smarter mobility
• Company culture that gives all employees the opportunity every day to #Dare.Care.Share
• Multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration
• Opportunities for career growth
• Business highly committed to limiting the environmental impact of its activities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level