Scout Motors

Specialist,ContainerManagement

$95–120k Blythewood, South Carolina, United States FULL TIME
The Brief

“Specialist, Container Management at Scout Motors. Skills: process management, cross-functional coordination, vendor/stakeholder management, operational metrics, resource planning, continuous improvement, automotive production and logistics, inbound/outbound logistics, supplier management, container management, JIT/JIS, supply chain, transportation, infrastructure, packaging, scheduling, equipment, process design. Collaborate in developing, designing and implementing planning concepts and project”

What You'll Achieve.

ensure an optimal and reliable supply chain of empties; secure the plants with enough containers

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

Excellent problem-solving skills

Eligibility Requirements

4-5 days per week in the office, regular in-person meetings and events, convene with Scout colleagues in person, travel to participate in events on behalf of the company from time to time, High attendance to travel

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

4+ years of professional experience in automotive production and logistics (e. g, inbound/outbound logistics, supplier management, container management, JIT/JIS), Bachelor's degree in business administration, supply chain management, logistics or related fields. An equivalent amount of relevant work experience may be considered in lieu of a degree., technical skills in networking, hardware and software systems as well as process design, Excellent problem-solving skills and communication skills, Ability to independently work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously, High attendance to travel

Nice to Have

Experience in automotive logistics supplier management preferred

What You'll Do.

Collaborate in developing

designing and implementing planning concepts and projects for the Container Management Function

Support the suppliers in necessary processes such as transportation

scheduling and equipment to ensure an optimal and reliable supply chain of empties.

Scheduling empties (pallets

etc. ) and tracking of delivery backlogs

Identification of potential risks in the supply chain.

Active development and cross-departmental alignment and follow up of countermeasures as part of the bottleneck control including checking the transport container inventory.

processing and maintaining data for transport container inventory management and control

as well as processing complaints and initiating inventories.

constructive and cooperative communication with the suppliers.

Steering of empty containers in the loop between the Scout plant and the supplier plant

to secure the plants with enough containers.

Assumption of special tasks corresponding to the skills and duties of the job holder

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

cross-departmental alignment; cooperative collaboration with supervisors, employees, involved and affected departments; collaborates across the company to build better

Communication Scope

Excellent communication skills; Establishing ongoing, constructive and cooperative communication with the suppliers.

Process & Methodology

developing, designing and implementing planning concepts and projects, manage multiple projects simultaneously

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