Duties:Cross Functional reviews of customer demand (Market Intelligence and Customer Release)Ensure long horiz...
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Assistant Materials Planner & Logistics Manager
Duties:
- Cross Functional reviews of customer demand (Market Intelligence and Customer Release)
- Ensure long horizon forecast is extended to all suppliers (52 week Forecast)
- Collect and Update Internal and External Capacity information (Plant Efficiency and Dana Committed capacity)
- Develop and Execute Strategies and action plans to address gaps between Demand and Capacity (How to fulfill forecasted demand)
- Improve utilization of planned trucks (Weekly planning of next weeks required trucks)
- Improve cube or weight utilization of inbound trailers
- Reduce and minimize utilization of Premium trucks including team trucks (Major focus on reducing team trucks
between Mexico & US)
- Improve internal supply chain and materials flow between company plants (Utilize Value Stream Mapping)
- Work in a cross functional team to optimize our freight and warehouse network, tying in forecast and order
management logic
- Manage Company Internal and External Escalation Process within Light Axle Plants (Daily Materials Manager Calls)
- Develop a strong Materials and Logistics Team (Daily calls and interaction between plants)
- Escalate potential supply issues to Purchasing if required
- Allocate parts between Dana plants if required
- Ensure suppliers are updating required information in the Supplier Portal
- Manage all material alarms in One Network
- Develop and Implement Standard Material Replenishment processes (Kanban and Min-Max etc….)
- Implement Standard Inventory Forecasting and Planning tools
- Recommend ERP parameter updates and develop standards
- Develop and implement Corporate Materials Policies and Processes
- Support execution of Engineering change implementation
Requirements:
- Bachelor Degree and experience in a Materials Management, logistics, and/or supply chain
- Must have excellent computer skills and thorough knowledge of MRP, MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
- Understanding of both the Automotive and Commercial Vehicle industry preferred.
- Must be proficient in the use of eBusiness tools and Microsoft Office Suite
- Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience in Assembly, Machining, and Forging Operations preferred.
- Must be detail oriented, proactive in anticipating requirements and able to work efficiently with minimal direction in a sometimes high pressure environment.
- Skilled in composing written correspondence and preparing presentations for senior management.
- Successfully interacts with a dispersed leadership team and others across functions and sites.
- Must be proactive, detail oriented and have excellent organization, planning and follow-through skills.
- Committed to tasks and skilled at identifying and solving a variety of problems of broad scope and complexity with little to no supervision.
- Must be able to work flexible hours.
- Periodic Travel required.
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