Supply Chain Engineer

Competence requirements

• Knowledge / Qualification

• Previous Experience

Dedication to safety

Customer orientation / Leadership / Team spirit / Autonomy

Multi-functional & Multi-cultural communication / English mandatory

Openness to new ideas

Good understanding of lean principles and supply-chain tools

Good understanding of mechanical engineering principles, including the ability to work with a 3D viewer software

Computer literacy

Willing to travel extensively

Internal : Plant Logistics Engineer

External : Similar role in an industrial company or at a logistics provider

Mission

• Missions

• KPI and or main

deliverables 

• Promote safety culture in its area of responsibilities


• Design and implement the Supply-Chain & Packaging solutions for OPTIMAP, OPTIPRO, or Productivity projects • Provide input and quotes during the AVP phases

• Project KPIs o Logistics costs per part : AVP vs. Actual o Packaging investment
  
  
  
  • "Lead-time" (inventory level, PFEP process) o Packaging container/content weight ratio
  
  
  • Truck volume loading (ratio truck volume / bumper ext. volume)
  
  
  
  

Note : those two indicators are under construction at the time when the present document is being validated

FO.01.A.IMS.01.04

Job description

Activities :

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Ensure that safety policies are understood and respected within his area of responsibilities

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Exploratory consultation phase (AVP) 

• Define the optimum supply-chain organization, human resources, means, necessary in order to guarantee Safety, Customer Service and Quality while Costs and Inventories are kept minimum


• Calculate the supply-chain & Packaging budget of the project (cost per part, investments, …) 


• Make sure that the quotation is based on the use of standard equipments and processes •     Identify and escalate any industrial risks

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Project development phase  

• Apply POMS and Supply-Chain standards


• Define and develops the supply-chain scheme from suppliers to customers : physicals flows, information flows, outbound, inbound, internal plant, always being in contact with Manufacturing project managers and plants


• Define optimum stock levels at each step of the process, with a focus on Lead Time optimization


• Develop the functional specifications for semi-finished packaging means and final packaging from the customer specification, the industrial organization and the production units’ constraints, in cooperation with assembly engineers, manufacturing project managers and plant engineers.


• Ensure fine tuning and reception of packaging means, their availability for the trials at each step of the project development, until eventually customers approval and until objectives are met


• Take part to the functional definition of the related information systems, in relation with the SCOOP BO


• Design the layout of inbound, internal and outbound flows / Dimension the storage areas


• Analyse the impacts of perimeter evolutions on the organization, resources and Supply Chain’s costs. 


• Participate to the suppliers selection process with Purchasing (Transport, SILS, Platforms, Packaging, Dynamic storage), Provide a technical validation of the selected solutions


• Document and implement supply-chain processes and policies


• Manage logistics FMEA and audits, if any needed


• Provide support to the plant during the start of production and ramp-up phases