LOGISTICS MANAGER

Job Overview

TE Connectivity's Distribution & Logistics Teams manage the efficient flow of goods, services and information between point of origin through customer placement in order to meet customer requirements or internal business objectives. They create integrated processes among internal functions such as operations, purchasing and logistics, and outside suppliers. They also focus resources on continuous improvement of the movement of materials through various production processes, and establish key performance metrics and benchmarks relating to supply chain planning/forecasting to measure actual performance against goals on a regular basis.

What your background should look like:

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Responsible to support the successful on-time implementation of logistics projects that are sustainable, flexible, robust, and exceed the customer’s and TE’s requirements
• Support Global Logistics, Americas management team and senior project managers in developing and/or managing operational metrics and measurements to ensure operations and costs are managed to and achieving targeted metrics and goals
• Establish team goals and manage team performance against those goals
• Manage team to meet daily schedules for purchasing, planning, receiving, and shipping
• Operate within the ISO system
• Maintain department procedures
• Direct team in implementing Lean concepts
• Coordinate with Engineering and Sales on new product introductions
• Manage vendor base, supplier performance, and purchase pricing
• Manage item parameters to optimize the planning system
• Manage team to maximize responsiveness while ensuring accuracy
• Participate in budget and capital planning
• Create personnel training plans

Required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Logistics or related
• 7+ years of experience as Logistics Manager.
• Experience and management in materials flow.
• Experience and management inventories (Inventory Discrepancies, Physical Inventory
• Materials Replanishment Flow Strategies 
• Experience and management in warehouse operations.
• Experience in Manufacturing Industry (Automotive preferred)
• Technical experience in logistical fields
• Good supervisory skills
• Ability to communicate well with peers and subordinates
• Ability to set goals and manage projects
• Proven experience with people management (+40)
• English: Advanced 
• SAP
• Microsoft Office (Word, Power Point, Excel)
• IATF-16949 Norm knowledge is a plus
   

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