Cluster Supply Chain Engineer

Tenneco Inc.; Plymouth (MI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Tenneco Inc. is seeking a senior P3 Integrated Supply Chain practitioner to lead and sustain the P3 ISC program across multiple plants in North America.

You will translate standards into actionable site-level routines, coach leadership, and drive certification readiness while protecting ownership at the plant level. Responsibilities include building roadmaps, stabilizing processes, standardizing planning rules, and driving daily management, ERP integrity, and on-time delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, engineering, business or related field.
• Lean/Six Sigma capability; CPIM/CSCP or similar is a plus.
• Fluent communication and ability to coach across sites.

Responsibilities

• Build site P3 ISC roadmap, governance, and certification readiness.
• Align demand, production scheduling, and capacity across plants.
• Standardize planning rules, PFEP, ERP transactions, and KPIs.
• Coach leaders at the Gemba and sustain standard work.

Skills

P3 Integrated Supply Chain

End-to-End Supply Chain

ERP and Inventory Integrity

Lean & Continuous Improvement

Coaching & Change Management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, engineering, business

Tools

SAP ERP

PLEX

Excel

BI/Analytics

Job description

At Tenneco, we don’t follow industry standards; we set them, and we don’t settle for being best-in-class because we hustle to be better than best-in-class. Whether it’s our Core Values – radical candor, simplify, organizational velocity, tenacious execution and win – or our Get Stuff Done (GSD) mindset, we’re determined to become the most trusted partner and best manufacturer and distributor to the transportation industry.

With a product portfolio as expansive as it is innovative, an obsessive commitment to quality and excellence, and a global presence, we’re all about getting stuff done, so we can win.

How do we make it happen?Through the Tenneco Way. Fueled by our Core Values, a winning mindset and a relentless commitment to excellence, the Tenneco Way is how we win. It’s what keeps Team Tenneco bold, driven, and unapologetically focused on pushing past limits and redefining success.

Here, you’ll work alongside a team of relentless problem-solvers who are committed to making a tangible impact. If you’re ready to break boundaries, deliver results, and enjoy the ride along the way, you’ll thrive here.

In this role, you will be the cluster-level technical resource for P3 Integrated Supply Chain. You will help plants stabilize execution, standardize processes and systems, simplify work, and meet P3 maturity requirements. You will not replace plant ownership. You will provide hands‑on analysis, daily follow‑up, plant support, and practical standards that improve ERP and inventory integrity, planning, material flow, logistics, and schedule execution across the cluster.

Who are you?

• P3 Integrated Supply Chain Practitioner: You convert P3 standards, KPIs, and evidence requirements into practical plant actions, routines, and timely submissions.
• Stabilize-Standardize-Simplify-Certify Coach: You sequence the journey correctly: contain instability and protect customers; implement repeatable standards; remove waste, variation, and shadow processes; then prove sustained execution through certification evidence.
• End-to-End Supply Chain Expert: You understand how customer demand, production scheduling, supplier planning, inventory, material flow, transportation, ERP transactions, and trade requirements interact. You prevent one pillar from improving at the expense of another.
• Plant Capability Builder: You coach Plant Supply Chain Leaders and pillar owners at Gemba. You develop standard work, skills matrices, trained backups, problem‑solving capability, and Leader Standard Work instead of creating permanent dependence on cluster support.
• Daily Management and Accountability Driver: You run daily metrics, Tier 3 boards, past‑due tracking, and weekly ELT data; keep plants on schedule with accurate submissions; and follow actions through closure.
• ERP and Inventory Integrity Specialist: You are the plants’ go‑to resource for ERP, part setup, transaction compliance, cycle counting, WAVE, inventory optimization, and elimination of shadow processes.
• Change Leader with Credibility: You can challenge plant and functional leaders respectfully, adapt deployment to maturity and complexity, and maintain urgency without compromising ownership or sustainability.

Who will you set to win, and how will you do that?

• Plant Supply Chain Leaders: Build the site P3 ISC roadmap, organization and RASCI; establish daily and weekly governance; calibrate priorities; remove barriers; and prepare the site to own and sustain certification.
• Demand Planning / Outbound Demand: Align production schedules to demand and capacity; improve schedule adherence, production control, WIP/FG optimization, customer delivery, scorecard review, and recovery discipline.
• Supply Planning / Inbound Planning: Improve MRP cadence and exception closure, supplier scheduling, raw‑material optimization, supplier risk and performance, inbound planning, and recovery governance.
• Material Handling / Internal Flow: Deploy PFEP, packaging and storage standards, warehouse controls, supermarkets, pull signals, replenishment routes, FIFO, line‑side presentation, and safe internal flow.
• ERP and Inventory Integrity: Standardize part setup, bin moves, receiving, shipping, scrap, and other ERP transactions; drive cycle‑count compliance, inventory accuracy, WAVE discipline, root‑cause closure, and system‑of‑record integrity.
• Transportation and Logistics: Standardize lanes, routing, planning, tendering, shipment visibility, carrier escalation, invoice controls, load utilization, and premium‑freight governance.
• Lean and Continuous Improvement: Visit plants to identify opportunities, define and implement best practices, improve flow and inventory, coach at the Gemba, and track actions and measurable benefits.
• Plant and Cluster Leadership: Provide a fact‑based view of maturity, risk, KPI gaps, resource barriers, cross‑site priorities, and certification readiness. Escalate systemic issues that plants cannot solve alone.
• Regional and Global P3 Teams: Implement standards, document field learning, share best practices, and ensure cluster deployment remains aligned with the global P3 Integrated Supply Chain model.

How will you lead the P3 Integrated Supply Chain journey?

• Stabilize: Run daily metrics, Tier 3 boards, past‑due and ERP exception tracking. Protect customer delivery through schedule alignment, schedule adherence, inventory accuracy, clear recovery ownership, and timely escalation.
• Standardize: Deploy common process definitions, RASCI, Leader Standard Work, tier and S&OE routines, PFEP and planning rules, ERP transaction standards, KPI definitions, evidence controls, and required review cadences across the cluster.
• Simplify: Remove duplicate reports, disconnected spreadsheets, unnecessary approvals, inconsistent local practices, avoidable handoffs, excess inventory, transportation waste, and manual workarounds. Enable one source of truth and practical standard work.
• Certify: Assist self‑assessment and calibration, validate evidence through Go‑Look‑See, close maturity gaps, ensure KPI readiness, conduct pre‑assessments, support formal certification, and sustain routines after the assessment rather than treating certification as an event.

What’s going to be your legacy?

• Sustain P3 Without Dependence: Plant leaders and pillar owners understand the standards, own the work, coach their teams, maintain evidence, and continue improving after cluster support steps back.
• One Integrated Supply Chain Operating Model: Plants use common language, standards, KPIs, governance, and escalation while applying the model appropriately to site size and complexity.
• Stronger Customer and Business Performance: Higher delivery reliability and supplier performance, healthier inventory, better schedule execution, improved inventory accuracy, lower premium freight, and faster end‑to‑end flow.
• A Visible Maturity and Certification Pipeline: Every site has an honest baseline, prioritized roadmap, accountable actions, evidence plan, and credible progression toward Bronze, Silver, and Gold.
• Scalable Best Practices: Solutions proven at one site are documented, shared, adapted, and replicated across the cluster rather than rediscovered plant by plant.
• A Culture of Accountability and Problem Solving: Leaders go to Gemba, act on facts, solve root causes, close commitments, and sustain standards through daily management.

Experience:

• Supply Chain Execution: Hands‑on experience in production scheduling, schedule adherence, inventory, material handling, logistics, ERP/MRP, PFEP, and customer delivery in manufacturing.
• Multi‑Site Transformation: Proven success deploying common processes across plants with different systems, maturity levels, products, and organizational capability.
• P3 or Operating‑System Deployment: Experience translating maturity standards into assessments, roadmaps, evidence, governance, certification, and sustainment.
• Lean Supply Chain: Strong practical experience with daily management, Leader Standard Work, VSM, pull, Kanban, supermarkets, standard work, Kaizen, A3/PPS, and flow improvement.
• ERP and Data Integrity: Strong ERP/MRP knowledge with practical experience in part setup, transaction compliance, cycle counting, inventory controls, data analysis, and root‑cause correction.
• Coaching and Change Management: Ability to coach leaders, facilitate difficult cross‑functional decisions, build capability, and influence in a matrix without taking ownership away from the plant.
• Metrics and Action Management: Experience maintaining daily and weekly reporting, timely plant submissions, action logs, milestones, risks, clear updates across multiple sites, and improvement tracking through WAVE.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, engineering, business, or a related field.
• Lean/Six Sigma capability; APICS CPIM/CSCP or other supply‑chain certification is a plus.
• Strong ERP/MRP (SAP & PLEX), Excel, BI, analytics, and process‑mapping capability.
• Strong plant‑floor facilitation, training, communication, analytical, and structured problem‑solving skills.
• Willing and able to travel 50%–75% across the assigned cluster and work hands‑on with plant teams at the Gemba.
• Fluent in English; additional languages relevant to the assigned cluster are an advantage.

What we Offer:

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package designed to support your well‑being.
• Work and learn in a fast‑paced environment while shaping the P3 Integrated Supply Chain operating system.
• Hands‑on exposure to Lean, ERP, Analytics, cross‑functional problem solving, and plant transformation.
• Culture committed to excellence, simplicity, accountability, and becoming best‑in‑class.

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