Head of Logistics Planning

Brose North America Inc; Auburn Hills (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Brose North America Inc. in Auburn Hills, MI, is seeking a senior logistics leader to head the logistics planning team.

You will design end-to-end logistics processes for new product launches, from supplier through customer delivery, including internal material flow, and align with plant cross-functional teams to ensure seamless program launches. The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in Business or related field and 6–8 years of plant logistics experience, with strong knowledge of

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or related field.
• 6–8 years of work experience, including plant experience.
• Extensive knowledge of transportation, customs, packaging, materials management, material flow, and OEM logistics requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead the logistics planning team in developing and implementing end-to-end logistics processes for new product launches, from supplier through customer delivery, including internal material flow.
• Lead alignment between Logistics Planning and plant cross-functional teams to ensure successful and seamless program launches.
• Represent the Logistics function, including Plant Logistics and Logistics Planning, in North America Manufacturing Concept Reviews to ensure material flow principles are considered, aligned, and optimized.
• Define and monitor goals and objectives for the Logistics Planning team to ensure alignment with regional logistics priorities and business needs.
• Represent Plant Logistics and Logistics Planning in North America Buying Decision Meetings to ensure decisions consider total landed cost.
• Partner with Indirect Purchasing to negotiate competitive pricing and favorable terms with logistics service providers.
• Lead the development and governance of standard operating processes within the Americas region in collaboration with Central Logistics.
• Review and approve annual logistics investment and cost budget plans for plant logistics and logistics planning.
• Provide oversight of logistics operations across the Americas region, including plants, to ensure process adherence and drive delivery efficiency.
• Communicate regional logistics performance to senior management at regional and global headquarters.

Skills

Logistics planning

Team leadership

Cross-functional teamwork

Problem solving

Vendor management

English fluency

Spanish basics

Financial budgeting

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Logistics

Job description

As a successful family-owned company on a path to global growth, the Brose Group offers challenging responsibilities and exciting career opportunities to performance-driven, skilled specialists with solid professional knowledge and proven career expertise who wish to contribute to our company’s success.

Your Tasks

• Lead the logistics planning team in developing and implementing end-to-end logistics processes for new product launches, from supplier through customer delivery, including internal material flow.
• Lead alignment between Logistics Planning and plant cross-functional teams to ensure successful and seamless program launches.
• Represent the Logistics function, including Plant Logistics and Logistics Planning, in North America Manufacturing Concept Reviews to ensure material flow principles are considered, aligned, and optimized.
• Define and monitor goals and objectives for the Logistics Planning team to ensure alignment with regional logistics priorities and business needs.
• Represent Plant Logistics and Logistics Planning in North America Buying Decision Meetings to ensure decisions consider total landed cost.
• Partner with Indirect Purchasing to negotiate competitive pricing and favorable terms with logistics service providers.
• Lead the development and governance of standard operating processes within the Americas region in collaboration with Central Logistics.
• Review and approve annual logistics investment and cost budget plans for plant logistics and logistics planning.
• Provide oversight of logistics operations across the Americas region, including plants, to ensure process adherence and drive delivery efficiency.
• Communicate regional logistics performance to senior management at regional and global headquarters.

Your Profile

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or other Logistics/Materials Management/Packaging related major from a four-year college or university.
• 6–8 years of work experience, including plant experience.
• Extensive knowledge of transportation, customs, packaging, materials management, material flow, problem solving, quality systems and OEM logistics requirements.
• English – business fluency.
• Spanish – basic knowledge.

We offer you a modern working environment with our Brose working world.

Brose offers a high-tech work environment and a wide range of benefits. Along with competitive performance-based compensation and health insurance, our employees also benefit from attractive social and family-oriented programs throughout our North American locations*. Our benefits packages include comprehensive medical and insurance. Brose also provides educational assistance and a variety of community outreach, family, and sporting events. Flexible working hours and a collaborative work environment give our employees the freedom to balance work and personal life. Brose believes in investing in people. We offer a wide range of development programs with great opportunity for individual growth through training, international or regional assignments and tailored career paths. Our objective is to provide our employees the tools necessary to live a balanced life, experience a rewarding work environment and contribute to our surrounding communities.

• Benefits package may vary slightly per location