Logistics Engineer - Melrose Park, IL

Interlake Mecalux, Inc.; Melrose Park (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

401(k) plan

Paid Holidays and PTO

Health insurance

Job summary

Interlake Mecalux, Inc. in Melrose Park, IL is seeking a qualified Logistics Engineer to optimize production and warehouse processes using SAP, EASY WMS, and Lean methods. You will collaborate with Planning, Production, Purchasing, and Logistics to ensure on-time shipping, accurate inventory, and efficient material flow across five US distribution centers.

The role offers competitive compensation and opportunities for growth within a dynamic team focused on continuous improvement.

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Scheduling, reviewing, following, and controlling production plans using SAP with Planning and Production departments.
• Create and update production orders based on customer requests and production constraints.
• Maintain weekly KPIs to monitor frame assembly production process and performance.
• Redesign layouts and processes to streamline material flow using lean concepts; develop replenishment strategies.
• Ensure material availability by daily communication with production and planning departments.
• Maintain stock accuracy for finished and semi-finished goods across five distribution centers; report results.
• Provide cross-functional SAP support to analyze and improve processes, manage sales/production orders and deliveries.
• Manage Easy WMS and SAP movements; adjust stock and document system discrepancies.
• Report inconsistencies in goods receipts and coordinate availability of components and finished goods.

Tools

SAP

EASY WMS

Excel

Job description

We are looking for a qualifiedLogistics Engineer to join our dynamic team in Melrose Park, IL.

Responsibilities:

• Scheduling, reviewing, following, and controlling production plans using SAP, conferring heavily with Planning and Production departments.
  • Creating plans for optimal order sequence in order to follow the frame assembly production process to assure compliance with shipping dates and minimizing changeover times;
  • Estimating standard and maximum capacity of the frame assembly production process;
  • Ensuring material availability by communicating with production and planning departments daily;
  • Creating and updating production orders based on customer requests and production constraints;
  • Maintaining key performance indicators weekly to monitor and analyze frame assembly production process by checking with compliance and planning department taking into consideration frames assembled per week, planned shifts per week, average people working each shift per week, frames assembled per hour (based on the number of bolts per frame), and overall equipment efficiency;
• Detecting and measuring industrial or logistics processes that can be improved utilizing SAP, EASY WMS, and Excel software.
  • Redesigning and implementing layouts and processes to streamline the flow of material within the plant by utilizing lean manufacturing concepts and techniques;
  • Developing replenishment strategies of semi-finished goods to ensure material availability for production processes;
  • Diminishing waste and obsolete material in the warehouse by conducting processes to transform material into usable products and providing reports to the sales department on what material becomes available after the process is completed;
  • Standardizing and documenting industrial processes through visual management of warehouse operations;
  • Developing and updating key performance indicators, such as PVP, weight, defects in transport, inventory, and tariffs, to monitor industrial processes;
• Maintaining and guaranteeing accuracy of finished and semi-finished goods for inventory utilizing Easy WMS software.
  • Ensuring accuracy of stock levels of finished and semi-finished goods throughout the five distribution centers in the U.S., adjusting stock numbers, and fixing discrepancies at both system and plant levels; reporting daily results to management;
  • Overseeing annual general physical inventory and reporting results from all Interlake Mecalux's distribution centers in the U.S.;
  • Registering and adjusting in Easy WMS software all production defects and damaged material from transportation, tracking movements, and analyzing the root cause of the defect;
  • Validating reception of returned goods in SAP and EASY WMS;
• Providing cross-functional support in all stages of sales related to products and inventory levels by utilizing SAP heavily to analyze and improve processes, manage sales and production orders, and transportation orders and deliveries.
  • Delivering logistics and customer service departments with lead times and estimated ship dates of material based on production orders status, transportation tracking, and stock availability;
  • Advising purchasing, logistics, and/or customer service departments on any incidents throughout production flow;
• Managing and controlling company systems, including the warehouse management system (EASY WMS) and the enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.
  • Coordinating adjustments of stock by advising on the appropriate way to perform an adjustment within the EASY WMS software;
  • Performing system movements in SAP and EASY WMS such as completing cancellations of system entries, virtual transfers of material, transformation of part numbers, posting of deliveries, and creation of transportation orders;
  • Providing cross-functional support in SAP transaction knowledge;
• Managing relationships with suppliers by consistently communicating the following.
  • Reporting inconsistencies in the receipt of goods from external and internal suppliers, either in quality or amount received; and
  • Coordinating availability of components and finished goods by requesting status on upstream production processes.

Interlake Mecalux offers:

• Competitive compensation.
• Become part of an industry leading dynamic team with a high focus on delivering results and continuous improvement.
• 401(k) plan with a generous company match; 100% vested immediately upon contributing and no waiting period to start participating.
• Paid Holidays and Paid Time Off with the option to cash out unused PTO every year.
• Blue Cross Blue Shield medical insurance plans, along with dental and vision benefits.
• Opportunities for career development and advancement; specialize in specific areas or gain new skills in different departments.