Materials Logistics Specialist

Subaru of Indiana Automotive; Lafayette (IN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Subaru of Indiana Automotive in Lafayette, IN seeks a Logistics Engineer to identify core logistics needs, support service information, safeguarding plans, and personnel requirements. You will drive operation improvement and price reduction logistics possibilities, and help design central performance indexes for corporate units.

You will analyze data to inform contractual commitments, respond to stakeholders, and contribute to cost planning and budgeting.

Qualifications

• Associate degree or 3–5 years relevant experience in logistics or related field.
• Logistics engineering or supply chain management background desired.
• Experience with data analysis and cost planning.

Responsibilities

• Identify and uphold logistics needs including service information, safeguarding plans, and personnel requirements.
• Design performance indexes and process metrics for corporate units.
• Analyze and improve logistics processes to reduce costs and improve efficiency.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders regarding logistics processes and outcomes.
• Support budgeting and cost forecasting for logistics activities.
• Develop and optimize distribution and plant area workflows and layouts.

Skills

Logistics analysis

Cost optimization

Data interpretation

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Associates Degree

Logistics/Supply Chain field

Tools

ERP systems

Costing software

Job description

• Identifying the important logistics needs that include the up-keeping programs, service information, safeguarding plans, and personnel requirements.
• Determining the operation betterment and price diminution logistics possibilities
• Designing central performance indexes, intergroup investigation equipment, and process metrics for the advancement of the corporate units
• Ascertaining the logistics process support demands with the help of the reassessing procedures of contractual involvements, client stipulations, and other pertinent data.
• Giving appropriate responses to the consumers related to logistics processes.
• Sustaining and enhancing the expenditure plans, predictions, and cost calculations
• Setting up and authorizing the records on data organizing systems, information reporting software applications, or self-activating logistics systems
• Instructing the jobs and roles of the logistics examination experts, including the professionals associated with other logistics work.
• With a view to ensure competent and hard-hitting support of system manufacturing facilities, equipment, services, and products, rendering efficient logistics information and technologies.
• Creating various restrictions for material-handling, equipment, facility layouts, and tools systems
• Directing logistics examinations and surveys that include supply chain analyses, time studies, flow path analyses, zero base analyses, network analyses, and rate analyses.
• Consulting with tour service departments and operative staff for the purpose of determining service rendering, expenditure reduction, and efficiency betterment prospects
• Arranging the functional procedures by modernizing and recognizing the regular functional processes and corporate regulations
• Utilizing the logistics modeling methods for the purpose of identifying the various problems of logistics operation related to structure, serviceable process enhancement, and facility arrangement.
• Developing the distribution and plant area skillfulness by effectively measuring the use of intelligent conveyor technologies, Internet based storage maintenance applications, and stock observance techniques
• Planning the all-embracing distributing chains that have the potential to decrease the environmental tolls and other associated encroachments.
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

• Associates Degree plus 1 - 3 years relevant experience or 3 - 5 years relevant experience
• Logistics Engineering, Engineering technologies, Supply Chain Management or related field.

Desired Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Logistics Engineering, Engineering technologies, or Supply Chain Management and 2+ years of related experience.
• Related work experience within a high-volume manufacturing environment.
• Experience with engineering analytics and cost planning.
• Experience building data toward long term cost planning.
• Experience supporting budgeting process.

Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer committed to employing a diverse workforce.