Senior Material Flow Engineer: Lean Logistics & Growth

Mercedes-Benz Vans, LLC (Charleston, SC); Ladson (SC); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company phone

Health measures

Employee discounts

Employee events

Parking

Job summary

Mercedes-Benz Vans, LLC (Charleston, SC) seeks a Senior Material Flow Engineer to support logistics planning, warehouse structure development, material flow optimization, and readiness for new products. The role covers PFEP, layout planning, equipment concepts, and data-driven planning for lean, scalable ramp-ups.

Collaborate with Engineering, Assembly, Quality, IT, and suppliers; deliver feasible business cases and implementation plans to optimize material handling and storage solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Strong experience in automotive or industrial logistics planning.
• Knowledge of material flow optimization, warehouse layout, PFEP, line-side supply, packaging, and equipment planning.
• Experience with Lean Logistics, continuous improvement, standard work, data-driven decisions, and standardization.
• Ability to develop layouts, business cases, papers, specs, and implementation plans.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and logistics planning tools.
• Strong PM, stakeholder coordination, problem-solving, and communication.

Responsibilities

• Optimize warehouse layouts, storage structures, and material flow concepts.
• Build clear business cases for equipment, automation, and process choices.
• Reduce travel distance, congestion, handling, and waste.
• Plan projects, ramp-up readiness, and align stakeholders.
• Develop logistics concepts for warehouse structures, line-side supply, kitting, sequencing, and direct delivery.
• Support block layout, material flow concepts, warehouse schematics, and storage tech evaluations.
• Analyze throughput, routes, frequencies, and material handling requirements.
• Prepare feasibility studies, business cases, and ROI analyses for logistics equipment and automation.
• Support supplier vetting, RFQ prep, equipment selection, SOP documentation, and ramp-up activities.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Assembly, Material Handling, Packaging Planning, Quality, Safety, IT, and suppliers.

Skills

Logistics planning

Material flow optimization

Warehouse layout design

PFEP

Line-side supply

Packaging

Logistics equipment planning

Lean Logistics

Continuous improvement

Standard work

Data-driven decision making

Process standardization

Layout development

Business cases

Decision papers

Technical specifications

Implementation plans

Microsoft Office

Project management

Stakeholder coordination

Problem solving

Communication

Automated storage systems

Autonomous material transport

Tugger trains

AMRs

Conveyors

Material handling equipment

Supplier management

RFQ support

Tender evaluation

Functional testing

Training coordination

Final buy-off

Dashboards

Simulations

Sankey diagrams

Spaghetti diagrams

Traffic analyses

Visualization tools

Multilingual

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Logistics, Supply Chain, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Mercedes-Benz Vans, LLC (Charleston, SC) seeks a Senior Material Flow Engineer to support logistics planning, warehouse structure development, material flow optimization, and readiness for new products. The role covers PFEP, layout planning, equipment concepts, and data-driven planning for lean, scalable ramp-ups.

Collaborate with Engineering, Assembly, Quality, IT, and suppliers; deliver feasible business cases and implementation plans to optimize material handling and storage solutions.