Senior NA Logistics Planner: Cost & Vendor Partnerships

Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems, Inc. in El Paso seeks a Logistics Planner III to coordinate North American freight import-export operations, including standard overland and air freight and expedited modes. Emphasis on costs, vendor management, risk, and routing stability.

Responsibilities include creating logistic plans for routes, monitoring implementation, supporting budgeting and reporting, and maintaining policies and supplier KPIs. Strong communication and bilingual capabilities preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 5 to 7 years professional experience.
• Budgeting, business planning, or accounting related (academic or professional) experience.
• Business acumen, ease with business level math and accounting environment.
• Microsoft Office, including Excel, with intermediate level formulas.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Logistics, freight, and/or import-export experience.
• Business level Spanish speaker (Required).
• Preferred: Business level Japanese speaker (NOT required).
• Project management role.

Responsibilities

• On behalf of NA Operations, create logistics plans for current and mid-term standard (North America overland and air freight) mode routes, support implementation monitoring, countermeasures, and reporting of status.
• On behalf of NA Operations, create logistics plans for current and mid-term abnormal (expedited air and truck) mode routes, support implementation, monitoring, countermeasures, and reporting of status.
• On behalf of NA Operations, facilitate and maintain vendor management system, with a focus on QCD, a competitive bidding process, and internal policy, procedure, and compliance.
• On behalf of NA Operations, facilitate and maintain vendor service rate and cost tables, vendor KPIs
• On behalf of NA Operations, lead project based cost reduction and continuous improvement activities.
• On behalf of NA Operations, plan and manage current and future finished goods packaging (both customer returnable and expendable), work closely with GPP and RM packaging planning members
• Support NA Operations Manager (and connected sections and departments) with information and data management, budgeting, reporting activities.
• Support NA Operations team functions as directed by the manager
• Coordinate, author, and maintain policies, procedures, and work instructions for the section

Skills

Logistics planning

Budgeting/forecasting

Communication skills

Business acumen

Excel formulas

Spanish language

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Excel

Microsoft Office

Job description

Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems, Inc. in El Paso seeks a Logistics Planner III to coordinate North American freight import-export operations, including standard overland and air freight and expedited modes. Emphasis on costs, vendor management, risk, and routing stability.

Responsibilities include creating logistic plans for routes, monitoring implementation, supporting budgeting and reporting, and maintaining policies and supplier KPIs. Strong communication and bilingual capabilities preferred.