Supply Chain Scheduler

Valeo; Highland Park (MI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Valeo in Michigan seeks an Inventory Planner to ensure materials availability for customer demand. You will manage raw materials and components, monitor MPS, set inventory levels, and work with suppliers to maintain on-time delivery.

You will lead actions to reduce stock, forecast weekly, validate supplier forecasts, and coordinate with ERP and cross-functional teams to keep the supply chain efficient in a fast paced manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s of Science degree in a technical field.
• 2+ years in Supply Chain or Logistics.
• 1 year in a high-speed manufacturing plant.
• Experience with Google or Microsoft Administrative applications.
• Experience with Just-In-Sequence systems and SAP.

Responsibilities

• Follow up the MPS achievement and propose preventative actions regarding material availability to ensure MPS realization.
• Define and lead actions connected with inventory reductions with his components families.
• Measure the Supplier Service Rate – SSR - for each supplier and propose action plans to improve service level.
• Plan the raw materials and components requirements based on SIOP and MPS; forecast to suppliers weekly.
• Ensure materials are available to meet customer demand and follow up daily material arrivals.
• Communicate with Supplier contacts; adapt communication frequency to the situation.
• Attend logistics/purchasing meetings and propose action plans in case of shortages; coordinate with cross-functional teams.
• Support inventory counting and ensure accuracy with ERP and inventory control analyst.

Skills

Supply Chain & Logistics experience

High-speed manufacturing plant

Education

Bachelor’s of Science degree (technical)

Tools

SAP

Just-In-Sequence (JIS) systems

Google/Microsoft Administrative apps

Job description

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What You Will Win

As part of a global community of talented people, you will grow and thrive working on advanced technologies for greener, safer and smarter mobility. Our company culture gives all our employees the opportunity every day to #Dare.Care.Share. You will receive a best in class, total compensation package that provides a comprehensive benefits program with real financial value

About The Role

Is in charge of the inventory level of his raw materials and components families :

• Follow up the MPS achievement and propose preventative actions regarding material availability to ensure MPS realization. Is responsible for setting up proper raw materials and components inventory levels.
• Define and lead actions connected with inventory reductions with his components families.
• Measure the Supplier Service Rate – SSR - for each supplier. Propose action plans to improve the service level. Follow up and report daily the inventory level of his raw material and components families.

Make sure that the materials and components are available to meet the complete customer demand :

• Plan the raw materials and components requirement based upon Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning and Master Production Schedule and anticipate potential impacts with suppliers and with production.
• Validate and send on a weekly basis forecasts to the suppliers
• Make sure that raw materials and components are available to meet customer demand
• Follow up daily the material arrivals according to firm orders and make sure suppliers ship parts on time according to firm orders.
• On a regular basis, communicate complete, precise & reliable information to the Supplier contacts. Adapt the chosen method of communication to the level of the Supplier contact. Adapt the frequency to the situation (preventative, curative, crisis).

Identify blocking points and plan appropriate quick actions to solve them:

• Attend Logistics/Purchasing meetings and follow up related action plans.
• In charge of proposing the action plan in case of material shortages with Team support and communication the action plan to the Customer
• Support the implementation with the appropriate departments (APU, Logistics, Purchasing, VPS) tools and methods in order to improve the supply chain organization like Pull flow, Kanban, EDI, Milk run.
• Define with the External flow analyst the inbound transportation plans.
• Support actively the inventory counting and propose actions to maintain accuracy of inventory in cooperation with the ERP and inventory control analyst.
• Alert sales in the event of a crisis (Customer or internal), to define priorities with the Customer & internally (management, VS for the aftermarket), follow the evolution of any associated action plans. If necessary, escal… Meet the Suppliers contacts on a regular basis (once a year for major Suppliers).
• Propose logistics protocol with suppliers in co-operation with External flow analyst and Purchasing.
• Make sure that there is a backup for each Suppliers & train the backup on the way to manage the Suppliers’ account; ensure that during holidays the position is covered & that both suppliers and internal customers are notified in advance of the absence and informed of the person that will be temporarily managing the Suppliers’ account.

What You Should Have

• You should have a technical Bachelor’s of Science degree
• You have 2+ years of experience with Supply Chain and/or Logistics
• You have at least 1 year of experience in Supply Chain and/or Logistics at a high speed manufacturing plant
• You have experience with Google or Microsoft Administrative applications
• Just-In- Sequence Systems and SAP

Join us!

Thanks to its strategy focused on innovation, Valeo aims at reducing CO² emissions and developing intuitive driving to propose greener, safer, and smarter mobility. The fantastic (r)evolution towards the vehicle of the future provides amazing career opportunities and challenging jobs!

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