Supply Chain Engineer Location: Chicago, IL
Job Description:
Job description
What??s the opportunity?
The Supply Chain Engineer (SCE) is responsible for identifying, developing and implementing end-to-end supply chain solutions for a major Customer in our Automotive/Heavy Industrial Industry Group. A successful candidate will have experience in supply chain management, logistics engineering, network design/optimization and supply chain cost modeling.
The SCE will create analytical models and develop capabilities to support the strategic vision of and the Customer. These models include transportation and supply chain network design, facility layout analysis, footprint analysis, shipment density and frequency analysis, and network integration design. Key tasks also include data mining, trend analysis, development of financial baselines and savings calculations.
This is a Customer facing and consultative position, therefore it is critical that this individual have outstanding organization, communication and change management skills.
Responsibilities:
Responsible for analyzing historic and forecasted data to identify cost & service improvement opportunities
Develops scenario-based solution models
Designs and develops supply chain solutions aligned to our strategic roadmap
Leads projects to deliver cost and service improvements using a PDCA based methodology
Supports implementation of solutions as needed by the project managers
Communicates complex solutions to a variety of stakeholders effectively and concisely
Develops metrics and dashboards to track results of implemented solutions