SUMMARY: The purpose of this role to lead and enhance Regional Changepoint Management Processes that ensure operational readiness and risk mitigation for New Model Events and Major Projects. This includes driving continuous improvement of tools and committees, fostering collaboration and information sharing across the regional companies and promoting best practices and process standardization.
Additionally, the role aims to benchmark and implement innovative supply chain and material handling solutions, while building strong partnerships internally and externally to achieve strategic business goals with professionalism, precision and effective prioritization.
Acquire know-how as part of the succession planning for the RO Management function.
ESSENTIAL JOB QUALIFICATIONSThe following essential job qualifications include, but are not limited to:
- Proactively co-lead and participate on the Regional Change Point Management Activities which support the readiness process and evaluations across the region towards the New Model Events and/or Major Projects.
- Utilize and Improve current Change Point Management Tools to support the readiness process and evaluations across the region towards the New Model Events and/or Major Projects.
- Maintain the Business Change Point Management committee to continuously strengthen and improve the Operational Characteristics amongst the HLNA companies.
- Evaluate Production Change Points with Risk Assessments and Readiness Confirmations.
- Collaborate with the regional SQD committee SMEs with the focus to improve the Business Characteristics by promoting the Information Sharing across the Regional Companies, ensuring proper collaboration and communication within the LO SME Team and consulting the Local sites towards best practices and standardization of processes.
- To assist and support the operational team in order to ensure that targets are successfully achieved. To record, report and present on statistical information to demonstrate performance against established goals and to have knowledge and understanding of variance against targets.
- Benchmark other Logistic Companies and Propose/Plan/Implement Supply Chain and Material Handling Innovation Solutions to be studied and deployed across the Region.
- Work in a highly professional manner to forge and create positive working relationships with all business partners, both internal/external and with new/existing clients as a result contribute successfully to the achievement of strategic goals.
- Demonstrate and utilize excellent time management, strong prioritization and work with high attention to detail, in influencing and negotiating with internal/external/third parties.
REQUIREMENTS (EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, SKILLS)- Degree level qualification in Engineering and Management.
- Project management.
- Extensive knowledge of warehousing/logistics management.
- Knowledge of warehousing/logistics management systems.
- Excellent Communication skills, both written & verbal
- Well-developed Interpersonal & Leadership skills, with proven ability in Project Management
- Well organization and planning skills.
- Ability to operate in both a hands on and strategic manner; developed decision making based on People and Process Management
- Ability to build credibility and engage with both internal and external customers.
- Excellent time management, with strong prioritization skills and demonstrating high attention to detail.
- Assertive, yet fair; consistent & objective.
- Demonstrates both commitment and enthusiasm to the business, is responsive and flexible to change, and is innovative.
- Ability to remain calm and consistent when under pressure and working with tight timescales.
- Ability to demonstrate both a tactful & diplomatic approach.
PREFERRED - Degree-level qualification in supply chain
- management logistics/warehousing/Business Management
- Ability/proven record of developing customer-forward data/analytics packages (Large Data sets on short notice)
- International warehousing/logistics perspective
- Business start-up.
- Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing techniques
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:- Regularly required to sit, stand, bend, reach, and move throughout the facility
- Some travel may be required across North American Operations
WORK ENVIRONMENT:- Work will primarily take place in an office environment
- Exposure to warehouse/production environment
