Logistics Advisor

To plan and deliver assembly containers to support project objectives. This includes all special and standard containers for delivery of parts from assembly suppliers to Plant Oxford. The role is a project management position, ensuring that delivered containersmeet cost, timing and quality objectives.

Innovative task
- Collaboration with central process partners to ensure BIC (best-in-class) concepts are achieved
- Introduce new container concepts that minimise investment and optimise Logistics costs
- Develop container solutions that support the Assembly and logistics Reference models (RSPL = reference system parts logistics, is now new description)
- Increase the use of standard containers to improve business flexibility
- Align the container concept with all necessary process partners for a smooth integration in to series operations

Independence, responsibility, decisions
- Technical solution - engineering ability in product & container options
- Evaluation of the impacts of processes
- Awareness of environmental and legislative requirements. (Recycled material requirements for steel and plastics)
- Validation of overall container inventory for assembly containers at Plant Oxford.
- Component quality - ensure parts are delivered in the correct quality.
- Project timings - ensuring all project milestones are met.

Influence on results
- Transport cost
- Container Investment
- Handling cost
- Product Quality (QZS, QZF, Direct Run) - avoiding transportation damage through robust container design.
- Container repair / replacement.
- Ensure containers are available in loop & continuity of supply during launch.
- Launch timings, container availability for PVL, VS1, VS2, LP & SV stages

Negotiating Field
- Project management: to decide on escalations to project management team of container costs / timings to target.
- Supply Base / purchasing: Ensure compliance to Company standards in packaging manual & timely decisions and provision of key data.
- Container manufacturers - ensuring high performance to quality, cost & timing targets

Operating framework
- All Assembly containers, inbound, excludes on site containers ("B-C")
- Process ownership from concept to deployment.
- Proportion of typical annual capital investment (project spend)
- Proportion of development Budget

Knowledge Skills and Experience required
- Self motivated, analytical and logical. (2)
- Attention to detail.(2)
- Ability for creative thinking. (2)
- Overall knowledge of logistics processes, strategies and concepts. (3)
- General IT Skills (Desktop), Business Process IT Skills. (3)
- Strong project management skills (3)
- BTEC or equivalent Mechanical Engineering qualification (2)
- German language very beneficial
- Experience in container development very beneficial

Index Recruitment Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.