Analyst, Warehousing

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage customer demand and on time delivery
• Analyze demand and inventory levels and create internal orders in SAP
• Issue orders to the warehouse floor with adequate preparation time to meet customer due date and window times
• Meet 100% delivery to the customer: customer coverage with input from customer portals and emails and initiating management-approved premium freight if essential
• Transmits and Monitors ASN’s for errors and accuracy
• Maintains daily and monthly customer delivery ratings (reporting to core group as designated) and disputes as necessary
• Reconciles shipment accums and related discrepancies (DMR, RDR, RMO)
• Ensures current customer specific requirements such as labeling, packaging, routing, window times, and EDI specs are communicated
• Covers incoming shipments with internal departments
• Analyzes and reports delivery performance
• Manages Premium Freight Orders
• Utilizes appropriate processes and systems to log and order premium freight
• Collaborates on transportation requirements between multiple Yazaki groups and the customer
• Determines cost responsibility based on input from internal and external customers
• Manages Obsolescence / Balance Out
• Fulfills FIFO on order creation considering part design level
• Keeps warehouse on-point by following internal processes of design levels, quantities as customer demand changes
• Confirms cost responsibility based on input from internal customers in regard to agreements or negotiations with manufacturing or the customer
• Completes customer claims audits and scrap quickly to minimize obsolescence and carrying costs
• Acts as the liaison for both the customer and production control
• Ensures timely responses to their communication
• Affords assistance to customer with delivery issues
• Supports engineering changes with production control and the customer
• Informs and updates customers and portals on delivery timing based on input from internal departments
• Manages part registration in applicable system ensuring the system is ready to issue orders to the warehouse with correct system information to correctly transmit ASN’s to the customer
• Manages late requests from the customer
• Participates in customer and internal meetings
• Utilizes and updates customer systems as necessary
• Completes required reports and metrics
• Understands when escalation is required and appropriately initiates it
• May support specific prototype / preproduction meetings (e.g. component procurement / shortage and Supplier Readiness)
• May coordinate shipment timing and special requirements with transportation for incoming and outgoing shipments
• Analyzes customer orders in applicable system as necessary
• Supports long-range and short-term group forecasts, goals, objectives, and priorities
• Supports other projects, tasks, and/or duties as assigned
• Mentors and trains analysts as required
• Aids other carlines
• Represents the Distribution department during meetings and projects
• Supports health and safety policies

  REQUIREMENTS

  • Education: Bachelors in business administration or Supply Chain Management, or related field or equivalent experience preferred
  • Experience:
    • Required minimum years of experience in Supply Chain or related field: None
    • Preferred years of experience in Supply chain and project management or related field: 0 – 3 years
  • Language: English is required and Spanish is required if directly interacts with customers in Mexico.
  • Software: SAP, Success Factors and Microsoft
  • Travel: Both domestic and international travel could be required between Yazaki facilities and to customer and manufacturing sites

  FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES

  • Composure to meet the pressures of deadlines and requirements for multiple simultaneous projects: I, II, III
  • Computer savvy to effectively utilize work processing and spreadsheets: I, III
  • Focus to concentrate on data and paperwork while managing distractions and disruptions: I, II, III
  • Interpersonal and communication skills to interact with various levels of personnel both within the organization and externally and build cross-organizational support: I, II
  • Mental acumen to work on tasks requiring concentration and attention to detail: I, II, III
  • Organization and Time Management to prioritize and meet deadlines: I, II
  • Problem-solving skills to analyze systems and procedures to identify weaknesses and implement solutions: I, II, III

  LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES

  • Establishes Vision and Direction: I, II, III
  • Customer Driven: I, II, III
  • Global Focus: I, II, III
  • Consensus Building: I, II, III
  • Buils Organizational Support: I, II, III
  • Seeks Continuous Improvement: I, II, III
  • Team Leadership: I, II, III
  • Develops Self and Others: I, II, III
  • Results Orientation: I, II, III
  • Makes Tough Decisions: I, II, III