Material Flow Engineer

About the role

Provides expertise in the design and flow of material throughout a manufacturing environment. Develops strategies, designs layout and monitors material availability, including cart and racking designs, material conversions, packaging equipment procurement lifecycle and quality and regulatory compliance.

thyssenkrupp Bilstein of America, Inc. is a world class manufacturer of suspension solutions headquartered in Hamilton, Ohio USA. thyssenkrupp Bilstein of America supplies products to a wide range of Original Equipment Automotive Manufacturers as well as Aftermarket and Motorsports customers. Our Aftermarket operations are based out of Poway, CA and our Motorsports operations are based out of Mooresville, NC. For decades, the name BILSTEIN has been synonymous with high tech in suspension design, driving comfort, and safety. In order to expand this position BILSTEIN became a division of thyssenkrupp Technologies AG in 1988, and a wholly owned subsidiary in 2005. This partnership has enabled us to continue the BILSTEIN tradition of excellence.

Responsibilities

• Lead optimization projects in the area of supply chain management (production planning and forecasting, warehouse processes, inventory management, order management, master data standardization, etc.)
• Designs and implements material delivery solutions for new projects, recurrent problems and continuous improvement of processes. (Kanban, Order related etc...)
• Ensures that in SAP raw materials and semi-finished products have IM/WM settings to implement the chosen logistics concept
• Ensure that in SAP semi-finished and finished products have implemented IM/WM/PP settings to implement the production planning and interoperability transfer strategy.
• According to production planning and line feeding strategies, organizes and marks the logistic areas of the lines
• Monitors that the supply of raw materials and semi-finished products to the production lines meets requirements. (Kanban, Order related etc...)
• Makes necessary changes to the material flow based on production throughput.
• Increase of parts/packaging density, optimization of parts protection, packaging modification for internal material flow.
• Analysis of the structure of the entire material flow, and construction of logistic concepts with consideration to the existing projects in the plant (tugger train concept and route optimization, full pallet vs KLT line feeding, Kanban structure)
• Manages work instructions for production operator training on material movement processes. (Kanban, Reservation, Returns)
• Coordinates and conducts testing of packaging designs in conjunction with quality assurance, internal customer requirements and method of transport to ensure integrity of product and ergonomics for the operators.
• Provides direction in support of initiatives for the re-use, recycling and disposal of packaging materials in Bilstein facilities.
• Defines, quotes and manages new racking requirements/ installation new business and layout changes.
• Supports Quality in the research and correction of field quality problems with component packaging.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Industrial or supply chain engineering or related field.
• Working knowledge and experience of packaging engineering in the automotive industry.
• Thorough knowledge of supply chain and ERP systems (SAP is a plus).
• Demonstrated understanding of Lean Logistics and Manufacturing concepts (APICS-CPIM Certification is desirable).
• Strong knowledge and understanding of supply chain, transportation and logistics concepts in an automotive environment.
• Proven experience managing and delivering complex projects within scope, budget and on time.
• Ability to read/create technical drawings and specifications.
• Understanding on ergonomics and safety standards in a manufacturing environment.
• Proven experience independently performing calculation and evaluation of packaging fleet sizes.
• Strong problem solving and decision making skills including formalized methodologies.
• Knowledgeable of APQP core