Economic Development Manager Jobs in Union, SC (NOW HIRING)

Division: BENTELER Automotive 
Functional Area: Supply Chain Management 
Career Level: Professional 
Contract Type: Short-term/Full-time 
Weekly Working Hours: 40,00 
Required Languages: English 
Requisition ID: 45973 

At BENTELER, we make it possible. From promoting individual talents to international career prospects, or from generous opportunities for designing your career to personal development opportunities-at BENTELER, we always have answers to your questions about the future, based entirely on your personal needs. Diverse options that makes sure you can be anything and everything. Or, as we like to put it: BENTELER makes it happen!

Core Responsibilities:

Supports Materials and Production Planner

Coach/Mentor the staff

Manages department training matrix
Ensures sustainable implementation and the continuous optimization and improvements of all processes in the responsible area
Ensures compliance with global/regional standard processes and regulations

Reduces daily business SC costs and ensures a high delivery performance to all customers
Optimizes and manages the stocks of stored material; ensures physical stock compliance through accurate SAP postings and values
Ensures the usage of standard SAP transactions
Handles SAP Idoc's or manual call offs and ensures the elimination of root cause in case of nonconforming Idoc data
Ensures the sales and operations planning
Ensures the evaluation of customer call offs vs contracted volume
Ensures the monitoring and maintenance of production capacity (short, mid-term)
Ensures production scheduling in SAP 

Ensures the run up of new projects with out material shortages and the end of production according to the global standard process 
Implements operational SC targets and initiates countermeasures in case of deviations
Inventory management
Avoids special freights and ensure the compliance with transport cost budget
Ensures a high customer satisfaction and avoid customer violations (complaints)
Ensures compliance with all operations SCM targets
Ensuring the accurate SCM reporting 
Manages Customer PDCA's, 8D
Manages Special Freight PDCA's

Manages Cycle Count PDCA's, Inventory accuracy 
Immediate escalation to Plant SCM for any deviations to plan or budget
Implements the machine capacity planning tool for the production lines and ensures the accurate usage; initiates promptly countermeasures in case of production capacity issues (Only Component Plants)5.      Ensures in the responsible area if the SC related data are administered correctly in SAP; monitors the SAP parameters, quality of SC master data and ensures faultless MRP and initiates countermeasures in case of mistakes
DQI Monitor
Combined with Mater data administrator
 Transfers local operational SC processes into SAP and ensures that all interfaces are met
 Implements and ensures that customer requirements are met  
EMFOR
EMJIT
Conducts training reg. regional customer manual in the plant and ensures that the planners work accordingly
Reduces working capital according to BOSLE principles; increases delivery services
Manages the stocks days on hand (finish, raw, semi finish material)
Manages Working Capital
Monitors / Reviews production build schedules
Conducts SAP reports to track material and produced parts
Avoids material shortages and manages bottle necks in Supply Chains to increase the delivery performance to the customer
Conducts inventory cross checks
Inventory Control
Cycle Count/ Inventory Lead
COGI

Promotes a respectful work environment and recruits, develops and retains (functionally and disciplinarily reporting) maintain a qualified, motivated and productive workforce. Leads by example and lives up to Benteler's mission, values and global leadership principles. Uses standard HR tools e.g. the appraisal process to provide regular feedback and agree upon tasks and goals with respective employees

Job Requirements:

Education:  Bachelor's degree in economics, Mechanical Engineering or Operations Management, advanced education preferred
Years of working experience:  5 years' experience in Materials/Logistics, inventory management experience, customer service experience, profound SAP knowledge required, some leadership responsibility
Years of industry experience: 5 years of automotive experience
Certifications: APICS Certification preferred

Your contact

Susan Adams
BENTELER Human Resources

Susan.Adams@BENTELER.com