Project Manager Logistics: Inventory Management

HELLA is a global, family-owned company listed on the stock exchange that employs some 38,000 members of staff at over 125 locations in some 35 countries. The HELLA Group develops and manufactures lighting and electronic components and systems for the automotive industry, and also has one of the largest trade organizations for automotive parts, accessories, diagnosis and services within Europe. In the Special Applications segment, HELLA also develops products for specialist vehicles. Complete vehicle modules, air-conditioning systems and vehicle electrical systems are produced in joint venture companies. With almost 7,000 people working in research and development, HELLA is one of the most important innovation drivers on the market. HELLA has achieved sales of around 6.6 billion Euros in fiscal year 2016/2017; in addition, the HELLA Group is one of the top 40 automotive parts suppliers in the world and one of the 100 largest German industrial companies.

Completed studies in the field of industrial engineering / Logistics / Business Administration
Five years operative working experience in Logistics Planning, preferably in a Leadership position.
Experience in Project Management and Workshop Planning incl. execution with interdisciplinary stakeholders
Mandatory deep knowledge in min. 2 modules of SAP MM, PP, SD, APO.
Competent handling of MS-Office applications, esp. MS-Excel, MS-Access and MS-PowerPoint.
Good knowledge in other Logistics fields of Material flow planning, Warehousing, Packaging, Lean Logistics and Automatization
Excellent communication skills and a high customer orientation. Ability to work in international teams demonstrating cultural sensitivity and social competence
Willingness of travel in Europe
Fluent English language skills (written and spoken)

You are passionate and driving the improvement of Inventory Management for all plants in Europe.
You will comprehensively analyze the entire Supply Chain of the European plants for opportunities to improve the relevant Key Performance Indicators for Inventories on a short-, mid- and long-term horizon.
You are working with the respective Logistics Managers and Planning teams in the European plants to achieve Regional inventory targets by pursuing measures on all levels of inventory.
You are preparing mandatory Top-Management decisions on plant, Regional and Board level to ensure a continuous progress for the topics.
Besides the European SAP-process team, you are working interdisciplinary with Purchasing, Finance, Operations, Quality, and IT to develop Inventory Management strategically further.
Commonly with Corporate Logistics and European plants you are identifying best practice approaches for Inventory Management, deriving and implementing standards.
You are part of a network with dedicated experts in HELLA locations worldwide