Logistics Team Leader

Job Objective Direct, manage and coordinate a medium plant logistics operation incl. budget responsibility, focusing on all topics related to supplier logistics, intra-logistics and customer logistics. Duties and Responsibilities A Logistics Direct, manage and optimize all logistics resources and budgets within a medium plant operation (personnel, inventory, transportation, infrastructure / equipment, external resources) to achieve minimal total costs and meet customer requirements. Plan the future resource requirements of a medium plant operation. Direct and control the design of material- and information flows and logistics processes of a medium complex plant operation. Responsible for the implementation of a suitable logistics controlling. Coordinate and balance conflicting interests of all logistics personnel and internal / external stakeholders to provide optimal solutions in a medium plant operation. Manage bottleneck situations and customer escalations. Participation in global strategic projects and facilitate pilot projects. Secure the implementation and application of global logistics and HELLA standards (e.g. process, equipment, health safety, environment etc.). Ensure the specified logistics quality of the location and qualify underperforming suppliers to meet the required quality standards. Participate in internal and external negotiations. Arrange for relevant declarations and clearance measures to be carried out considering legal and country specific points of view. Drive continuous improvement and establish process improvements. Collaborate with regional logistics to consistently increase logistics performance. Responsible for achieving the targeted logistics KPIs within plant logistics. B Project Management Supervise and execute the management of high complexity logistics projects from technical and organizational perspective along the supply chain and product lifecycle, incl. rollout and sustainable implementation of corporate standard processes. Defining, planning, coordinating and monitoring of high complexity projects for the area of responsibility incl. responsible for internal and external personnel capacity planning. Definition and continuous monitoring of project success regarding time, budget and output quality and driving execution of defined actions. Negotiating general logistics conditions with suppliers, service providers and customers (e.g. JIT/JIS processes, turnaround periods, packaging). Aligning all ongoing projects and activities with relevant business processes owners and functions, incl. corporate. Execution of problem solving and escalation for occurring deviations. Support and contribute on overarching activities and initiatives. Preparation of business cases and execution of pilot applications. C Leadership Deploying employees corresponding to their qualifications within the relevant structure. Instructing and supporting employees in a target-oriented and motivating manner to fulfill the tasks. Guiding, instructing and supporting employees in function-related tasks. Responsible for hiring process and sustain the team performance and evaluation as well as qualification demands. Managing of employees according to targets and delegation, to select, to qualify and further develop employees on the basis of a culture of trust, control effectiveness, in order to develop and compensate potential and promote individual competencies, to achieve the targets of the department.