Continuous Improvement Logistics Engineer

Job Description:

Responsibilities

• Ensures that the designated shipping daily goal is met at Pontiac and direct the continuous improvement process of improving on-time shipping.
• Confer with department heads in production, sales, customer service and purchasing to coordinate shipping activities.
• Issue shipping instructions and provide routing information to ensure that delivery times and locations are coordinated.
• Improve team performance by developing optimum work schedules/workflow, coaching, and effectively training employees. Foster teamwork, commitment, respect, trust, pride, and ownership.
• Ensure effective assignment/utilization of resources, maintaining, adherence to established policies, processes, and procedures while recommending improvements.
• Monitor overall departmental performance by collecting and reporting inventory accuracy data, negative inventory balances, manpower effectiveness, correct identification of bin locations, housekeeping trends, etc.
• Manage the inventory improvement process. Review reports and be hands-on in the warehouse to understand discrepancies and identify their root causes, resolve discrepancies, and suggest and implement corrective measures.
• Manage the completion of periodic inventory cycle counts including the annual physical inventory, reporting actual vs. perpetual inventory balances, and investigate root causes and implement systematic solutions.
• Compile and distribute shipping reports detailing order status, distribution plans, and service/shipping cost aspects.
• Ensure that finished goods inventory is transacted in an accurate and timely manner and stocked in designated locations.
• Arrange for necessary shipping documentation and contacts customs officials to effect release of shipments.