Material Expeditor

General Job Description:

This position is based Uitenhage South Africa.  Report directly to the Materials Manager, this position will be responsible to plan and arrange manufacturing components, logistics costs, and protection of supply.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Ensure long horizon forecast is extended to all suppliers (52 week Forecast)
• Understand customer demand and forecast,
• Work closely with Production Planners to understand the scheduling of the production lines.
• Analyze MRP Reports and send weekly releases to the supplier base,
• Micro-manage Expediting of Raw Materials from Local and International Suppliers.
• Make sure the Raw Materials are on time for Production,
• Daily communicates with Freight Forwarders regarding Import of Raw Materials
• Maintain inventory at an acceptable level,

Control & Reduce Logistics costs:

• Improve utilization of planned trucks daily with freight forwarders and transporters,
• Improve internal supply chain and materials flow between Dana plants (Utilize Value Stream Mapping)
• Work in a cross functional team to optimize our freight and warehouse network, tying in forecast and order management logic.

Protection of Supply

• Escalate potential supply issues to material manager if required,
• Allocate parts between Dana plants if required,
• Send out weekly purchase orders to suppliers,
• Ensure suppliers have the required parts ready for collection as per the Purchase orders sent out weekly,
• Manage all material alarms in One Network

Deliverable:

• Avoid Stopping internal customer,
• Reduce / Eliminate any airfreight cost,
• Keep obsolescence at an absolute minimum,
• Maintain inventory at an acceptable level as per forecast,

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor Degree and experience in a Materials Planning, logistics, and/or supply chain
• Must have excellent computer skills and thorough knowledge of MRP, MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Understanding of both the Automotive and Commercial Vehicle industry preferred.
• Must be proficient in the use of eBusiness tools and Microsoft Office Suite
• Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience in Assembly, Machining, and Forging Operations preferred.
• Must be detail oriented, proactive in anticipating requirements and able to work efficiently with minimal direction in a sometimes high pressure environment.
• Skilled in composing written correspondence and preparing presentations for senior management.
• Successfully interacts with a dispersed leadership team and others across functions and sites.
• Must be proactive, detail oriented and have excellent organization, planning and follow-through skills.
• Committed to tasks and skilled at identifying and solving a variety of problems of broad scope and complexity with little to no supervision.
• Must be able to work flexible hours.

Core Competencies:

Strategy – Ability to think and act in a strategic way.

• Can lead & act consistent with the company’s strategy and values.
• Able to demonstrate strategic problem solving, good decision making and sound judgement.
• Demonstrates sound business and technical acumen.
• Shows a high degree of intellectual rigor during problem solving.

Talent – Ability to build and develop talent.

• Demonstrates ability to develop self and others.
• Shows evidence of continuous learning.
• Demonstrates performance leadership.

Approach – Ability to demonstrate an effective approach to engagement and problem solving.

• Able to build trust and engage others.
• Can build or contribute to an inclusive team environment.
• Demonstrates strong interpersonal communications.
• Exhibits a strong professional presence.

Results – Ability to achieve planned results.

• Demonstrates a strong customer focus through planning and actions.
• Acts with initiative and urgency.
• Shows the ability to be a change leader with adaptability and continuous improvement.
• Ability to hold oneself and others accountable for results.
• Demonstrates the ability to leverage all available resources to achieve results.

Dana Spicer Axle South Africa (Pty) Ltd is committed to an organizational culture that recognizes and values inclusion and diversity. The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. You must be fully eligible to live and work in South Africa to apply.