Senior Engineer - Finished Vehicle Logistics (hybrid schedule)

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Job Description:

Summary
The Senior Engineer is responsible for analysis and utilization of continuous improvement tools to design Supply Chain Solutions in current and future operations.

The Role

• Seeking a motivated individual to help drive the North America Finished Vehicle Logistics team on new projects and on-going support of outbound finished vehicle network engineering
• The Finished Vehicle Logistics team will focus on:
  • Ensuring systems are accurate
  • Tactical design changes
  • Cost savings analysis and optimizations
  • Creative solutions and purchasing support

What You'll Do

• Manage finished vehicle routing and distribution across North America, Mexico, and Canada
• Validate network performance — Actual vs. Forecast
• Define transportation methods balancing cost, service, and quality
• Track impact files before and after network redesigns
• Model using supply chain optimization tools (e.g., Optilogic)
• Manage large data sets to perform transportation studies
• Develop business cases with projected cost savings and volume impact
• Ensure project alignment and timing with other current and deployed initiatives across logistics
• Ensure regional/global input is received for all major decisions related to logistics processes and systems
• Root cause issues to identify initiatives that improve process and cost competitiveness
• Design and run network modeling tools

Required Qualifications

• 2+ years relevant experience in purchasing, supply chain, program/product management, logistics, or product development (internship or co-op experience will not be considered)
• Project management skills with proven experience leading projects
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to work cross-functionally with purchasing, engineering, manufacturing, and sales
• Expert-level proficiency in analytics tools with ability to learn new tools/systems quickly
• Data analytics experience (e.g., SQL, R, Python)
• Data visualization experience (e.g., Power BI, Tableau)
• Ability to drive long-term projects through to completion

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Purchasing, Supply Chain Management, Finance, or related field
• Business process optimization and re-engineering experience
• Logistics software experience

Essential Functions

• Apply company methodologies and tools to design distribution and transportation operations including staffing, equipment, sizing and layout.

• Collect data and perform statistical analysis.

• Determine efficient utilization of resources by analyzing layouts, labor force, equipment, and equipment utilization charts.

• Map and document processes, identify process gaps, make recommendations and implement process improvement.

• Support business development and help create efficient designs and solutions processes.

• Participate in customer facing meetings for proposal discussion and business development.

• Establish and implement performance measures, KPI targets and optimization tools.

• Develop transportation network design and routing design using the appropriate software.

Additional Responsibilities

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to work on problems of diverse scope where analysis of situation or data requires evaluation of identifiable factors

• Exercises judgment in obtaining solutions

• Must be computer literate and able to use the Microsoft Office Suite (Excel & Word) as well as MS Project, Vision, AutoCAD and Warehouse Management System (WMS)

• Ability to operate within predictable parameters as well as defined tools and processes with guidance from management

• Demonstrates customer service skills

• Must be customer focused

• Results oriented

• Demonstrates problem solving skills

• Demonstrates