Agile - Material Flow Senior Leader -BIW

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REQ ID: 124373
JOB TITLE: Agile - Material Flow Senior Leader -BIW
SALARY: £42,694 - £54,000

POSTING START DATE: 21/06/24
POSTING END DATE: 05/07/24
LOCATION: Solihull

An ever-evolving heritage. A truly exciting future. Two of the world's most iconic brands. JLR is revered across the globe. Continually pushing the boundaries of innovation and redefining the benchmark for excellence, we set the standards others want to follow. We want to keep it that way too. Which is where you join the journey.

WHAT TO EXPECT

This role is an exciting opportunity to join the Plant MP&L team. Through our Linefeed Logistics we manage the flow of parts from vehicle/material scheduling to delivery to line.

We are constantly looking to improve and adapt to drive efficiencies and improvements across our logistics solutions to support the needs and requirements of manufacturing and Solihull site goals

Plant MP&L is a challenging, lively, fast-paced and dynamic environment to work in. Our key focuses are driving flexible solutions and approaches to changing business needs, driving our suppliers and LLP to find the resilience to ensure part supply to line, creating, managing and delivering complex site flow solutions and driving accuracy of data on our systems. Reporting and communication is huge part of MP&L from financial to build schedules to an individual part supply.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

• Support activities in the development of vehicle programmes for MP&L - New Product and Launch Planning including business cases, feasibility studies, providing supply in-plant logistics costs, and solutions for future models / facilities.
• Deliver projects utilising project management techniques to ensure the delivery and achievement of planned outcomes to support the MP&L strategic business objectives
• Apply AGILE project management processes and logistics principles in order to develop more effective and efficient linefeed Solutions.
• Maintain and report MP&L deliverables and milestones on-time and to target aligned to Product Creation and Delivery System (PCDS), relevant JLR Quality Operating Systems (QOS), and support of Commodity Creation and Delivery System (CCDS).

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Essential:

• Ability to work with cross functional agile squads
• Proven Logistics and / or Supply Chain experience
• Team Supervising/Managing Experience
• Experience with root cause analysis, identifying causes and solutions. (8D/PPS etc)

SO WHY US?

Bring all this to the home of premium innovation, and you'll find the opportunities to further your career with a world-class team, a discounted car purchase and lease scheme for you and your family, membership of a competitive pension plan and performance related bonus scheme. All this and more makes JLR the perfect place to continue your journey.

JLR is committed to equal opportunity for all.

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