Advisor, Network Continuous Improvement bei Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC

About Us

Mercedes-Benz is USA is responsible for the sales, marketing and service of all Mercedes-Benz and Maybach products in the United States. In our people, you will find tremendous commitment to our corporate values. Our products and employees reflect this dedication. We are looking for diverse top-notch individuals to join the Mercedes-Benz Team and uphold these hallmarks.

 

Job Overview

 
The Advisor, Network Continuous Improvement position is responsible for driving continuous improvement initiatives across the home office and the Parts Distribution Center (PDC) network. This role involves creating, standardizing, and ensuring the accuracy of KPIs, managing strategic projects, and collaborating with various stakeholders to enhance supply chain efficiency. This position will be working closely with Home Office, PDC operations, and the Supply Chain Technology (SCT) team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in process improvement, project management, and supply chain operations. This position will be located at MBUSA Headquarters in Sandy Springs, GA.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with supply chain stakeholders and PDCs to support ad-hoc process improvement and standardization opportunities, ensuring the most effective and efficient processes
• Manage large-scale strategic initiatives across all project planning phases, including initiation, planning, execution, and closure.
• Develop and maintain project plans and timelines, including task assignments, contract management, budgets, and stakeholder communication
• Consistently engage, communicate, and provide guidance project status and progress to project members and key stakeholders, including senior management
• Lead and facilitate Lean management initiatives across the home office and PDC network team and apply Lean Methods to improve end-to-end supply chain inefficiencies
• Serve as the MBUSA project lead for understanding unique site infrastructure, storage system configurations, and planning for all business unit and IT integration for North America warehouse expansion initiatives
• Develop SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound) targets to measure the effectiveness of Lean programs and the growth and maturity within the network
• Develop and standardize Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for accurate and consistent reporting across the network.
  Collaborate with business intelligence team to update KPIs, manage metric change requests/requirements, and ensure accurate data inputs for performance reporting
• Work closely with WMS Analyst and stakeholders to utilize business intelligence tools to define data and reporting requirements to ensure metrics are accurate, consistent, and provide valuable insights for analysis and business decisions
• Work cross-functionally with all areas of supply chain management and understand downstream and upstream impacts to ensure holistic process improvements
• Lead efforts to standardize processes, procedures, and best practices to ensure consistency in operations, documentation, and reporting across the PDC network.
• Serve as the Central Theft Relevant Parts Administrator for North America Parts Distribution Centers and support with ongoing compliance tasks
• Maintain a strong understanding of industry trends and best practices, incorporating them into project management methodologies and practices

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