Method Logistics Engineer

Job Description

Alstom has established a strong presence in India. Currently, the company is executing metro projects in several Indian cities including Chennai, Kochi and Lucknow where it is supplying Rolling Stock manufactured out its state of the art facility at SriCity in Andhra Pradesh. In the Mainline space, Alstom is executing Signaling & Power Supply Systems for the 343 Km. section on World Bank funded Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor. Phase 1 in the construction of the new electric locomotive factory for manufacturing and supply of 800 units of 12000HP locomotives is also complete at Madhepura, Bihar while the depot at Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh is ready to commence operation. Alstom has set up an Engineering Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru, and this coupled with a strong manufacturing base as well as localized supply chains, is uniquely positioned to serve customers across the globe. Today, Alstom in India employs close to 3600 people and in line with Government of India s Make in India policy initiative, Alstom has been investing heavily in the country in producing world class rolling stock, components, design, research and development to not only serve the domestic market, but also rest of the world. www.alstom.com/ India Main responsibilities:
• Implement, manage standard packaging solutions (purchase, design, prototype, validation, ) and monitor the budget follow-up.
• Apply solutions to protect parts during all logistic operations (transport, unloading, storage, line feeding, ).
• Save money & cash (calculate Return On Investment (ROI), design standard packaging, reduce transport costs, ) and make business case to justify any investment (returnable packaging, ).
• Contribute with Regional Logistic Engineering to identify potential improvements in the whole value chain and capture the added value.
• Reduce work labor time in the warehouse (picking, kitting hours, ) & in production.
• Collaborate with technical services to improve ergonomics at workstation (internal kitting trolley) and reduce waste packaging (zero unpacking).
• Manage the Project Supply Chain specifications and negotiate with the suppliers at site and project level.
• Design internal logistic processes and ensure that the parameters in the ERP are correct (stock strategy, activity-based costing (ABC) classification, ).
• Put in place actions to align physical flow and system flow and to improve the stock accuracy in compliance with the standard process.
Operational activities:
• Design packaging solutions (define flow, calculate batch size, optimize packaging costs, calculate ROI and logistic loop, realize business case returnable vs lost packaging, ).
• Manage packaging at all levels from business award to maintenance including purchase order and budget monitoring.
• Define warehouse layouts, its internal/external flows and storage policy (define C-class* storage management, create & implement mirror area, put in place visual management, Kanban flow, First-In First-Out, First-Expired First-Out, lean management, ).
• Participate to ABC classification and contribute to C-Class activity according to the standard rules in place.
• Participate with Project Supply Chain Leader (PrSCL) to the different Procurement Gates review by negotiating terms of Project Supply Chain Specification.
• Reduce logistic costs and make business case (optimize packaging & transport costs, analyze milk-run, calculate ROI, realize business case returnable vs lost packaging, )
• Contribute to the implementation of Environment Health Safety (EHS) requirements for logistic: packaging solutions / warehouse process optimization / waste reduction & management.
• Optimize the line feeding (design standard kitting trolley, warehouse & production line footprint and sequencing, )
• Work closely with Operations, material planning, warehouse, Procurement, manufacturing teams and ERP team.
*C-Class is the outsourcing of the management of the small parts Educational Requirements Mandatory:
• Graduated from Engineering school or equivalent
• English (written and spoken)
Desirable:
• Specialized in Supply Chain
Experience Mandatory:
• Experience of 7-12 years in an industrial environment
Desirable:
• Knowledgeable of ERP SAP (Warehouse Management and Inventory Management modules)
Competencies & Skills
• Good communication, negotiation, leadership, and initiative skills
• Strategic and methodical vision
• Problem solving skills
• An agile, inclusive, and responsible attitude
Job Segment: Logistics, Supply Chain, Facilities, Supply, Procurement, Operations,

Keyskills :
materials managementdeliveryreturn on investmentmisinventory managementstorage management