Job Title: Logistics Manager

Job ID: 14343

Job Location: Grand Rapids, MI

Work Schedule: 9/80 schedule

Job Description:

• Controls the flow of material and assets from vendors to production and repair, and ultimately to customer or manufacturing sites.

• Oversees the execution and continuous improvement of all logistics processes and systems.

• Defines and develops logistics support requirements, plans and schedules; performs life cycle cost, reliability, maintainability and availability analyses.

• Performs testing and analyzes technical data and reports to determine/formulate specific recommendations regarding spare/repair parts and support equipment.

• Ensures that milestones are achieved within existing financial constraints in order to adhere to master plans and schedules and maximize customer satisfaction.

• Builds relationships with manufacturing, suppliers, and customers through the resolution of delivery issues.

• Analyzes and provides input to drawing documentation and technical orders.

  Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Functional knowledge of export and trade compliance, dangerous goods and hazardous materials transportation, customs documentation, certificates of conformance, and airway bills.

• Controls the flow of material and assets from suppliers to production and repair, and ultimately to customer or manufacturing points within the facility.

• Coordinates and collaborates across all functional areas of the manufacturing facility to meet on time delivery of products.

• Works closely with internal departments, customers, and carriers to satisfy internal and external requests.

• Ensures compliance with government regulations, corporate and industry standards and procedures, and customer requirements, to include f unctional knowledge of export and trade compliance, dangerous goods and hazardous materials transportation, customs documentation, certificates of conformance, and airway bills.

• Continuously seek ways to improve order fulfillment efficiency and optimize shipping, receiving, and stockroom processes, while identifying cost-saving opportunities.

• Proactively identify possible constraints to shipping, receiving, and stockroom while engaging with internal stakeholders to manage priorities to meet customer requirements.

• Actively collaborate with internal stakeholders to resolve inventory issues, while performing systematic and physical counts necessary to reconcile inventory records.

• Utilize inventory management applications within SAP to analyze data and generate reports on inventory, stock accuracy, and other key metrics.

• Ensures employees have appropriate access to process, maintain, and update various shared databases and customer portals.

• Oversees the execution and continuous improvement of all logistics processes and systems.

• Builds relationships with manufacturing, suppliers, carriers, and customers through the resolution of delivery issues.

• Assists in planning and maintaining of logistics policies and procedures.

• Keeps records of accountable and auditable transactions relating to logistics operations.

• Resolves problems that are related to transportation and logistics systems.

• Communicates transport or logistics costs to customers or suppliers as required.

• Understands the criminal liability, civil liability, and administrative penalties for violating U.S. or Foreign Government Export/Import Laws and Regulations.

Job Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Excellent communication skills

• Communicates with parties within and outside of own job function/area, which includes customers, vendors, carriers.

• Functional knowledge of enterprise resource planning software, with experience in shipping, receiving and stockroom processes in the manufacturing environment.

• Properly classify shipments while holding knowledge of packaging, marking and labeling packages with hazard identification

• Proactively identify possible constraints to shipping, receiving, and stockroom processes while engaging with internal and external stakeholders in order to manage priorities to meet customer requirements.

• Process, maintain, and update various shared databases and customer portals with a high level of accuracy to ensure process continuity.

• Strong computer skills required (Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

• Strong organizational skills.

• Ability to multi-task, set priorities and exhibit excellent follow-up.

• Ability to create a framework for tracking and reporting metrics associated with trade compliance roles and responsibilities.

• Ability to lead a team as a coach, mentor. Establish Key Process Measurements for Shipping, Receiving, and Stockroom.

  Required Skills, Experience and Education:

• Logistics background, specifically in shipping and strong knowledge of export compliance

• Requires management and leadership knowledge in job area.

• Typically has comprehensive knowledge and skills within a specific technical or professional discipline and may have broad understanding of other areas within the job function.

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years prior related experience.

• Graduate Degree with a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience.

• In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.

  Preferred Skills, Experience and Education:

• Experience with maintaining auditable records of government-owned property located at the facility and associated vendor/subcontractor facilities or other alternate sites.

• Requires practical knowledge in leading and managing the execution of processes, projects, tactics, and employees within a team.

• SAP experience.

  Work Environment:

• Work performed in a warehouse environment.

• May require the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

• Working with computers, and other computer components, wiring.

• Independently lift 30 lbs.

• Ability to climb ladders.

• Duties may require being on call periodically and working outside of normal working hours (evenings, weekends, and holidays).

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.