Senior Supply Chain Manager, Packaging Operations

1 month ago


Austin, Texas, United States Tesla Full time
Job Title: Senior Supply Chain Manager, Packaging Operations

The Material Planning group in Supply Chain at Tesla is responsible for the reliable and efficient flow of all production materials to our factories and Service locations. The returnable packaging team is managing packaging assets that are used to move parts between suppliers and Tesla factories. As a Senior Supply Chain Manager, you will have end-to-end responsibility for returnable packaging operations. You will develop business cases to justify Capex investments, launch new packaging programs, and ensure operational success of the packaging fleet. This is a strategic supply chain role, interacting with suppliers, Finance, Material Planning, Logistics, Global Supply Management, Packaging Engineering, and Production Control in order to ensure returnables packaging programs are running at best efficiency for packaging cost optimization. Flexibility and adaptability are key attributes needed for success in this role. Candidate should have strong analytical, project management and leadership skills to handle a variety of activities and complexities spanning the organization. Candidates should be willing to work at both a very detailed and strategic level. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Supply Chain/logistics processes and related IT solution.

Responsibilities:
  • Review Tesla's returnable packaging requirements for existing and new programs
  • Identify investment opportunities to optimize packaging cost
  • Develop business cases and ROI models for packaging related investments and present to finance and leadership for approval
  • Ensure optimal flow of returnable packaging containers through the supply chain to eliminate back-up expendable packaging cost
  • Create, improve and deploy returnables packaging operation process
  • Identify common packaging supply chain failure modes, determine appropriate response and drive resolution in collaboration with internal teams and external suppliers
  • Work with cross-functional stakeholders such as sourcing and packaging engineering teams to define project priorities
Requirements:
  • Bachelors Degree in Industrial Engineering, Supply chain, related field, or equivalent
  • At least 5+ years of professional work experience in supply chain, manufacturing or other process critical operations in a fast paced environment
  • Analytics savvy with strong proficiency in Excel and knowledge of SQL, Tableau and or other analytics tools
  • Ability to effectively communicate and work with people from all levels of the organization both at Tesla as well as at suppliers. Should be comfortable handling difficult conversations
  • Lateral thinker with exceptional judgment - ability to develop process and drive schedules and also comfortable quickly changing direction when that is the best course of action
  • Passionate and relentless in following up on issues until a final resolution achieved and sustained process improvements are deployed and verified
  • Demonstrated experience creating and improving processing and delivering results in an unstructured and fast-paced environment. Flexibility and adaptability are key
Compensation and Benefits:

As a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:

  • Aetna PPO and HSA plans > 2 medical plan options with $0 payroll deduction
  • Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
  • Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both have options with a $0 paycheck contribution
  • Company Paid (Health Savings Account) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High Deductible Aetna medical plan with HSA
  • Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
  • LGBTQ+ care concierge services
  • 401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits
  • Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions), and Paid Holidays
  • Back-up childcare and parenting support resources
  • Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance
  • Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs
  • Tesla Babies program
  • Commuter benefits
  • Employee discounts and perks program


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