Tire Sourcing Specialist

For the last 150 years, Continental Tire has been changing the way the world moves by making mobility safe, smart, sustainable and accessible to all. Continental Tire the Americas, headquartered in Fort Mill, South Carolina, is seeking a highly self-motivated and detail-oriented Global Tire Sourcing Specialist to join our Manufacturing and Logistics team in a major city market in the U.S.! The ideal candidate has excellent communication skills, is dependable and accountable.

Are you ready to shape the future with us?

SG 10/11

• Support in the development of the long-term Strategy for defined plants related to production volume, tire segments and required technologies
• Sourcing of new articles under consideration of technical, logistical and sales aspects, as well as check and balance versus plant capacities with focus on local sourcing
• Prepare and Lead Plant Allocation Meetings for defined plants
• Steering of the strategy within the Rolling Investment and Capacity Planning (RICP) process for the next 3 to 5 years
• Initiate Transfers between plants for sourcing flexibility between plants to assure an optimal market availability
• Perform RICP planning meetings in the plants and support of the coordination with central functions
• Continuous review of structural capacities (w.r.t. LT, 4x4, SSR, Seal / Silent, etc.) and Complexity
• Active participation in SOP meetings for defined plants
• PLM Tool Maintenance (Product Life Cycle Mgmt.) for defined plants and relevant tasks
• Initiation of production mold orders for the plants based on article volume and continuous capacity utilization review with Plants and Supply Chain Operations (SCO)
• Mold FC planning for the current year and budget release for 1st mold orders
• Team member in R&D projects, working groups and Task Forces
• Coordination and execution of Phase out of discontinued products

BASIC:

• Bachelor's degree 
• 2-5+ years of related Supply Chain professional experience
• Strong coordination and communication skills
• Ability to work in teams within an international environment
• Willingness to travel as required for RICP/Allocation/Strategy/Training meetings, up to 20% when needed
• Strong knowledge of MS Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint
• Legal Authorization to work in the US is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas now or in the future for this job opening.
• Can offer a relocation package 

PREFERRED:

• 5-7+ years of related professional experience
• Experience in the area of Supply Chain / Manufacturing 
• Manufacturing Plant experience (Plant Operation, Product Industrialization and/or Production, Industrial Engineering) 
• SAP BW / SCORE - system experience 
• Product Industrialization / Development R&D experience 
• Power BI experience 
• Bachelor's degree - Industrial Engineer and/or relevant field

EEO-Statement:

EEO / AA / Disabled / Protected Veteran Employer. Continental offers equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals, without regard to unlawful consideration to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. In addition, as a federal contractor, Continental complies with government regulations, including affirmative action responsibilities, where they apply. To be considered, you must apply for a specific position for which Continental has a current posted job opening. Qualifying applications will be considered only for the specific opening(s) to which you apply. If you would like to be considered for additional or future job openings, we encourage you to reapply for other opportunities as they become available. Further, Continental provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with a disability. If you need assistance in the application process, please reply to [email protected] or contact US Recruiting at 248.393.5566. This telephone line and email address are reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Please do not call about the status of your job application, if you do not require accessibility assistance or an accommodation. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or non-disability related technical issues, will not receive a call back.

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