When you join Daimler, you become an agent of change within our global community of people working to create a cleaner, safer, and more efficient world for today and tomorrow. Through innovation at all levels, our teams ensure our world-changing brands continue to increase the quality of life and the business success of our customers, their customers, and the world around them. The Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) brand portfolio is second to none, and includes Freightliner Trucks, Western Star Trucks, Detroit engines and components, Thomas Built Buses and Freightliner Custom Chassis.

We are the undisputed leader in the commercial vehicle market and the industry’s technology trendsetter. Empowered by purpose, DTNA employees drive a Technology Revolution through innovative products and a customer-centric culture. Our dedication to our customers and society does not end once our products hit the road. That’s because we believe that business success and social responsibility go hand in hand. We immerse ourselves in our customer’s experience, and support the environmental responsibilities of our sites to ensure our products are the reliable, sustainable and the desired tools of the future.

Job Overview
Coordinate all material aspects of basic Changeover events, ensuring the smooth, timely and successful transition of purchased goods, services, and materials into production systems.  Maintain a working knowledge of the dynamics of Purchasing, Materials and Engineering systems and sub-systems and how they interface with other departments within the corporation, utilizing latest business system and efficiency skills.

Responsibilities
- Interface with purchasing and suppliers to establish and ensure the optimum utilization and flow of material into production.


- Address issues regarding shipping, pack quantities, packaging, racking, returns and disposition of material.


- Develop working product knowledge of parts being controlled at both Truck and Part Manufacturing Plants, including assembly practices, and how they relate to production material flow.


- Monitor data loaded to Purchase Part Schedule (PPS) to ensure information is compatible between Engineering, Purchasing, Materials and Production.


- Review and resolve PPS issues and correct areas of concern and miscommunication.


- Participate in supplier selection for upcoming changeover events.


- Evaluate and monitor both in-house and supplier “Tooling Scheduled Completion Date” to ensure material availability for initial and pre-production requirements. Review with Manufacturing Engineering any tooling issues and how they will interface with the material flow through the parts manufacturing plants and tooling houses.


- Respond to any preseries and production issues that may result in initial start up, preseries, or production orders.


- Coordinate meetings with appropriate personnel.


- Communicate logistics concerns and work towards a timely resolution and preseries approval.


- Manage acquisition codes, initiate orders and releases with suppliers.


- Follow-up with suppliers to insure orders are on schedule and delivered on time.


- Process the material planning, major components and supplier notification systems to meet production demands.


- Transfer parts from successful implementation of changeover events to Corporate Material Planning.


- Coordinate with new suppliers and Freightliner personnel the effective transmission and utilization of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI); ensuring the working effectiveness of the protocol (830, 862, 866 and Advance Shipping Notification (ASN) downloads) as well as supplier and project readiness.


- Monitor changes in production schedules and inventories to insure orders and material flows are adjusted to meet production demands with limited material obsolescence.


- Expedite and coordinate shortages between suppliers, traffic departments and plants.


- Understand and support LEAN manufacturing and support DTNA’s vision for “TOS”.


- Excellent business reporting system skills to best grow efficiencies within this role and the department.


- Demonstrated proficiency using information systems reporting tools and desktop automation (Microsoft Excel or Visual Basic).