Vehicle Analyst

Job Position: Vehicle Analyst
Ref: 4880
Location: PE/Gqeberha
Salary: R25 000 to R35 000 per month commensurate with qualification and experience + benefits

Email your CV to [email protected]

Qualifications / Requirements:
• Degree or Diploma in Industrial, Electrical, Electronic Engineering, Production Management, Business Management, Supply Chain Management, Commerce, Logistics, Transport, Information Technology/ Systems, or Data Science
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience gained within the automotive industry in a Logistics environment
• Project management experience
Essential:
• Have analytical skills with an innovate approach to problem-solving
• Computer literate, Microsoft Office Package (Word; Excel and PowerPoint) SAP, Power BI
• Understanding of Robotic Process Automation
• Sound interpersonal skills and the ability to work independently (self-motivated)
• Ability to prepare and present reports and presentations to management

Key Performance Areas:
• Ensure part readiness for the full scope of local and direct purchase components to support the milestones in model years and new vehicle projects
• Ensure part availability and supply of local and direct purchase components to support the vehicle build milestones in model year and new vehicle projects
• Ensure that all systems, processes and documents are in place for the sign-off of all pre-vehicle units
• Ensure that all systems/processes are in place for handover to series production
• Coordinate and lead a cross divisional commodity meeting to action risks/problems
• Manage special component orders to secure the optimal introduction of changes into production to prevent volume loss, quality issues, or on-costs
• Ensure that call-off demands are correctly reflected at the supplier and that Quality and Engineering approval is complete before hand-over
• Manage vehicle stock levels by initiating the removal/scrapping/reordering of components based on vehicle build corridor and input from Engineering, Quality and Production to prevent overstock or incorrect level in stock base
• Monitor vehicle requests to ensure timeous breakdowns are in line with an accurate BOM for sourcing parts and new models introductions
• Compile picking lists of pre-series vehicles and co-ordinate dunnage meetings prior to vehicle builds
• Compile and maintain the pre-series database with regards to component readiness, tracing and availability for the pre-series build milestones collecting information from various sources
• Manipulate the single car explosion to implement temporary changes by determining appropriate usage PR, colour and trim combinations as well as effective period
• Investigate and source components for ad-hoc queries to ensure the accuracy of the Bill of Material