Cross-Border Supplier Packaging Validation: Evaluate, modify, and approve inbound packaging specifications from domestic and international/cross-border suppliers (e.g., Mexico). Review industrial testing data (vibration, drop, environmental) to guarantee heavy components—including large castings, precision stampings, rotors, and stators—arrive safely without transit damage.
Corrosion & High-Density Protection: Implement specialized packaging standards—such as Volatile Corrosion Inhibitors (VCI) for ocean/long-distance freight, anti-static (ESD) protection, and custom edge protection—to keep high-density components rust-free and free from deformation during handling and extended warehouse storage.
Warehouse-to-Line Kitting Design: Utilize CAD software to architect custom material-handling layouts, returnable container systems (totes/steel racks), and specialized internal dunnage (thermoformed trays, heavy-duty foam) to kit and sequence parts efficiently from the warehouse to production.
Lean Lineside Presentation: Optimize how heavy components are presented to assembly line operators. Design gravity-fed flow racks and customized kitting carts that maximize operator ergonomics, optimize part orientation, eliminate unboxing waste, and minimize lineside footprint.
Required Qualifications
Work Mode: Must be able to work 100% full-time on-site at our Lexington, TN facility. (Remote/Hybrid options are not available).
Experience: 3+ years of hands-on experience in structural packaging design, material handling, or industrial logistics within an automotive assembly, Tier-1 automotive supply, or heavy machinery manufacturing environment.
Technical Skills: High proficiency with 3D CAD modeling software (e.g., SolidWorks, AutoCAD, or Artios CAD) for designing kitting layouts, custom heavy-duty skids, and dunnage configurations.
Lean & Testing Knowledge: Direct experience working in a Lean production environment (JIT flows). Strong familiarity with ISTA packaging compliance testing (e.g., ISTA 1A, 3A, 6-Amazon) for heavy or palletized industrial loads.
Project Coordination: Demonstrated capability to follow through on logistics project timelines and coordinate effectively across multi-functional teams (Supply Chain, Quality, Production).
Preferred Qualifications (Nice-to-Have)
Language Skills: Bilingual in English and Spanish is highly preferred to effectively support cross-border supplier communication, validation, and logistics.
Education: Associate's or bachelor’s degree in industrial design, Packaging, Supply Chain Logistics, or a related technical discipline (or equivalent practical field experience).
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification.
Additional Job Details
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- Work Shift Schedule
- First Shift (United States of America)
No Soliciting
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