Sr. Logistics Engineering Manager

**Leading the future in luxury electric and mobility**

At Lucid, we set out to introduce the most captivating, luxury electric vehicles that elevate the human experience and transcend the perceived limitations of space, performance, and intelligence. Vehicles that are intuitive, liberating, and designed for the future of mobility.

We plan to lead in this new era of luxury electric by returning to the fundamentals of great design - where every decision we make is in service of the individual and environment. Because when you are no longer bound by convention, you are free to define your own experience.

Come work alongside some of the most accomplished minds in the industry. Beyond providing competitive salaries, we’re providing a community for innovators who want to make an immediate and significant impact. If you are driven to create a better, more sustainable future, then this is the right place for you.

We are currently seeking a Sr. Logistics Engineering Manager. This position requires an experienced professional with the ability to architect from scratch the transportation, distribution, and material handling strategies for a global automaker.

To be a successful Sr. Logistics Engineering Manager, you should possess exceptional leadership skills and maintain the company's high standard of work. Ultimately, a top-notch Sr. Logistics Engineering Manager should have hands on expertise developing transportation and warehouse management systems and protocols on a global scale in an automotive manufacturing environment. This position requires partnership with Supply Chain, QA/QC, Manufacturing, Packaging, Finance, and Regulatory Affairs to implement new processes and manage changes.

**The Role**:

- Developing from scratch the transportation, distribution, and material handling strategies for a global automaker.
- Developing transportation and warehouse management systems and protocols on a global scale.
Developing warehouse layout and internal material supply to POU using Lean manufacturing concept principles.
- Monitoring and controlling material handling specifications, flow, methodologies & systems to support Production according to business systems requirement and to avoid obstruction to the parts supply flow.
- Optimizing the material flows in the plant.
- Analyzing and determining the best transportation solutions globally, including systems and processes.
- Conducting/leading business process analysis to understand the needs of the transportation organization and translate those needs into clear specifications.
- Creating and managing domestic and international shipment planning templates in the TMS.
- Establishing work measurement programs and analyzes work samples to develop standards for labor utilization.
- Analyzing contractual commitments, internal specifications, and design changes to drive continuous improvement.
- Performing special research or technical studies critical to logistic support functions.
- Performing cost/benefit tradeoff analysis and developing ROI business cases for recommended projects involving process, system, or technology change.
- Forecasting facility, vehicle, staffing and/or material handling equipment needs to improve cost, utilization, service, and efficiencies.
- Conducting studies to determine the most efficient sequence of operations and workflow by analyzing production costs, process flow charts, and production schedules.
- Recommending methods for maximizing the utilization of production facilities and personnel by restructuring job duties, reorganizing workflow, relocating resources in adherence with government, health, and safety regulations.
- Identifying all necessary capital expense items to support successful launch of operation.
- Participation in planning sessions with internal departments to validate requirements and processes.
- Determining and gaining agreement of final design of facility, operating process, equipment type and quantity.
- Partnering with key functional groups that are part of implementation (HR, IT, Manufacturing, etc.) to develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s).
- Documenting and communicating common processes for all distribution functions within scope of responsibility.
- Reviewing data and summarizing expectations to address gaps in operation.
- Identifying areas for improvement based on analysis of data and observations.
- Communicating opportunities for improvement in the distribution network.
- Facilitating LEAN methodology and recommend solutions to specific business case issues.**Qualifications**:

- 10+ years total in Logistics Engineering or Industrial Engineering with thorough knowledge of Supply Chain systems and processes.
- 5+ years of experience in any of the following areas: material flow, warehouse design, transportation management, dedicated fleet operations, distribution center management, materials handling, decision support systems and technology.
- 5+ years of related automotive industry experienc