Supply Chain Analyst
What can you expect?
Adient (NYSE: ADNT) is a global leader in automotive seating. With more than 65,000 employees in 29 countries, Adient operates ~200 manufacturing/assembly plants worldwide. We produce and deliver automotive seating for all major OEMs. From complete seating systems to individual components, our expertise spans every step of the automotive seat-making process. We take our products from research and design to engineering and manufacturing — and into millions of vehicles every year. For more information, please visit
The role of Supply Chain Analyst is to drive container centralization and monitor inventory flows across Adient EMEA. You'll support packaging process standardization, optimize transport networks between plants and suppliers, and contribute to cost and packaging efficiency. This role also supports program launches aligned with PLUS methodology and SCM strategy.
What will your responsibilities be?
Identification, development, design of new routes & optimization of existing routes in Adient transport network
Packaging loop calculation for multiple customer/supplier relations under consideration Adient rules and plants/supplier requirements
Monitoring of available standard packaging within Adient EMEA (usage patterns, inventory levels)
Align optimal network proposals with supervisor, affected plants, execution lead & provide network rules for self-management to plants
Using Adient available tools for managing complicated packaging loops. Permanently develop adjustment proposals for changed network environment
Stay in contact with network contributors, service providers & Adient central departments
Provide best praxis solutions for recent supply chain challenges (network, packaging, logistic services)
Create, implement and maintain ideas of supply chain improvements
Support & monitor packaging x-change database on internet platform to reduce packaging invest
Which qualifications are we looking for in potential employees?
Technical and/or commercial apprenticeship: transport engineering, traffic system engineering and logistics, industrial engineering
Min. 3 years’ experience in supply chain, preferably in automotive Industry by company with more than 50.000 employees
Basic understanding of Adient systems and processes – advantage.
Broad based packaging & transport network knowledge, geographical knowledge
Fundamental manufacturing/materials and logistics operations knowledge
Good supply chain Solutions/Market/Evolutions and Adient plant knowledge
Analytical thinking & process thinking
Understanding from global dependencies
Assertive, convincing in arguments
English – fluent, German – preferable
Adient is committed to equal employment opportunity, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. As a true global company, our leaders and employees come from various cultures across the world. Our diversity is a source of inspiration enabling us to achieve our goals and build an inclusive company culture.
We are looking forward to receiving your application including your salary expectations and your earliest availability date. If you have additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact Dagmar Sováková on .
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