An exciting opportunity for a Logistics Strategic Studies Engineer to join a leading automotive organisation in Solihull, supporting early vehicle programme planning and manufacturing strategy across multiple UK sites. This role focuses on logistics planning, strategic programme support, data analysis, impact assessments, stakeholder collaboration, and supply chain coordination, providing critical insights to support manufacturing and logistics decision-making. Ideal for candidates with experience in project or programme management, logistics, supply chain, data analysis, and cross-functional stakeholder engagement within a fast-paced engineering or manufacturing environment.
Location: Solihull
Duties:
The Logistics Strategic Studies Engineer will support the early product creation phases across all UK sites from through to by providing high-quality data, analysis and preparatory work that enables informed decision-making across the programme environment. Working closely with the Logistics Strategic Programmes Lead, this role will help coordinate impact assessments, consolidate programme inputs, and manage key information flows between GME Logistics and cross-functional programme teams.
WHAT TO EXPECT
In this role, no two tasks are the same. With lots of projects and relationships to build with people across the business and beyond, it's a challenge that will help your career grow within an iconic organisation. Here's what to expect:
- Act as the day-to-day contact in GME Logistics for all programme activity in the strategy phase
- Engage GME technology teams and act as key interface to support decision making during creation of the initial manufacturing strategy
- Capture all part complexity, type, sequencing assumptions and m3 data from Supply Chain and programme teams and summarise latest part fit point and packaging proposals. Confirm alignment with latest solution design intent
- Prepare all Intra-Logistics strategic impact assessments for programme studies as requested by the Industrial Operations Strategy (IOS) team
- Prepare all Intra-Logistics gateway submissions for the Industrial Operations Programme Delivery (IOPD) team from to gateways
WHAT YOU'LL NEED
Along with your ambition to achieve the exceptional, there are several skills that you'll need to have to help you succeed here, including:
- Experience working in a project or programme environment
- Ability to collate, analyse and present complex data
- Understanding of planning, monitoring and risk-awareness principles
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Confident working in dynamic environments where scope of work changes at pace
Reference 1345, client ref 37459968.
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