Temp Pre-Series Analyst

REQUIREMENTS

- Affirmative Action South African Citizen
- Degree or Diploma in Industrial, Electrical, Electronic Engineering, Production Management, Business Management, Supply Chain Management, Commerce, Logistics, Transport, Information Technology/ Systems, or Data Science
- 3 years of experience gained within the automotive industry in a logistics environment
- 1-2 years of project management experience

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

- Analytical skills with an innovative approach to problem–solving
- Computer literate, Microsoft Office Package (Word; Excel and PowerPoint) SAP, Power BI)
- Understanding of RPA (Robotic Process Automation)
- Sound interpersonal skills and the ability to work independently (self-motivated)
- Ability to prepare and present reports and presentations to management

ADDED ADVANTAGE

- German language

RESPONSIBILITIES

- Ensure part readiness for the full scope of local, CKD and direct purchase components to support the milestones in model years and new vehicle projects
- Ensure part availability and supply of local, CKD and direct purchase components to support the pre-series build milestones in model year and new vehicle projects
- Ensure that all systems, processes and documents are in place for the CP8 sign-off of all pre-series units
- Ensure that all systems/ processes are in place for handover to series production
- Coordinating and leading a cross-divisional commodity meeting to action risks/ problems
- Managing special component orders to secure the optimal introduction of changes into production to prevent volume loss, quality issues, or on-cost
- Ensuring that call-off demands are correctly reflected at the supplier and that quality and engineering approval is complete before hand-over to CKD and local material control
- Managing pre-series stock levels by initiating the removal/ scrapping/ reordering of components based on pre-series build corridor and input from engineering, quality and production/ pilot hall to prevent overstock or incorrect HW/ SW level in stock base
- Monitor pre-series vehicle requests on COPS to ensure timeous SCE breakdowns are in line with an accurate BOM for sourcing parts in MY and new model introductions
- Compile picking lists of pre-series vehicles and coordinate dunnage meetings before vehicle builds
- Compiling and maintaining the pre-series database w.r.t component readiness, tracing and availability for the pre-series build milestones collecting information from various sources. (SV orders, ProCKD, CX, WEBEDI, PROMON, Aekos, Deviations)
- Evaluating the impact of Aekos and essential running changes on the pre-series bill of material and approve accordingly with recommended introduction dates
- Manipulating the single car explosion to implement temporary changes (Aekos/ deviations) by determining appropriate usage PR, colour and trim combinations as well as effective period
- Investigating and sourcing components for ad-hoc queries to ensure the accuracy of the bill of material