Supply Chain Engineering Manager

Engineer, Global Material Handling
GLOBAL – AMERICAS | APAC | EMEA | INDIA

About Us:

At Tenneco, we’re on a mission. Guided by our Core Values and a winning mindset, we are committed to becoming the most trusted partner, manufacturer, and distributor in the transportation industry. What drives us? Our people are passionate changemakers who bring energy, dedication, and innovation to everything they do.

1. Material Handling Execution Expert: Apply lean material flow principles by calculating cycle times, sizing manpower and equipment, designing delivery routes, selecting handling systems (tuggers, AGVs, AMRs, conveyors), and engineering part presentation (packaging, racks, kits, flow racks) to enable safe, efficient, ergonomic, cost reduction throughout the operations.
2. Hands-On Lean Practitioner: Support and enhance deployment of PFEP, standard work, kitting, kanban, supermarkets, packaging and automation initiatives; partner with cross functional teams and plant floor to enable and implement best in class flow and continuously improve processes.
3. Problem Solver & Cost Driver: Use time studies, simulations, layout tools, and WMS/ERP data to improve material flow, labor efficiency, and reduce inventory, optimizing floor space while increasing productivity and delivering measurable cost savings through disciplined lean execution.
4. Global Mindset, Local Execution: Work with plants across regions to implement standard solutions, adapt designs to local environments, respect cultural dynamics, and support a resilient, scalable global material handling system.

• Shopfloor / Material Handling Teams: Support operators, material handlers, and team leaders with standard work, packaging standardization, ergonomic part presentation, and reliable delivery systems to ensure safe, efficient, waste-free flow operation.
• Plant Supply Chain & Logistics Teams: Partner to build PFEP, define routings, size resources, and improve logistics – internal & external – performance through lean delivery methods, digital tools, and continuous improvement.
• Operations & Production Teams: Enable consistent material availability to the line by designing line side delivery systems, optimizing WIP and buffer strategies, eliminating flow interruptions.
• Engineering, Maintenance & Automation Teams: Collaborate to implement automation (AGVs, AMRs, conveyors), material presentation equipment, and layout improvements while ensuring flexibility, scalability, safety, and uptime.
• Global Material Handling Leadership: Execute global standards, provide feedback from the plant floor, share best practices across sites, and help scale world class systems and innovations across the network.

1. World-Class Material Flow Execution: Leave a built foundation and deployed best in class lean material handling systems that improve flow, reduce waste, and enables operational excellence across plants.
2. Standardization that Scales: Refine standard methods, PFEP practices, and delivery systems that become the foundation for future global material flow excellence.
3. Measurable Productivity & Cost Wins: Deliver sustainable improvements in labor efficiency, inventory turns, safety, and space utilization; proving the measurable value of disciplined lean execution.
4. Shopfloor Empowerment & Capability Building: Elevate plant teams by coaching operators, leaders, and peers in lean material flow principles, building confidence, skill, and ownership.
5. A Future Material Handling Leader: Grow into a trusted expert who drives innovative material flow solutions and shapes the next era of lean logistics capability.

Experience:

• Lean Material Flow & System Design: Hands-on experience deploying PFEP, designing delivery routes, sizing manpower and equipment. Supermarkets implementation using kanban, and standardized work while deploying material handling systems such as tuggers, AGVs, AMRs, conveyors, carts, and racks.
• Packaging Development & Optimization: Design, validate, and optimize returnable and expendable packaging solutions for automotive components, ensuring part protection, line-side presentation, ergonomics, and logistics efficiency while meeting OEM specifications, durability requirements, and cost-reduction targets.
• Data-Driven & Cost Reduction Execution: Experience using layout and simulation tools, ERP/WMS/MES systems to design and optimize material flow, reducing inventory and floor space; track record of labor efficiency improvement, as well as safety, and productivity through lean methods.
• Continuous Improvement Mindset: Proven success partnering with operations, supply chain, engineering, maintenance, and frontline teams to execute improvements, applying structured problem solving and kaizen methods to remove waste, sustain performance, and drive shopfloor excellence.

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, Supply Chain/Logistics, or related field. (Master’s or lean/logistics certifications a plus.)
• Technical Skills: Hands-on experience with CAD/layout tools and familiarity with simulation or digital twin software. Exposure to WMS/ERP/MES systems and digital tracking.
• Lean & Continuous Improvement: Working knowledge of lean concepts (PFEP, Kanban, supermarkets, standard work, takt/cycle analysis, kaizen); certification or training in Lean/Six Sigma highly valued.
• Financial Acumen: Strong grasp of financial metrics and their connection to material handling and lean material flow aspects.
• Languages: Fluent English + other languages are a plus (Spanish, Mandarin, French, Germany mainly).
• Communication & Collaboration: Strong interpersonal skills to work with shop floor teams, engineers, supply chain, and leadership; ability to coach and influence without authority.
• Leadership: Ability to lead, foster collaboration across departments and regions, and drive change.

What we offer:

• Compensation and comprehensive benefits.
• Opportunity to influence the future of supply chain across regions and global markets.
• Partnership exposure in a global business.
• A chance to leave a business legacy that defines the future of Tenneco.