Logistics Engineer
Company Description
As a global leader in home and building automation, SOMFY is dedicated to shaping smarter living environments and inspiring new ways of living for everyone.
A French, family-owned and independent group, we have been continuously growing since our founding. For more than 50 years, we have been the global leader in home automation and a pioneer in smart living solutions. Innovation drives our daily operations and ensures the excellence of our products and services.
We are present in 59 countries, supported by a global industrial and logistics network, and operate 17 R&D centers worldwide.
Deeply committed to the well-being of our approximately 6,000 employees, we invest in their long-term employability through internal mobility and skills development. We actively promote diversity and inclusion, supported by a strong corporate culture.
Job Description
1\. Role overview
The Logistics Engineer combines hands-on responsibility for warehouse operations with technical expertise in logistics methods, material flows and SAP. Based at the Felgueiras plant, the role ensures reliable daily warehouse execution, appropriate resource allocation, inventory accuracy and efficient supply to production, while improving layouts, handling methods, system data and logistics equipment. The indicative activity split is 60% Warehouse Management and 40% Logistics Methods / SAP Key User. Selected daily coordination activities may be delegated to a GAP Leader in the future, with operational oversight and improvement responsibilities remaining with the Logistics Engineer. The scope of delegation and the activity split should be reviewed as the organization evolves.
2\. Proposed mission
Ensure safe, reliable and cost-effective warehouse operations and internal logistics flows by coordinating daily activities and resources, maintaining stock and SAP data accuracy, and implementing practical logistics improvements. Combine operational warehouse management with logistics engineering and SAP Key User support to improve service to production, space utilization, handling efficiency and continuity of operations.
3\. Main responsibilities
3.1 Warehouse Management — 60%
- Plan and coordinate daily warehouse activities and allocate team resources according to production needs, workload and operational priorities.
- Review timekeeping, attendance and shift coverage, address resource gaps and coordinate required adjustments with the relevant managers and HR.
- Ensure smooth warehouse and internal logistics flows, including storage, picking, replenishment and material movements, and resolve operational bottlenecks.
- Monitor warehouse KPIs, develop relevant performance indicators and use daily operational reviews to prioritise corrective and improvement actions.
- Investigate recurring warehouse errors and stock discrepancies, identify root causes and implement preventive actions with the teams concerned.
- Coordinate stock checks and inventory reconciliation with the relevant stakeholders, ensuring traceability of physical movements and authorised system corrections.
- Adapt working methods during SAP or other system disruptions using agreed contingency procedures, maintain movement records and ensure reconciliation when normal operations resume.
- Define warehouse staffing, equipment and training needs, and develop proposals aligned with workload, service requirements and the annual budget.
- Monitor the annual ...
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