Littelfuse is one of America’s Best Mid-Sized Companies (Forbes) and has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Illinois (Best Companies Group) for 11 consecutive years. With its global headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Littelfuse is a leading, global manufacturer of electronic components serving more than 100,000 end customers across industrial, transportation, and electronics end markets. We have more than 17,000 employees with operations in 15 countries. From semiconductors to sensors… switches to fuses and more… we produce billions of electronic components that help our customers empower a sustainable, connected, and safer world. In 2021, Littelfuse had net sales of $2.1 billion.

Supply Chain Ramp-up and Transfer Specialist

We are looking for a Supply Chain Ramp Up and Transfer Specialist who will report to the Ramp Up Manager, Global Supply Chain Planning, and be responsible for managing and moderating multidisciplinary transfer and product ramp-up projects to achieve the required milestones on time, and ensuring the ability to deliver to the customer.

About the job:

• Develop ramp-up scenarios together with Project or NPI Managers, consider them carefully in the planning process, and monitor their execution.
• Act on behalf of Supply Chain Management in product change projects. Define Supply Chain-related activities as part of the project requirements. And, align the implementation of product changes with various stakeholders.
• Work out solutions with interdisciplinary teams, e.g., Development, Product Marketing, Product Management, Quality Management, and Frontend/Backend manufacturing departments.
• Optimize production demand and supply plan, and delivery capability of a specific product portfolio.
• Avoid E&O risk by planning and maintaining inventory transparency
• Implementation of allocation decisions in the case of production bottlenecks on the various production lines. This includes coordinating with Customer Logistics (CLM), the Capacity Alignment Planner, and Product Marketing.
• Increase ramp-up and transfer efficiency by evaluating the potential for standardization and automation of processes and reporting
• Other duties as assigned.

About you:

• Bachelor's or university degree preferred in Business or related field
• 5+ years of experience in supply chain
• Knowledge of PMO practices
• Experience with global semiconductor manufacturing companies preferred
• Advanced knowledge in MS Office
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong communication skills
• High attention to detail
• Fluency in English

Littelfuse strives to empower associate growth and development in a culture of ongoing collaboration and respect for diverse global perspectives and expertise.

Our Core Values – Respect, Customer Focus, Agility, Collaboration – support us in our mission to improve the safety, reliability, and performance of our customers’ products that use electrical energy.

 We are an equal-opportunity employer that takes pride in giving every associate the means and courage to make a difference – everywhere, every day.

We offer a variety of benefits, competitive salary, bonuses, flexible working hours, remote working as well as development opportunities like internal Lean Six Sigma Certification.

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