Packaging Specialist- Fleet Coordinator

Packaging Specialist- Fleet Coordinator

What you’ll do:

• Lead and coordinate the returnable packaging fleet for automotive components, automation cells, and service/aftermarket parts. This role ensures program management, cost efficiency, and alignment with internal and customer standards while coordinating with packaging engineers, customers, and manufacturing plants.
• Project manage build & delivery: charter, timeline, budget; track supplier/tooling readiness and shipping to suppliers/plants; escalate risks early.
• Track deliveries to suppliers/plants and perform risk management
• Coordinate maintenance, controls, and vendors; manage fleet size strategies for packaging assets.
• Coordinate integrator/3PL for kitting and site delivery.
• Plan and execute container availability for new launch and serial production
• Design loop strategy and right-size the pool by lane (model cycle times, turns, seasonality, surge).
• Maintain container master/PFEP (IDs, specs, owners, lanes, MOQ, lead-times); control changes and revisions.
• Drive supplier RFQs, negotiations, and submissions; manage PPAP deliverables and approvals.
• Run daily/weekly control: balance supply/demand, expedite returns, trigger temporary expendables when needed, prevent line-side stockouts.
• Manage repair/refurb/cleaning programs; define acceptance criteria; analyze failure modes; approve scrap vs. repair.
• Lead supplier/3PL compliance: onboarding/training, scan discipline, discrepancy resolution, chargeback/claim processes.
• Manage budget for builds, redeployments, repairs, and losses; create ROIs for conversions and location adds; support sourcing/negotiations.
• Run daily/weekly control: balance supply/demand, expedite returns, trigger temporary expendables when needed, prevent line-side stockouts.
• Manage physical counts and audits; reconcile to system inventory; close gaps via containment and corrective actions.
• Plan launches/ECNs: phase-in/out plans, readiness at suppliers/plants, ramp-to-rate container availability.
• Bridge design, cost, and customer validation, ensuring alignment with budget targets
• Manage customer reimbursement activity for out-of-scope packaging usage

What is required:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain Management, or equivalent
•  3-6 years of related experience
• Works with minimal supervision.
• Drives projects to schedule/budget.
• Clear communicator with suppliers, plants, logistics, and design; structured problem solving
• Travel readiness (5-20%); Spanish/English bilingual a plus for US/MX lanes

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What’s in it for you:

• Attractive compensation package
• Recognition awards, company events, family events, university discount options and many more perks.
• Gender Pay Equality

Autoliv is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Autoliv does not discriminate in any aspect of employment based on race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, gender identify and/or expression, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local employment discrimination laws where Autoliv does business.