Your team and your responsibilities
Team description
Located just outside Brussels is our European Distribution Centre in Diest called Toyota Parts Centre Europe (TPCE) employing 930 people. It is responsible for the procurement, storage and logistics supply of a dedicated range of Toyota/Lexus spare parts, accessories and technical campaign parts supporting the both the new car sales and existing customer vehicles service and warranty needs.
The Diest facility itself receives parts from over 700 different suppliers (from Japan to local suppliers) managing over 250,000 part numbers and > 150 trucks per day in a dedicated 100,000m2 facility. It’s 2 outbound logistics roles covers; providing direct overnight supply to > 600 Toyota dealers in local region, and supporting the 13 European Regional Distribution Centres to ensure a consistent high level of Just In Time service to all National Marketing & Sales Companies and Toyota dealers within Europe and our final customers beyond.
Your responsibilities
1. Responsible for the procurement and inventory control of parts and accessories sourced from local suppliers.
2. Analyze stock and service levels. Initiate necessary improvement actions to meet our customers’ service expectation in line with targets for key KPI’s:Follow up allocation Service Rate to Toyota customersSolve backorders to Toyota customers
3. Respond to customer complaints in a professional way
4. Improve supplier performance. Create & follow up actions plans with supplier to cover any gap to target, using the TPS (Toyota Production System) philosophy and Toyota problem solving approach:Create/map/review & improve processes Understand abnormalities caused by supplier in our warehouse. Visit supplier to understand rootcause, to find countermeasures, to improve process to avoid recurrence, to support in creation of standards.
5. Ensure availability of parts to European Markets through regional locations and beyond to the end customer, for both current and future models of Toyota and Lexus vehicles.
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Your Profile
For TME Graduate positions we are targeting recent University Graduates (less than 18 months of experience excluding internships)
6. Master in supply chain/logistics/procurement/related discipline such as economics, engineering graduates are also welcome to apply.
7. Genuinely interested in the automotive industry & supply chain management.
8. Attention to detail and enjoys working in an active supply environment.
9. Outgoing proactive personality with excellent teamwork skills with customer mind-set.
10. Very good numeric and MS office skills including Power BI
11. Some business travel necessary to both Brussels Head Office and European supplier’s hence driving license is required.
12. Fluent in English as business language is necessary, Dutch is a plus.
Place of employment
13. Belgium - Diest: Toyota Parts Center Europe
We offer
Permanent contract
14. An 18-months training program (on top of the daily job)On the job trainingClassroom training (Toyota Way, Toyota Production System…)Experiential training (5-6 weeks Line training at an European Manufacturing Company…)
15. Evolution towards the “Specialist” grade after graduation
Toyota offers a comprehensive remuneration package, including a bonus scheme and interesting extra-legal benefits. We provide flexibility to take care of both your career and your personal life by providing hybrid work environment with structural possibility to both work from home & collaborate in the office. You can also take your work abroad for up to 20 days/year.