The Role
Lead cross-functional team to design and implement material handling, material flow, workplace integration, facilities and equipment for vehicle program launches. Manage layouts, PFEP/EBOM alignment, packaging and equipment selection, budgets, supplier coordination, simulations, training, and launch readiness reporting to ensure safe, efficient production ramp-up.
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Job Summary & Responsibilities
Overall Objectives:
- The ILE Launch and Execution Manager leads a cross functional engineering and program management team responsible for designing and implementing world‑class material handling, material flow, and workplace integration solutions for new, and mid-cycle action, vehicle programs. The role oversees Workplace Integration, Material Flow, Layout Engineering, and Facilities & Equipment for all Assembly Shops and ensures safe, efficient, and high-quality launch execution. This leader also manages program budgets for logistics engineering equipment and drives alignment across engineering, production, safety, and supplier partners.
Major Duties:
- Manage day to day activities for 10-20 team members (mixture of direct Stellantis and Purchased Service employees).
- Lead the development and execution of internal and external material flow strategies, including Plan For Every Part (PFEP) data management, EBOM alignment, packaging data, and supplier logistics coordination.
- Oversee workplace integration and layout engineering, including station layouts, sequenced part delivery and kit cell design, process scroll validation (utilizing internal systems), scroll analysis, and cross functional layout buyoffs.
- Approve packaging solutions, equipment selection, and as built field checks; ensure 5T readiness and resolve red station issues during pilot and launch.
- Manage Facilities & Equipment Engineering execution: budgeting, display/delivery equipment tracking, equipment design reviews, automation integration, procurement spend and sourcing, and facility readiness for ICT, Powered Industrial Vehicles, automated logistics equipment, and custom delivery/display equipment.
- Support material flow and storage design, including dock analysis, trailer yard studies, space planning, bulk and small lot storage strategies, and 3rd Party Logistics provider coordination.
- Conduct simulation and optimization studies for manpower, routing, slotting, and equipment utilization; support Kanban system data loading and pilot training.
- Deliver leadership level program updates, steering committee reviews, and cross functional launch readiness reporting.
- Oversee training development for material routes and operator/driver support.
- Evaluate bulletins, source packs, and supplier rack designs; support complexity reduction initiatives and make vs buy impact assessments across warehousing, transportation, and station readiness.
- Position will report to Director – NA Internal Logistics Engineering.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree
- Minimum 8 years’ experience in material flow planning, facilities and equipment design, execution, and installation, new model launch and ramp-up execution, production control systems, station readiness and execution, data management/visualization
- Experience with contractor/vendor management
- Previous program management experience, including financial tracking and reporting
- Experience in developing equipment bid specifications and purchasing coordination
Skills Required
- Bachelor's Degree
- Minimum 8 years' experience in material flow planning, facilities and equipment design, execution, and installation, new model launch and ramp-up execution, production control systems, station readiness and execution, data management/visualization
- Experience with contractor/vendor management
- Previous program management experience, including financial tracking and reporting
- Experience in developing equipment bid specifications and purchasing coordination
Stellantis Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Stellantis and has not been reviewed or approved by Stellantis.
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Pay Growth & Progression — Contract-driven increases lifted hourly wages roughly 25% over 4.5 years and restored cost-of-living adjustments, pushing top rates near $42 per hour by the end of the agreement. Union hourly positions appear to have benefited most since the 2023 deal.
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Affordable Benefits — UAW-represented hourly workers pay no premiums and about 3% of total healthcare costs while receiving comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and wellness coverage. This creates materially lower out-of-pocket costs for represented hourly roles.
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Retirement Support — Post-2007 hourly hires receive a 10% employer 401(k) contribution and legacy workers saw defined-benefit improvements with retiree bonuses. Salaried roles also cite a 401(k) with employer match and contribution up to a maximum of 8%.
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What We Do
Our storied and iconic brands embody the passion of their visionary founders and today’s customers in their innovative products and services: they include Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Citroën, Dodge, DS Automobiles, Fiat, Jeep®, Lancia, Maserati, Opel, Peugeot, Ram, Vauxhall and mobility brands Free2move and Leasys. Powered by our diversity, we lead the way the world moves – aspiring to become the greatest sustainable mobility tech company, not the biggest, while creating added value for all stakeholders as well as the communities in which we operate.
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