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Tesla Sr. Logistics Optimization Engineer United States, Texas, Austin 994008788
23.04.2025
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What You’ll Do What You’ll Bring
- Display a positive attitude and practice strong work ethics that reflect the mission, philosophy and goals of Tesla
- Design and execute innovative logistics strategies encompassing route optimization, network design, and inventory control systems
- Develop and deploy creative cost-effective transportation solutions by leveraging strategies such as intermodal transportation (IMDL), JIT, cross-docking, and milk run logistics
- Drive data-driven communication across teams such as Material Planning, Logistics, Packaging, and Sourcing to develop global optimization strategies
- Develop models to capture actionable opportunities to reduce on-hand inventory and minimize warehousing while reducing overall part cost
- Analyze opportunities to localize supplier base and help make it happen
- Create tools to manage Material Planning inputs for inventory calculations
- Identify potential improvements to packaged part density with Packaging team to reduce logistics/storage footprint
- Manage expected warehouse, logistics yard, and factory raw material buffer size projections over time
- BS or MS in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Logistics, or equivalent experience
- Extensive experience in SQL and scripting languages like Python to process and prepare data for modeling and analysis
- 4+ years’ experience with emphasis on supply chain optimization (internship experience will be considered)
- Experience solving ambiguous, system-level problems using quantitative methods and linear programming principles
- Strong background in Excel with VBA (or similar tools) and data visualization tools similar to Tableau or Power BI
- Solid understanding of logistics, warehousing design, and packaging optimization in collaboration with Packaging Engineering/Design teams
- Familiarity with packaging qualification testing for logistics and regulatory standards (e.g., ISTA, ISO) is a plus
- Exposure to discrete event simulation software (e.g., ARENA, FlexSim) and work measurement systems similar to MOST or MODAPTS
- Demonstrated leadership and ability to drive cross-functional projects in high-volume manufacturing environments
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to communicate insights clearly through verbal and written communication
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