Senior Automotive Supply Chain SME - MI/Detriot (Either Detroit, MI or Kansas City, Kansas; Remote with occasional visits to client site)
Contractor qualifying questions
- Do you have 20+ years of automotive supply chain experience?
- Do you have experience in automotive OEM supply chain, vehicle planning, distribution, dealer operations, allocation, fulfillment, or automotive consulting. Experience supporting VIN traceability, recall management, or vehicle genealogy initiatives strongly preferred?
Senior Automotive Supply Chain SME / Business Value Consultant
Automotive | Supply Chain Transformation | AI & Data-Driven Operations
Role Summary
We are seeking a senior automotive supply chain practitioner to help shape and validate business use cases for supply chain transformation, operational intelligence, and AI-enabled decision support.
The ideal candidate brings deep OEM or Tier-1 experience across vehicle planning, logistics, fulfillment, traceability, and supply chain operations, and can translate business challenges into measurable value opportunities.
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Key Responsibilities
Lead workshops with business stakeholders and SMEs.
Identify and prioritize supply chain improvement opportunities.
Define business requirements, KPIs, and value realization metrics.
Support AI, analytics, Control Tower, and operational intelligence initiatives.
Partner with business, data, and technology teams to shape solution roadmaps.
Build executive-level business cases and recommendations
Required Automotive Domain Expertise
Strong experience across:
Vehicle Order-to-Delivery (OTD)
Vehicle Allocation & Dealer Fulfillment
Demand Forecasting & Supply Planning
Vehicle Distribution & Logistics
Recall Management & VIN Traceability
Vehicle Traceability, Genealogy / BOM Relationships
Supply Chain Visibility & Operational Intelligence Qualifications
20+ years of automotive supply chain experience.
Experience in automotive OEM supply chain, vehicle planning, distribution, dealer operations, allocation, fulfillment, or automotive consulting. Experience supporting VIN traceability, recall management, or vehicle genealogy initiatives strongly preferred.
Proven track record leading supply chain transformation initiatives.
Strong executive communication and workshop facilitation skills.
Ability to quantify business value and define success metrics.
Desired Experience
Toyota or Japanese OEM experience.
Supply Chain Control Tower programs.
Vehicle traceability and recall analytics.
Supply Network Intelligence solutions.
AI, analytics, or data-driven supply chain initiatives.
Knowledge of GVID, VIN, and vehicle genealogy concepts.
-Process Flows
-Mentor and Knowledge transfer to client project team members
-Participate as primary, co and/or contributing author on any and all project deliverables associated with their assigned areas of responsibility
-Participate in data conversion and data maintenance
-Provide best practice and industry specific solutions
-Advise on and provide alternative (out of the box) solutions
-Provide thought leadership as well as hands on technical configuration/development as needed.
-Participate as a team member of the functional team
-Perform other duties as assigned.
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