Manufacturing Logistics Manager

Mural Group
Morganfield, KY
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have logistics and materials management experience in manufacturing, particularly with ERP systems and customer-facing responsibilities. This role offers direct exposure to executive leadership and cross-functional team management across two plant operations.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with logistics leadership experience in automotive manufacturing environments
    — “global Tier 1 automotive supplier”
  • Professionals who have managed teams and driven production scheduling on ERP systems
    — “Direct supervisory experience - you have managed a team, not just processes”
  • Individuals with a proven track record in managing carrier relationships and ensuring compliance
    — “monitor carrier performance and ensure correct billing”

Things to consider

  • Travel expectations are significant due to oversight across two plant operations
    — “Ability to travel as needed”
  • This role demands visibility at the executive level and direct accountability for logistics decisions
    — “Your decisions ... are visible at the executive level every day”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience with AS400 and JBA systems in production scheduling
    — “generate master production schedules using AS400 and JBA”
  • Showcase your ability to manage customer packaging compliance and address complaints
    — “serve as the primary contact for customer inquiries and complaints on logistics and packaging matters”
  • Demonstrate your ability to coordinate inbound and outbound logistics across multiple sites
    — “oversee inbound and outbound logistics across both plant operations”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Company

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What success looks like

  • managing logistics and materials operations
  • overseeing carrier performance
Typical background
5-10 years of logistics, materials, or supply chain management experience

Skills & requirements

Required

Logistics ManagementMaterials PlanningProduction SchedulingErp/mrp System ProficiencyCustomer Packaging Compliance

Preferred

Tier 1 Automotive Industry Knowledge

Stack & domain

Production SchedulingMaterials PlanningErp/mrp SystemsShipping And Receiving ManagementCarrier ManagementCustomer Packaging ComplianceAs400JBASAPCustomer Inquiries HandlingCompliance MonitoringLogistics Operations ManagementLeadershipCommunicationProblem SolvingDecision MakingTeam ManagementCustomer ServiceAttention To DetailTime ManagementManufacturingLogisticsMaterials ManagementSupply ChainShipping And ReceivingLogistics Operations

About the role

Original posting from Mural Group via Ashby

Overview

Mural Group is partnering with a global Tier 1 automotive supplier to place a Logistics Manager at their Morganfield, Kentucky facility. This is a direct-hire, P0 priority search for a plant with immediate need. You will report directly to the General Manager and own the full logistics and materials function across two plant operations.

What You Will Be Doing

You will lead the logistics and materials operation for this facility - including production scheduling, raw material ordering, shipping and receiving oversight, carrier management, and customer packaging compliance. You will manage a Customer Materials Coordinator and a Scheduling Coordinator directly. Day to day you will review production orders and schedules to plan department operations and establish priorities, generate master production schedules using AS400 and JBA, order raw material from the mixing plant and manage delivery schedules, oversee inbound and outbound logistics across both plant operations, monitor carrier performance and ensure correct billing, ensure compliance with customer packaging directives, and serve as the primary contact for customer inquiries and complaints on logistics and packaging matters.

What You Bring

  • 5 to 10 years of logistics, materials, or supply chain management experience in a manufacturing environment
  • Direct supervisory experience - you have managed a team, not just processes
  • Production scheduling and materials planning ownership on an ERP or MRP system (AS400, JD Edwards / JBA, SAP, or equivalent)
  • Shipping and receiving management experience including carrier relationships and billing
  • Customer-facing supply chain experience - you have handled customer inquiries and packaging compliance directly
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to travel as needed

Why This Move Makes Sense

  • You report directly to the General Manager - not a director, not a VP - the person who runs the plant and has the ear of the organization
  • You own logistics across two plant operations with two direct reports, which is the kind of scope that builds a general management resume, not just a functional one
  • Your decisions on production scheduling, raw material ordering, and carrier management are visible at the executive level every day
  • The customer interface on packaging and delivery compliance puts you in a commercial role, not just an operational one
  • This is the role that gets you to Plant Manager, VP of Operations, or VP of Supply Chain at a global Tier 1 automotive company - the accountability here is real and the exposure is direct

Source: Mural Group careers (Ashby)

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