Physical Flows Supervisor

Posted:
2/16/2026, 3:49:10 AM

Location(s):
Smyrna, Tennessee, United States ⋅ Tennessee, United States

Experience Level(s):
Junior ⋅ Mid Level ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Operations & Logistics

Valeo is a tech global company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility. We are an automotive supplier partner to automakers and new mobility actors worldwide. Our vision? Invent a greener and more secured mobility, thanks to solutions focusing on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest global innovative companies.

What You Will Win

As part of a global community of talented people, you will grow and thrive working on advanced technologies for greener, safer and smarter mobility. Our company culture gives all our employees the opportunity every day to #Dare.Care.Share. You will receive a best in class, total compensation package that provides a comprehensive benefits program with real financial value.

Hours are:  7:30AM - 4:30PM (occasional Saturdays)

What You Will Do

Manage people

  • Be responsible for induction of all newcomers in his/her perimeter (temporaries included). Ensure the organization and scheduling of training actions 

  • Analyze flexibility and multi skills needs of his/her logistic area, and define training plans in order to develop team autonomy and improvement spirit 

  • Anticipate specific training/ habilitation and team sizing with MPS/SIOP figures

  • Monitor certification process for each operator and update in real time flexibility grid 

  • Manage daily: absenteeism, holidays, safety rules enforcement, environment risk analysis, communication & performance boards update 

  • Ensure respect of standard stops (breaks, meetings) by checking systematically on the Gemba, and validate operators working time

  • Ensure that standards of reaction are applied with rigor  and perform escalation according to standards 

  • Follow up main objectives in monthly meetings with all people under his/her responsibility 

  • Is responsible for personnel involvement and ensures a positive social climate

  • Conduct operators’ annual appraisals, as well as salary review and career interviews 

Maintain standards 

  • Perform weekly Safety Briefing and Flash Audit

  • Monitor the Logistics Safety action plan implementation with the CIM Supply Chain Manager 

  • Make applied safety rules and perform OJT on Gemba 

  • Ensure respect of traffic rules with a focus on pedestrians where forklifts are operating  

  • Ensure existence of updated working instructions for every station 

  • Ensure respect of all working standards (safety, work instructions, quality, 5S, respect of the product, OK start ...) during the operations and propose/ implement improvements  

  • Define work standards with the help of support functions and logistics operators 

  • Ensure TPM standards are properly deployed and used for handling equipment (malfunctions detection formalized on red tags), systematic inspection & regular cleaning of equipment by team, 1st levels of preventive maintenance, maintenance line QRQCs

  • Ensure logistics equipment is in good shape

  • Ensure that all displays of his/her perimeter (QCDM - quality & communication areas) are updated at end of shift, and make sure that workers have necessary material to do so 

Manage Logistics Operations 

  • Propose every week logistics headcounts & organization to the Supply Chain Manager, according to MPS data 

  • Work with APU support departments to sort out identified problems in the logistics or production areas (line feeding) including external warehouses

  • Escalate the site Supply Chain manager of any problem likely to have a significant impact on the logistics activities 

  • Ensure material flow from receiving to production (line feeding) and to shipping, truck time table respect schedule 

  • Ensure logistics operations, respecting SQCDM (safety, quality, cost, delivery, motivation)

  • In case a detected problem cannot be solved by his team, assign and check containment and corrective actions with support functions and / or management 

  • Review daily all QRAP (Quick Response Action Plans) of his/her perimeter 

  • Monitor shift QCDM and ensure QCDM boards are updated 

  • Make reports defined by site. 

Manage Continuous Improvement 

  • Lead action plans to improve SQCDM performance (actual and targets), in coherence with APU & Plant, including productivity plans (P-30 Cost Savings plan) 

  • Identify productivity actions and propose layout optimisations to the CIM team 

  • Participate in safety and environment risks reduction & lead line Safety QRQC for category 7 safety issues 

  • Contribute to new equipment and processes start up (automation, AGV…)

  • Lead Zoning evolution and improvements by his/her team 

  • Participate in APU QRQC

  • Pilot Plan Do Check Act / Factor Tree Analysis 5 WHYs on topics assigned by the Supply Chain Manager (Safety, Quality, DL efficiency, Maintenance) 

  • Prepare Lesson Learned Cards & Kaizen Cards

  • Participate in VPS workshops (flow analysis – MUDA hunting, 5S, Hoshin, TPM ...) and liaise with Site VPS Manager for training to methodologies 

  • Liaise with support functions to facilitate improvement actions within the team. Participate in budget preparation (headcounts, overheads, investments, P-30) and contribute to achieve the Logistics P&L target for his/her perimeter 

  • Promote the Valeo 5 axes in daily activities, develop improvement plans on PS (Production and Supply Chain), EE (Human Resources), TQ (Total Quality) and reach assigned V5000 targets

What You Should Have

  • You have a Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent knowledge and demonstrated experience in lieu of education required

  • You have excellent written and oral communication skills and a high degree of flexibility, plus strong computer skills

  • You have a minimum of 3 years supervisory / management experience in automotive or a manufacturing environment

  • You have a minimum of 3 years in logistics operations, preferably at an automotive manufacturer

  • You have experience using an ERP system such as SAP, Oracle, etc

Job:

Physical Flows Manager/Superv

Organization:

Site Supply Chain - J

Schedule:

Full time

Employee Status:

Regular

Job Type:

Permanent contract

Job Posting Date:

2026-02-16

Join Us !
Being part of our team, you will join:
- one of the largest global innovative companies, with more than 20,000 engineers working in Research & Development
- a multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration
- more than 100,000 colleagues in 31 countries... which make a lot of opportunity for career growth
- a business highly committed to limiting the environmental impact if its activities and ranked by Corporate Knights as the number one company in the automotive sector in terms of sustainable development

More information on Valeo: https://www.valeo.com