Logistics Assistant Manager

Logistics Assistant Manager

Location: White, GA, United States Location Type: Hybrid

Title: Logistics Assistant Manager Department: SCM Location: White, GA & Adairsville, GA (On-site warehouse) Supervisor: Sr. Logistics Manager FLSA Status: Exempt Position Status: Permanent, Full-Time

Work Status (Remote/Hybrid/In-Office): Hybrid

Logistics Assistant Manager

Hanwha Qcells USA Corp (Qcells USA), headquartered in Houston, TX, specializes in providing utility-scale modules, solar photovoltaic (PV), and battery energy storage systems (BESS) project development, along with Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) services for solar and BESS projects nationwide. Qcells USA delivers comprehensive turnkey solutions encompassing the entire utility-scale project lifecycle. By choosing Qcells USA for turnkey solutions, customers can reduce uncertainty and risk, leading to enhanced investment returns and contributing to a more sustainable future.

Qcells USA's complete turnkey solutions seamlessly integrate the expertise of our Module, Development, and EPC teams, while ensuring close coordination with other vital internal groups such as Project Finance, Systems Integration, and Legal. This collaborative approach ensures that Qcells USA projects deliver exceptional value and performance. With several multi-billion-dollar investments, Qcells is pioneering the establishment of the only complete module supply chain in the U.S., including the expansion of our Georgia module manufacturing facility, which stands as the largest in the Western Hemisphere.

As an integral part of the global Qcells brand, Qcells USA benefits from a legacy of excellence in photovoltaic manufacturing. Qcells is renowned worldwide for its high-performance, superior-quality solar cells and modules. With dual headquarters in Seoul, South Korea (Global Executive HQ) and Thalheim, Germany (Technology & Innovation HQ), Qcells operates under the umbrella of Hanwha Group, a FORTUNE Global 500 company and one of the top 8 business conglomerates in South Korea.

The Logistics Assistant Manager works closely with suppliers, transportation partners, and internal teams to maintain accurate records, streamline logistics processes, and support overall warehouse efficiency. This position reports to the Sr. Logistics Manager or another management personnel that the CEO of the Company may designate. This position is Hybrid based out of the White, GA and/or Adairsville, GA warehouse 3 days a week and working hours are Monday through Friday, from 8:00am to 5:00pm local time. This position is expected to travel up to 20% locally (warehouse).

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

Essential Job Function & Responsibilities

• Track project logistics schedules and support internal process execution and reporting activities
• Manage and monitor inbound shipments from factories
• Manage and monitor outbound shipments to customers
• Maintain inventory records and support inventory reconciliation activities for inbound and outbound operations
• Report warehouse incidents and operational concerns to leadership in a timely manner for resolution
• Coordinate delivery schedules based on customer requirements and partner with warehouse teams to support execution
• Prepare and maintain daily, weekly, monthly, and annual reporting for HQ and cross-functional stakeholders as needed
• Support logistics vendor coordination and assist with communications with third-party logistics (3PL) providers as needed
• Support logistics planning initiatives and provide operational reporting and data insights to assist decision-making
• Perform other duties and special projects, as assigned by Management
• Up to 20% locally travel and/ as needed

Required Qualifications

• 35 years of logistics, warehouse, transportation, or supply chain operations experience (including customs, Incoterms, freight forwarding, warehousing, trucking, etc.)
• Bachelor's degree required
• Ability to work autonomously in a fast paced, professional, team environment with minimal supervision
• Ability to prioritize tasks appropriately and in support of project schedules and other deadlines
• Strong analytical skills use logical structuring to understand problems and to create sustainable solutions
• Well organized never let anything slip through the cracks, time management is your forte
• Able to identify, investigate and solve problems that arise in timely manner
• Effective verbal and written communication skills communicate to be understood in a concise and clear manner, bring a point of view
• Intermediate Excel skills
• Adaptable and flexible priorities change on a daily or hourly basis, you can pivot, adjust your schedule and assume responsibility to take the lead as needed

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively in additional languages relevant to business operations and supplier interactions is preferred
• Warehouse experience
• SAP experience
• MS Office experience

Examples of Physical Demands

• Stationary Position: frequently remains stationary up to 90% of the time and sitting up to 8 hours in a day
• Move/Traverse: infrequently bend, stand, stoop and/or walk
• Carry Weight: infrequently carry weight and/or lift objects (light to heavy) weighing up to 10 pounds
• Hearing and Speech: frequently communicates with the ability to hear and talk on a regular basis with employees, coworkers, and all personnel matters; must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations
• Sight: frequent use of sight to detect images on computer, office documents, and office objects near and far
• Climb: occasionally ascends/descends on stairway to get to office upper and lower floors
• Travel: up to 20% as needed

Examples of Work Environment

• Regular professional, office business setting
• Noise level ranges from low to moderate (if in office setting)
• Noise level ranges from moderate to high (if on construction worksite)
• Under the Office Mobilization Plan (OMP) policy, the role may transition to an onsite or hybrid arrangement, as determined by business needs and the Head of Department

Hanwha Qcells is proud to be an at-will Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination against race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status and any other classification protected by applicable federal, state or local law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

It is important to note that the job descriptions provided by Qcells USA Corp are not intended to be comprehensive lists of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications associated with the positions. Duties and responsibilities may change at any time with or without notice, reflecting our dynamic and evolving work environment.

We are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Hanwha Qcells will provide reasonable accommodations to all qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodations at View email address on click.appcast.io.

Nothing in this statement shall imply implicitly or explicitly a guarantee of employment outside our at-will employment opportunity.