Logistics engineering project specialist

As a Logistics Engineering Project Specialist you will responsible to design, analyze, and optimize industrial engineering solutions for logistics operations through distribution center footprint calculations, installed capacity sizing, and distribution network modeling across PPG distribution centers and dealer warehouses. The objective is to maximize operational efficiency, reduce costs, and improve service levels.

Ensure that all requests from the PPG Comex dealer network related to Inventory Balancing studies are completed on time, following the formats, tools, and delivery timelines established in the work plan by the Dealer Operational Performance team.

This position reports to the BDI Jr. Manager.

Key Responsibilities

• Distribution center footprint Analysis: Apply mathematical models and geolocation tools to strategically identify optimal locations for new warehouses.
• Evaluate warehouse expansion, consolidation, and relocation scenarios.
• Implement analytical tools (Advanced Excel, Python, Power BI, etc.) to perform simulations and support decision-making.
• Warehouse Capacity Planning: Calculate static and dynamic storage capacity; size storage areas (racks, picking, staging, cross-docking); analyze location utilization and occupancy rates; and define efficient layouts based on operational flows.
• Operational Efficiency Analysis: Identify bottlenecks and improvement opportunities in coordination with Operations, Transportation, IT, and Planning teams. Propose inventory and operational optimization strategies and measure key performance indicators (KPIs) such as capacity utilization, productivity, and service levels.

Qualifications

• University degree in industrial engineering
• 3 years of experience in logistics, inventory management, database administration, or data analysis
• Warehouse design and construction, distribution center footprint analysis, and storage capacity calculations
• Inventory management and demand planning

You will have benefits: Health Insurance, Life Insurance and more.

About us:

Here at PPG we make it happen, and we seek candidates of the highest integrity who share our values, with the commitment and drive to strive today to do better than yesterday – everyday.

PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD™ Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company. To learn more, visit www.ppg.com and follow @ PPG on Twitter.

PPG provides equal opportunity to all candidates and employees. We offer an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability status, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. If you need assistance to complete your application due to a disability, please email recruiting@ppg.com.