Material Coordinator

Position Summary

As a Material Coordinator you will be responsible for the daily coordination of work within or between departments of the value stream to expedite production by performing the following duties: Build Schedule Coordination, Expediting, Reporting and Analysis, Inventory Management, MRP Maintenance, Capacity Planning. 

Shifts: Monday-Thursday 7:00am-4:30pm and Friday 7:00am-11:00am

What you will do as a Material Coordinator

Responsible for insuring the ongoing and uninterrupted flow of materials to support manufacturing requirements at all times and under any conditions.
In conjunction with Corporate Planning, Manufacturing Supervisors, and other pertinent personnel, prepare and distribute Build Schedules.
Prioritizes, schedules, and expedite critical jobs to satisfy business goals and customer demands.
Provides inputs to corporate planning on shipment schedules, plans and forecast based on capacity. (S&OP process).
Coordinates Engineering Change Requests (ECA’s) to ensure stock balancing activities occur properly to eliminate slow-moving/obsolete inventory.
Constantly maintain, evaluate, recommend, and implement improvements in material requirements planning (MRP) to drive down inventory levels.
Develop and maintain procedures and work instructions to support value stream.
Researches and resolves inventory discrepancies.
Performs extensive data entry.
Review and print incoming shop orders to the production floor, order C-Stock, issue Special Manufacturing Request (SMR) and/or unplanned tickets.
Responsible for creating, measuring, disseminating and presenting statistical data and variance reporting and analysis.
The above statements reflect the general details of the job and shall not be considered as a detailed description of all duties inherent in the job.
Must have skills to work with customers and suppliers for on-time deliveries.

The Experience, Skills and Abilities

Required:

High school graduate/GED 
Direct hands on experience in an MRP systems environment required.

Other:

College degree in Business or related field preferred, or equivalent combination of experience and education.
Strong computer skills to include Microsoft Office, a working knowledge of Shop Floor Control and AS400 system and Oracle preferred. 
Key competencies include sound business judgment and decision making.
Prior Materials Management experienced preferred.
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
Ability to prioritize and schedule tasks to ensure timely completion of job responsibilities.
Ability to work with all employees at all levels of management.
Self starter, someone who is proactive and who can lead by example.
Demonstrated ability to think out of the box and help drive change.
Lean manufacturing knowledge and experience desired.
Willingness to work overtime.
Ability to read and interpret manufacturing blueprints and specifications