Job Title:  Supply Chain Specialist

At STERIS, we help our Customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare and life science product and service solutions around the globe.

Position Summary

The Production Control Specialist supervises assigned employees to master planning and shop floor control integrity. You will identify and resolve shortages within current cycle time and improves current production and inventory control systems and techniques in order to improve productivity. You are also responsible for all shop floor control routines, routines to maintain floor stocking levels and over due quantities at all factory administrative work centers.

Job Duties

• Evaluates and executes decisions to increase, decrease and release shop orders after reviewing master planning requirements and shop floor control.   Priority changes for capital equipment should come from Central Planning.  Responsible to communicate priorities to the plant.
• Interfaces with Purchasing and vendors when appropriate to expedite parts in order to maintain shop order start dates to manufacturing.  Interfaces with Central Planning to provide status on orders, expedites and shipments.
• Coordinates, directs and initiates projects to improve efficiency, accuracy and system integrity.
• Supervises and directs all administrative functions pertaining to assigned department.
• Liaison between manufacturing and information systems.   Liaison between shipping and Central Planning.  Service priority orders should be requested internally to production control, in order to define priorities in production.
• Maintains the accuracy and integrity of Shop Floor Control and assigned material planning administration centers.
• Evaluates safety stock requirements.
• Support all Company Quality Policies including ISO 9001, EN46001, MDD, FDA, Safety Regulations  and ASME codes
• Recognize departmental training needs, budgets and conduct training classes as required.
• Ensures operation and practices conform to safety regulations; JHA, PPE, Working Instruction Training Program.
• Must be knowledgeable of Good Manufacturing Practices relating to the areas of responsibilities.
• Active participation of the SAFETY, CONTINUOS IMPROVEMENT and TRAINING initiatives

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
  • OR High School Diploma/GED plus four (4) years of experience in planning, purchasing, or supply chain related.
• Demonstrated knowledge of material planning, purchasing, inventory design and control and other production control systems. 

Work Schedule

• This is a hybrid schedule position based in Plymouth, MN.
• The schedule is: 3 days/week onsite, 2 days/week remote. 

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STERIS is a leading global provider of products and services that support patient care with an emphasis on infection prevention.  WE HELP OUR CUSTOMERS CREATE A HEALTHIER AND SAFER WORLD by providing innovative healthcare, life sciences and dental products and services. STERIS is a $5 billion, publicly traded (NYSE: STE) company with approximately 17,000 associates and Customers in more than 100 countries.

If you need assistance completing the application process, please call 1 (440) 392.7047. This contact information is for accommodation inquiries only and cannot be used to check application status.

STERIS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  We are committed to equal employment opportunity and the use of affirmative action programs to ensure that persons are recruited, hired, trained, transferred and promoted in all job groups regardless of race, color, religion, age, disability, national origin, citizenship status, military or veteran status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, and any other category protected by federal, state or local law.  We are not only committed to this policy by our status as a federal government contractor, but also we are strongly bound by the principle of equal employment opportunity.

The full affirmative action program, absent the data metrics required by § 60-741.44(k), shall be available to all employees and applicants for employment for inspection upon request. The program may be obtained at your location’s HR Office during normal business hours.