This position is located in Virginia.
Summary
Directs and coordinates activities of personnel engaged in purchasing and distributing raw materials, equipment, machinery, and supplies in an organization embracing lean manufacturing; also supervises and coordinates personnel engaged in expediting flow of material, parts, and assemblies within or between departments of plant, and schedulers in scheduling production operations; activities of workers engaged in verifying and keeping records on incoming and outgoing shipments, and preparing items for shipment. Also supervises activities of workers concerned with ordering, receiving, storing, inventorying, issuing, and shipping materials, supplies, tools, and parts in stockroom.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Prepares instructions regarding purchasing systems and procedures. Responsible for writing, implementing and maintaining a plan for every part (PFEP).
- Analyzes market and delivery conditions to determine present and future material availability.
- Reviews purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to company policy.
- Arranges for disposal of surplus materials.
- Evaluates written data such as job orders, product specifications and operations sheets, parts and materials inventory lists, and machine and worker production rates, to establish efficient allocation and scheduling of parts, materials, machines, and sequences of operations and workflow.
- Confers with production personnel to resolve problems affecting production schedules.
- Determines work procedures, prepares work schedules and expedites workflow.
- Reviews shipping notices, bills of lading, invoices, orders, and other records to determine shipping priorities, work assignments, and shipping methods required to meet shipping and receiving schedules.
- Oversees incoming and outgoing shipping activities to ensure accuracy, completeness, and condition of shipments.
- Directs movement of shipments from shipping and receiving platform to storage and work areas.
- Implements Engineering Change Notices.
- Plans layout of stockroom, and other storage areas, considering turnover, size, weight, and related factors of items stored. Trains employees on care and preservation of items received, stored, and shipped; on proper methods and use of equipment in handling, storing, maintaining and shipping stock; and related problems. Does follow-up to confirm adherence of same.
- Studies records and recommends remedial actions for reported nonissuable, slow moving, and excess stock.
- Reviews records for accuracy of information and compliance with established procedures, and to determine adequacy of stock levels.
- Schedules work for special and periodic inventories.
- Traces history of items to determine reasons for discrepancies between inventory and stock control records and recommends remedial actions to resolve discrepancies.
- Determines work procedures, prepares work schedules, and expedites workflow.
- Issues written and oral instructions.
- Addresses all job performance issues with well thought-out positive corrective action on a timely basis with the help of the HR Manager and GM.
- Establishes visual “Standard Work” procedures and “Check-Lists” to provide consistent Quality, Delivery and Service from all associates.
- Focuses on coaching the entire department to better utilize their hours efficiently to accomplish their work per the priorities determined.
- Interfaces with both customers and suppliers.
- Utilize Lean/Continuous Improvement tools and systems in the areas of responsibility.
Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from four-year college or university; or two to five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
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