Materials Coordinator - Customer Service

About the role

This position is primarily responsible for materials planning in a manufacturing setting, ensuring customer requirements and forecast information are met while coordinating production plans in compliance with Summit Polymers, Inc. manufacturing systems and customer shipping requirements.

Responsibilities

• Review and monitor all customer-required communication related to Materials, Planning, and Logistics procedures.
• Ensure all customer-related shipping communication is completed daily, including ASNs and container information.
• Follow customer-dictated order fulfillment procedures.
• Develop daily shipping plans based on customer release and forecast information.
• Create customer-required shipping documentation.
• Establish daily production plans in accordance with Summit Polymers, Inc. established manufacturing protocols.
• Perform inventory analysis and recommend inventory adjustments.
• Maintain contact with customers and ensure timely processing of orders, shipments, and changes.
• Report customer issues to appropriate personnel and participate in resolving these issues.
• Communicate customer blanket orders, “spot buy” orders, and any other changes to customers' release requirements to the appropriate departments.
• Coordinate with Manufacturing, Quality, and Engineering teams to ensure customers' daily release requirements are achieved.
• Coordinate all new program, new part, or program launch release activities to ensure requirements are achieved.
• Maintain target inventory levels in accordance with Summit Polymers, Inc. corporate goals.
• Analyze, review, and determine appropriate patterns of production to ensure customers and plant expectations are achieved.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Business or related degree or 1 year of experience in Materials, Planning, and Logistics in a lean manufacturing environment.
• Ability to gather and analyze information and make decisions from a limited number of choices.
• A minimum score of 50 on the Wonderlic Select Assessment (Traditional Score of 20 on the cognitive portion).
• Agreement to complete all post-hire required training.

This position typically does not require any travel.