Production Coordinator (Venting Dept)

About the Role

Responsible for coordinating Vent Department production scheduling and administration to support customer commitments and operational efficiency. Oversees MRP transactions and production reporting to ensure accurate inventory, material usage, and production time records. Partners with Production, Planning, Warehouse, and other support functions to coordinate resources, resolve production constraints, and train employees on proper MRP processes.

At TekniPlex, you’ll join more than 8,000 colleagues across 12 countries, all united by one purpose: creating safer, smarter solutions that touch daily life. Through our two divisions, TekniPlex Healthcare and TekniPlex Consumer Products, you’ll help shape industries that matter: healthcare, pharmaceutical, food & beverage, beauty, and personal care. Here, your ideas count and your work matters—you’ll be encouraged to think boldly, collaborate across cultures, and keep growing every step of the way.

Responsibilities

• Maintains an active role in promoting safe work habits and reducing OSHA recordable accidents.
• Schedules machinery and personnel to meet schedule demands, partnering with scheduling dept. to ensure customer commitments are efficiently met.
• Coordinates with warehouse ensuring materials are ready for machines prior to changeover to maintain goal of three jobs/2 days of running ability on site at all times. Immediately escalates impediments to Department Manager.
• Administers the production reporting system to ensure that raw material, machine time, and produced material units are accurately identified and reported.
• Investigates reporting discrepancies and provides ongoing feedback to Operations Associates to improve reporting accuracy.
• Ensures production jobs are closed out and whipped within four hours of completion.
• Reviews all relevant records (Closed Job Report, Job folders) to ensure time and materials have been charged properly, investigating any potential errors to correct and recommend measures to prevent reoccurrences to Department Manager.
• Coordinates production activities through manufacturing management, production planning, customer service, shipping, and operational support areas in order to meet schedule commitments.
• Communicates with all shifts to build consistency in production reporting, including training for continuous improvements in reporting accuracy.
• Monitors scrap trends and communicates with operation associates and department manager for improvements.
• Coordinates and assists with physical inventories with Shipping and Receiving Manager to ensure accurate and efficient outcomes.
• Works with operation associates, Quality Assurance, and Engineering on identification and resolution of non-conforming materials.
• Provides training and feedback to Operation Associates for posting-related errors—escalating serious infractions to Department Manager as needed.

Requirements

• Three years of experience with manufacturing MRP systems and Inventory control procedures.
• Demonstrated success training personnel.

Skills

• Thorough knowledge of Vent Department manufacturing processes from order entry through finished goods warehousing.
• Proficient with the manufacturing iRen, Global Soft, MRP, and Ticket Printing systems.
• Ability to work accurately with PC-based software (e.g., word processing, PowerPoint, email, Lotus Notes, Excel).
• Ability to work accurately with numbers and job shift reports.
• Proven analytical and decision-making ability.
• Effective written and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment and with other departments within the company.
• Excellent planning and organizational skills.

Benefits

TekniPlex provides a comprehensive and flexible benefits program that you can customize to fit your personal needs. Our programs offer you and your family health care coverage and financial security.

• Medical Coverage
• Prescription Drug Coverage
• Telemedicine
• Dental Coverage
• Vision Coverage
• Employee Assistance Program
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Basic Term Life/AD&D Insurance
• Voluntary Life/AD&D Insurance
• Short Term Disability (STD)
• Long Term Disability (LTD)
• Voluntary Buy-Up LTD
• Hospital Indemnity
• Accident Insurance
• Critical Illness
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Daily Pay
• Business Travel Insurance
• Legal Plan
• Identity Protection