Blending Specialist

Calumet • Princeton, LA

6d

About The Position

The Blending Specialist is responsible for Finished Product Blend Production Planning for the site, production planning for the smaller units and various other shipping functions. This role interfaces with many on-site functions (Operations, Loading, Lab, Distribution, Master Production Scheduler, etc.) and off-site functions (Sales, Customer Service, Demand Management, etc.). This role reports directly to the Distribution and Planning Manager.

Requirements

• Associates Degree in a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience in a Distribution /Production environment
• 3 or more years of experience in blending, production planning, and blend planning or relevant
• Proficient in SAP MRP System
• Proficient in Microsoft Office

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience in a Distribution /Production environment
• Knowledge of site products, product quality parameters and analytical tests

Responsibilities

• Creates blend formulations and recipes for Loader instructions to meet customer quality requirements. Special emphasis on implementing and utilization of a Blending calculator tool
• Optimizes blends to reduce reworks and utilizing cost effective measures
• Creates blend orders in SAP regarding inventory components
• Develops strategies and plans for the efficient and profitable use of wash oils in product blends
• Creates and issues the Daily Priority Sheet (Daily instructions for loading area production blending, loading of product railcars, trucks, lab activities and tank farm management). Time Management is important from a workflow standpoint
• Assigns batches and tanks for Truck orders
• Creates product batch numbers for orders and quality data
• Ship confirms railcars daily along with inventory balancing
• Creates and updates daily the Secondary Unit Production Schedule by reviewing sales/customer needs, finished product inventories, available storage tanks
• Coordinates the plan/schedule with Operations all products from secondary units
• Manages inventory for all Asphalt type products along with coordinating shipments with Sales
• Schedules Asphalt runs in coordination with customer orders, maintaining adequate inventory
• Inputs production forecasts and data into SAP to allow ATP to be utilized by Customer Service to make customer shipment date commitments
• Monitors and drives improvements- Inventory, shipments, process flows
• Participates in cross-functional training with the planning Tools, 30/60/90 Planning initiatives
• Additional duties as assigned by the Distribution & Planning Manager

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree