Ingredients Coordinator

The Mennel Milling Company•Caledonia, OH

About The Position

In this role, you will help sustain Mennel’s tradition of excellence established in 1886 as well as support our food safety programs and mission to reliably deliver superior quality, uniformity, and service. This position is responsible for assigning and coordinating all controlled inbound and outbound shipments to achieve the best cost, customer service level and transit times. This position will sustain the Mission and Motto and Food Safety and Quality Statement of the Mennel Milling Company.

Requirements

A minimum of a High School Diploma or equivalent required; a 2 year college degree or technical school course work and three years of job-related experience, preferably in a business management; or any equivalent combination of education and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities preferred.
Materials management and inventory management experience preferred.
Materials purchasing background preferred.
Basic knowledge of production and warehouse operations.
Strong PC skills – Excel, Word.
Basic knowledge of warehouse management and inventory software systems such as SAP, WMS and Prisma.
Detail oriented and strong organizational skills.
Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills.
Ability to work effectively with vendors, transportation, procurement and all levels of personnel at Martel.
Demonstrated leadership qualities.
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, memos, procedures, and plans.
Ability to write, complete checklists and other basic documentation and correspondence.
Ability to effectively present information or data in one-on-one and small group situations to co-workers, supervisors, and managers.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Must use solid judgment when making decisions.
Must have ability to quickly recognize and plan for changing work duties and events.

Responsibilities

Follow all food and personal safety rules and regulations in respect to GMP’s, OSHA, HACCP, the Global Food Safety Initiative, the US FDA Food Safety Modernization Act as stated in the FS&Q Statement, and sanitation guidelines as set forth by the company as listed in Corporate Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) and attend all required training sessions. Maintain the department/facility in an everyday audit ready condition.
Track and order materials in a timely and accurate manner maintain appropriate inventory level targets with consideration to space and cost.
Utilize various microcomputer applications. Demonstrated mastery of the purchasing, receiving and inventory functions of D365 and SAP.
Present and help implement ideas that will productively impact material planning, usage and inventory functions.
Monitor inventory levels as finished product demand fluxuates and take action as appropriate.
Minimize inventory write-offs, scrap and dumps by proactively seeking options to use all materials prior to shelf life expiration or obsolescence.
Assure materials supply for new products are supplied in a timely manner .
Work with vendors, procurement and the plant to resolve material issues as they arise.
Ensure compliance to all purchasing and inventory management control standards, policies and procedures.
Communication of material issues to procurement, transportation, production planners, schedulers, management and all other levels.
Active involvement in all inventory activities including physical inventories and cycle counts.
Work off shifts, off hours and weekends as business needs require to assure material supply or to coordinate supply for specific projects.
Other duties may be assigned.