Material Coordinator

Design West Technologies, Inc. • Tustin, CA

11d

About The Position

The Material Coordinator focuses primarily on assisting planners and project managers on executing production operations. This requires issuing work orders, monitoring, moving, expediting, and resolving material issues in support of production to meet production schedules. Organization and communication skills are highly emphasized as major functions of this role to ensure time material supply, as well as, requesting and coordinating critical updates from production, purchasing, engineering, quality, and warehouse to ensure material and information are flowing appropriately to meet our requirements.

Requirements

• HS graduate/GED, plus college and/or additional education in materials, planning, and scheduling.
• Minimum of 3 years materials experience in low volume/high mix manufacturing environments.
• Familiar with MRP, ERP, Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook.
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment, solid understanding of priorities, and multi-task.
• Experience in a manufacturing / assembly environment.
• Ability to read and interpret drawings, work instructions, work orders, and a variety of reports.
• Communication skills
• Analytical Skills
• Organizational skills
• Collaborator and Team-minded
• Strong Customer focus
• Exceptional Critical Thinking abilities and Problem-Solving capabilities
• Detailed analysis and evaluation practices

Responsibilities

• Reviews planned work orders in advance of release to ensure all materials are available. Proactively works to fulfill shortages that would delay work orders from being issued to production.
• Release work orders and ensure planned materials are pulled and staged for upcoming production demand.
• Ensure materials are moved through work centers with emphasis on working to a list of targeted priority items from planners and project managers.
• Provide verbal and written reports on parts status to planning and production management.
• Interface with assemblers, buyers and warehouse personnel on job shortages.
• Supports planners with follow-up on "rework" parts due to non-conformances and/or "upgrades" from Engineering Change Notices (ECN) or other Quality/Engineering directed dispositions.
• Works closely with buyers to emphasize the demand for parts and documentation to support production.
• Outside Processing - Coordinates materials and processing functions for the efficient preparation and return of outside processed materials needed for production.
• Involved with internal/external supplier availability/ capacity and pursuit of alternate processing options to support on-time delivery to assembly.
• Logistics - Acquiring / coordinating materials, parts, services to ensure efficient arrival to production.
• Generating and analyzing project status and/or project shortage reports.
• Requesting work in process updates to monitor and ensure on-time delivery.
• Frequently communicating with assembly, manufacturing, purchasing, engineering, and upper management via email, phone calls, and face to face conversations.
• Performing root cause analysis and corrective action on late material deliveries to prevent reoccurrence.
• Work with a sense of urgency and closure in regards to influencing on-time delivery throughout assembly, manufacturing, purchasing, engineering, quality, and outside processing suppliers.

Benefits

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience.
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan.
• Paid time off and holidays.
• Exciting and challenging work in a dynamic industry with opportunities for growth and advancement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED