Materials Coordinator

Challenge Manufacturing•Holland, MI

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Challenge Manufacturing’s mission is to manufacture with operational excellence by empowering our employee-owners. As a leading tier 1 supplier of complex metal assemblies for the global automotive industry, we drive innovative solutions for future mobility. We believe the best ideas come from individual unique perspectives. These ideas combined with the teamwork of industry leaders allow us to accomplish any challenge. Our team members take pride in the work we do and embody our core values of safety, ownership, and teamwork every day; they are the true driving force in our operations. Challenge is proud to be one of the largest employee-owned automotive companies in North America. One of the many benefits of joining the Challenge team is the ESOP program. This program allows Challenge to give shares of the Company to all employee-owners annually. These shares are an additional retirement benefit that will continue to grow during your time at Challenge. Being part of an ESOP means our employee-owners share in Challenge’s success! Challenge is #QualityDriven and #PeoplePowered! The primary responsibility of the Materials Coordinator is to data mine, verify, and escalate issues as appropriate to ensure the plant has the necessary inventory levels to support production plans to meet safety stock quantities and ultimately customer demand. They will have responsibility to assist in supporting the Materials Manager to achieve departmental objectives and customer satisfaction through ensuring delivery and production plans are put in place that will minimize if not eliminate production disruptions. Additionally, the Materials Coordinator will have responsibility to monitor outside processes and some tier 2 suppliers to ensure on-time delivery to Challenge.

Requirements

The ideal candidate will be highly organized and have a solid technology and systems understanding.
Additionally, the Material Follow-up Coordinator must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills as they will represent Challenge Manufacturing during all external and internal customer interaction.
Has high standards of performance for self.
Takes responsibility for actions, results, and mistakes.
Is thorough, accurate, and reliable when performing and completing job tasks; demonstrates honesty and integrity in all aspects of work.
Maintains positive relationships by constructively resolving conflicts.
Uses feedback from others to continuously improve performance and work relationships.
Moves within own and/or other work areas (flexes) to support plant flow.
Works with sense of urgency to meet needs of external customers and internal processes.
Maintains knowledge and skills to perform job effectively.
Has ability to focus on benefits of change and see it as positive; approaches change or newness in constructive/objective manner; views change as learning opportunity.
Looks for good in others; works collaboratively with others; shares information and knowledge.
Is at work when scheduled and ensures coverage when absent; takes timely breaks/lunches; uses time wisely.

Responsibilities

Maximize on time material availability across plant for all projects and departments.
Confirm, follow-up, and expedite planned purchase orders to meet required material delivery dates necessary to meet on-time delivery performance to support production requirements.
Track critical parts and develop/execute delivery plans to ensure no interruptions or downtime to manufacturing line.
Analyze MRP and production schedules to identify potential material shortage issues well in advance and initiate appropriate corrective action and escalation as required.
Monitor outsourced processes to ensure delivery to plants in order to ensure production is not disrupted.
Monitor inventory levels at Subcontracted processes and ensure production plans of inventory
Accum Management for Interplant requirements
Follow-up on internal production scheduling to ensure that plans are in place to ensure no interruptions to manufacturing line are
Support Inventory management – reporting inventory levels out as required
Manage excess and obsolete inventory including buildout requirements
Perform special projects and other related duties as assigned.
Develop and improve plant level KPIs.