Production MRP Clerk

Cardinal Scale Manufacturing Co•Webb City, MO

9d•Onsite

About The Position

The Production MRP Clerk is responsible for releasing production work orders, tracking orders, investigating problems, and maintaining databases. This role involves performing physical inventory counts, reconciling stock, and handling routine clerical duties. The clerk will systematically release planned work orders in the MRP system for the Fab Shop and Spot Weld shop floor, ensuring components are available and considering equipment backlogs. Analysis of work center capacities, staff resources, and material availability is crucial for efficient management. The position requires reviewing material and component shortages and interacting with supervisors and purchasing to address impacts on production timelines. Maintaining inventory levels, ordering new stock, and establishing backup systems for high-demand items are key responsibilities. The clerk will input cycle count data, assess inventory reports to identify needs for recurring deliveries, and provide inventory reports to management. Performing work order WIP receipts and addressing quantity variances are also part of the role. Developing vendor relationships, maintaining records of goods received and shipments, and managing the inventory system, including software upgrades, are expected. Frequent spot and partial physical inventory audits, as well as assisting with weekly or daily physical inventory audits, are required. The clerk will manage work order requirements generated by MRP, review MRP messages, release messages to create work order headers, and review work order details. Coordination of programming/drawings to workstations and responding to work order change requests, coordinating changes with machine operators/supervisors, are also necessary. This role acts as the liaison for all work order changes and is responsible for providing error-free work.

Requirements

Associate degree in an applicable field, and / or 3 years of experience directly related to the production, organization, and management of manufacturing materials.
Basic Math and Computer skills
Communication proficiency
Organizational Skills

Nice To Haves

Internal Customer Focused

Responsibilities

Systematically release planned work orders in the MRP system for the Fab Shop and Spot Weld shop floor for display/selection at appropriate workstations based on component availability, calculated start dates, and equipment backlogs.
Analyze work center capacities, staff resources, and material availability on a work order basis for efficient and effective management.
Review material and component shortages, and interact with department supervisors and/or purchasing department should component shortages impact on-time production of manufactured items.
Maintain consistent stock of inventory, ordering new stock up to pre-authorized limit as inventory dwindles.
Establish and maintain backup system/process for high-demand items.
Input cycle count data for the Fab Shop, Spot Weld, Stockroom, and any other department as needed.
Assess inventory reports and order patterns to identify items in need of automatic, recurring delivery.
Provide inventory reports to Materials Manager, Purchasing, and applicable Department Supervisor.
Perform work order WIP receipts for work orders delivering to the stockroom, addressing any variance between the work order required quantities vs physical quantities delivered.
Develop and maintain good working relationships with vendors.
Maintain accurate daily records of goods received and shipments made.
Manage and maintain inventory system; facilitate upgrades to related database and/or software under the direction of the Materials Manager or Purchasing department.
Conduct frequent spot and partial audits of physical inventory.
Assist with periodic (at least weekly, if not daily) physical inventory audits.
Manage work order requirements generated by MRP for discrete manufactured parts by reviewing MRP messages, releasing messages to create work order headers, and reviewing work order details after work order generation.
Coordinate release of programming/drawings to workstations as required.
Respond to work order change requests from the Plant Manager or Materials Manager as needed; coordinate work order changes with machine operators/supervisors as required for work in process.
Act as the liaison through which all work order changes must be approved and expedited once work order detail records are created.
Provide error-free work to all internal and external customers as related to the output of their position.