Production Reporting Specialist

Southern Champion Tray • Fairfield, OH

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About The Position

The position at Southern Champion Tray (SCT) is a key operational role responsible for providing leadership with critical production and inventory reporting necessary to support operational decisions within SCT's corrugated packaging manufacturing facility. The role involves engaging with production teams and utilizing a deep operational understanding to analyze data, reconcile errors, and ensure accuracy prior to final review. The position also requires the development of corrective action plans to ensure ongoing compliance. Additionally, the role includes creating cost estimates requested by Sales for corrugated packaging solutions to serve current or prospective customers within the bakery, food service, and retail consumer packaging industries.

Requirements

• High School diploma or equivalent, plus 2-3 years of experience in manufacturing responsible for production reporting, cost accounting, or inventory management.
• Minimum of two years experience working within a manufacturing facility.
• Strong technical aptitude and proficiency with MS Office suite, especially advanced MS Excel skills.
• Experience with Radius ERP or related Manufacturing Resource Planning software is highly preferred.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with knowledge of basic accounting principles.
• Ability to effectively engage and communicate with team members across all levels.
• Ability to train and educate others.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree.

Responsibilities

• Review all jobs and production orders for accuracy before releasing job to production; responsible for finalizing and closing out all jobs.
• Produce daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and/or year-end production and inventory reports to Plant Management and/or Finance.
• Provide various production-related data and reports including inventory reporting, Quality Assurance reports, Production Performance, and other ad hoc reporting as needed.
• Audit and review inventory balances and ensure shop floor reporting is compliant with established policies.
• Manage audit processes including leading physical inventory counts and comparing daily cycle counts for raw materials and finished goods.
• Engage Plant Leadership and Finance to determine the need for any inventory adjustments.
• Review reports from finance to identify and correct possible errors with production-related entries.
• Serve as Subject Matter Expert on utilization of the shop floor data system and production reporting policies.
• Assist with requests for cost estimates from Sales and Customer Service.
• Collaborate with internal teams to explore alternatives to carton structure and specifications.
• Partner closely with Production Leadership to stay current with changes to manufacturing costs and operational variables.
• Participate in daily scheduling and job planning meetings with internal partners.
• Seek opportunities to improve and implement new business processes or ideas.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Administrative and Support Services
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees