Program Coordinator, Gen Proj/Prog Mgmt

Yazaki•Canton, MI

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

Yazaki is looking for a Program Coordinator - Pre-production to join our TPNO Toyota team in Canton, MI. The Program Coordinator's customers are Yazaki affiliates and external customers. Every task performed in this position goes to support these two groups. The Program Coordinator is a cross-functional position, requiring interaction with Program Management, Core Purchasing, Quality Assurance, Manufacturing, Distribution Center, and Transportation.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree preferred
Previous experience with receiving orders
Shipping and transportation control background desired
Spanish speaking preferred, but not required

Responsibilities

Receive and respond to Purchase Orders (PO) from customers through the order system.
Generate internal Purchase Orders and issue them to Manufacturing plants.
Daily monitoring and tracking of Purchase Orders from customers and internal Purchase Orders.
Use of SAP for checking carry-over inventory and coordinate with PCD and DC for order pick.
Coordinate incoming shipments from affiliates to internal departments.
Answer all affiliate communication (email/chat) within a 24-hour period.
Verify order status and coordinate with contacts/coworkers to resolve problem issues with customers, affiliates, and internal departments.
Coordinate to ensure affiliate on-time delivery.
Coordinate to ensure on-time delivery to customers.
Negotiate due-dates as required.
Track and enter expedited freight occurrences into Beams.
Prepare and issue "Forecast" to affiliates for pre-production order readiness.
Collaborate with PM of any known engineering changes as they may affect "incoming" and "outgoing" shipments.
Determine cost responsibility and obtain authorization to issue debit and credit memos for extraordinary costs to Affiliates and/or Business Units.
Set up and maintain information processing systems (filing, paperwork flow, etc.).
Collaboration with Program Manager to ensure smooth flow of affiliate and customer communication regarding order and delivery.
Prepare and issue PR/PO for packaging requirements using Coupa.
Prepare and issue PR/PO for tooling requirements in SAP.
Prepare/issue component Spot buy PO in SAP and coordinate to ensure on-time delivery to manufacturing or end-user.
Preparation of departmental procedures, flowcharts, and work instructions.
Special assignments.