Project Coordinator (Material Control)

Sumitomo Electric Group•El Paso, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems, Inc. (SEWS) is seeking a Project Coordinator (Material Control) for its El Paso Customer Service Center (Eastside). This role is crucial for coordinating and procuring raw materials for wire harness production, ensuring a balance of physical inventory and preventing production line shutdowns. The Project Coordinator will facilitate the early launch of assigned programs through all stages, manage prototype orders, maintain budgeted inventory levels, and prevent obsolescence. This position acts as a liaison between various internal departments and external customers (OEMs), coordinating production phases from tool trials to mass production. The role also involves preparing raw materials through IPS simulation, potentially traveling to manufacturing sites, and supervising Material Planners. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's Degree, 3-5 years of relevant experience, strong communication and analytical skills, and proficiency in MS Office.

Requirements

Bachelors Degree in related field
3 - 5 years of progressive experience in a related field
Knowledge of warehouse operations required in order to understand material flow and problem solving
Ability to handle multiple tasks and work with deadlines
Effective analytical, written, oral communication, negotiating skills are a must
Working knowledge of MS Office such as word, excel, and PowerPoint programs
Be able to facilitate and coordinate all OEM's production phases to include tool trial, pre-production and mass Production
Capable to identify supplier delivery issues on a timely manner and develop structure plan for supplier to get back on track, this could consist on increasing meetings with suppliers, requesting recovery plan and escalating issue to higher levels within supplier and SEWS
Positive attitude and team personality

Nice To Haves

Some travel required. (Domestic and International)

Responsibilities

Coordinate and procure mass production and prototype raw material (saleable events) required for wire harness business, while balancing physical inventory and preventing line shutdown.
Review, release, and interpret forecast information to assigned vendor base.
Review of backorders and issuance of Supplier Delivery Non Conformance and Payment Deduction Notice to vendor base.
Facilitate early launch of assigned program(s) at all different stages.
Follow up of new model vehicles and placement of prototype orders for trial and mass production start ups.
Inform production plants of material arrivals and or advise of any potential problems there production can encounter.
Generation of forecast report, inventory report, obsolescence control, downtime, and others as needed.
Maintain budgeted DOI and potential obsolescence for assigned program.
Provide implementation dates for new components on ECN/CCR to design section to start up a new component and phasing out old components to avoid obsolescence.
Responsible to create Phase Out Letters to Suppliers to prevent obsolescence.
Work as a liaison between, customer OEM, division program management, procurement, engineering, production planning, material control among other internal departments.
Actively facilitate and coordinate all OEM's production phases to include tool trial, pre production and mass Production.
Prepare raw material by means of IPS simulation of the bill of materials for each platform in advance of saleable prototype events.
Travel to manufacturing sites as needed for communication and streamlining of the various production phases.
Closely monitor and supervise Material Planners in review of PO issuance, backorders and Purchase order confirmation status as needed.
Assigning of carriers (Fedex/UPS/DHL) when expediting.
Tracking and follow up of shipments is required to avoid downtime at plants.
Other duties as needed.