3620 Pkg Raw Material Ingredients Coordinator-Day Shift/Goldsboro

Mt Olive Pickle Company•Goldsboro, NC

About The Position

The Raw Materials/Ingredient Coordinator manages and maintains accurate, adequate inventories of high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, vinegar, spices, and other ingredients and raw materials to support plant and distribution-center operations across day and night shifts. The role releases orders under established contracts, issues purchase orders for designated materials, tests and samples incoming products, unloads and stores materials, verifies shipments, and maintains associated records and traceability databases. The coordinator monitors certain inventories and advises the Materials Buyer when to order and schedule deliveries. The role also performs daily counts and ingredient handling for production, supports warehouse cycle counts and month-end inventory, and may fill in for other warehouse positions when needed. The position involves working both outdoors and in an office, including unloading raw materials in all kinds of weather. Long hours and work weeks are required. Physical work includes sustained standing, walking, reaching, fingering, grasping, talking, and hearing, and may require exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and up to 20 pounds frequently. Close visual acuity is required for computer work and inspection of labels.

Requirements

Good written and verbal communication skills.
Good math skills and the ability to keep accurate records.
Some personal computer operation experience.
Certified forklift operator.
Valid North Carolina driver's license with a good driving record.
Ability to work outdoors unloading raw materials in all kinds of weather and in an office.
Ability to work long hours and work weeks.
Ability to perform physical tasks involving reaching, sustained standing, walking, fingering, grasping, talking, and hearing.
Ability to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently.
Close visual acuity for computer-terminal work and visual inspection of labels for UPC accuracy.

Responsibilities

Maintain accurate and sufficient inventories of high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, vinegar, spices, and other assigned materials to support operations and prevent shortages.
Release orders from established contracts and issue purchase orders for high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, and vinegar.
Unload raw materials and ingredients at facilities and outside warehouses; verify and put away ingredients, and keep unloading, storage, and work areas neat and orderly.
Weigh incoming and outgoing raw-material trucks; confirm security seals and verify weights against bills of lading.
Pull and test samples of high fructose corn syrup and corn syrup for BRIX, and sample and titrate vinegar; handle railcar sampling similarly.
Maintain hard-copy certificates of analysis and kosher tanker and railcar records for designated materials for review during inspections.
Maintain databases for high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, and vinegar, including lot-traceability and historical delivery, purchase-order, weight, analysis, tank-use, and pumping-duration information.
Maintain annual files of truck and railcar bills of lading and a railcar database; coordinate railcar delivery and pickup with CSX and monitor time on company premises to minimize demurrage.
Monitor inventories of sucrose, alum, calcium chloride, and sodium benzoate; advise the Materials Buyer when to order and schedule deliveries, and unload these materials on arrival.
Take month-end inventory of specified raw materials and submit it to the Warehouse Supervisor for accounting and month-end close.
Cycle-count labels and packaging materials daily as directed by the Warehouse Supervisor; use a scan gun to receive and count packaging materials and ingredients.
Manage old and new materials when designs or ingredients change, using old materials first or discarding them before moving to new inventory.
Count ingredients daily for ordering purposes and submit counts to the Buyer; check FIFO rotation, ensure boxes are taped and returned to the correct location, and complete daily ingredient-area checks.
Pull ingredients for each production shift and place them in the staging area; inspect returned ingredients and ensure they are returned to the correct area, notifying production and the Warehouse Supervisor when they are not.
Clean the ingredients area, warehouse areas 72 and 89, and outside warehouses.
Work with the Warehouse Crew Leader to ensure daily cycle counts are completed; help fill in when warehouse staff have callouts or the Warehouse Supervisor is absent.
Support month-end counts and fill in for warehouse positions as needed.