Regional Production Specialist, Lexington, KY

Intertek Global•Lexington, KY

40d

About The Position

Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety solutions to many of the world’s top-recognized brands and companies, is actively seeking a Regional Production Specialist to join our Electrical team in Lexington KY. Intertek's Electrical business line applies more than 100 years of product testing expertise to quickly and efficiently help clients meet safety, performance, environmental and quality requirements for every market. Spanning a wide range of industries such as Medical, Lighting, Renewable Energy, HVACR, Appliances & Electronics, Hazardous Locations, Industrial Equipment, Life Safety & Security, IT & Telecom Equipment, Intertek's global network of laboratories employ world-class experts in their fields who deliver quality, accurate testing and certification that continually exceeds our clients' expectations and helps to clear a path for their product's success. We go beyond Testing, Inspection and Certification of products: we are a Total Quality Assurance Provider to industries worldwide. Intertek is continually innovating and evolving to reduce risk for consumers, brands, and organizations in every sector around the world. Our purpose: Bringing quality, safety, and sustainability to life. The Regional Production Specialist position is responsible for assisting with areas of production and schedule management functions associated with a given site, region, and national network. Through effective resource, asset and schedule management this position will support the Regional Production Management team in maximizing lab throughput and meeting client needs for timely and accurate completion of projects. This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED
0+ yrs experience
Be aware of, and adhere to, safety practices and policies to ensure your own safety, as well as the safety of others who may be affected by your actions at work
Ability to work in fast-paced, multi-tasking environment with shifting priorities and demanding deadlines
Must be detailed-oriented and able to effectively prioritize and organize workload, with efficient time management
Ability to communicate and interact effectively in verbal written and presentation formats
Must possess the fundamental technical and administrative skills required to perform the job duties
Must be customer focused and quality driven
Ability to travel 5%, as business needs dictate
Applicants will be required to complete an I-9 to verify their eligibility to work in the U.S.
Applicants must reside in and be able to legally work in the United States

Responsibilities

Identify and exploit production opportunities through assessing project readiness, actual effort scheduling of resources and coordinate with management on resource allocation – Options and Alternative
Consistently communicate with clients, internal resources, and other appropriate key contacts to avoid major delays or unexpected production stoppage
Manage efforts across functions—work with the Engineering Manager and Engineering Team to ensure accurate scheduling (gage efforts required and reconcile shifts proposed) and drive to project milestone completions to achieve monthly revenue targets and meet customer completion date expectations
Calculate and report Revenue in Hand (RIH) each day to Executive Leadership
Represent the site in project-sharing discussions with the entire RPM Team and organization
Minimize accruals for respective laboratory—must be under 10% of all revenue billed for the month. Will be the point-person in explaining logic for accruals and working with Finance on accrual audits.
Act as escalation resource for client or internal resources when key milestones or deliverables are at risk. Work to address this and mitigate this risk. If something falls off the schedule, work to fill this void with another project to prevent revenue loss
Process PO’s and invoices related to subcontracts and suppliers. Shepherd these through the system and address any and all encumbrances.
Perform other duties as required