Sr. Material Logistics Coordinator

Lockheed Martin•Bridgeport, CT

1d•Onsite

About The Position

At Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company, we are at the forefront of designing and manufacturing advanced helicopters for both commercial and military missions. Our Aerostructures group, based in Stratford, CT, is dedicated to the structural assembly of our fixed-wing aircraft. We are committed to innovation, excellence, and delivering top-quality products to our customers. The Sr. Material Logistics Coordinator performs a wide variety of shop control duties in support of manufacturing operations, responsible for all shop control functions within an assigned area/program. This role involves maintaining proper supply of parts and materials, preparing and updating shortage reports, and ensuring timely provision of supplies and related paperwork. The coordinator will maintain close contact with various departments, check incoming and outgoing items, stock and deliver items, and use data terminals for shop control information. The position also involves investigating and correcting inconsistencies, updating computer databases, and representing Shop Control at status meetings. The ideal candidate is a dedicated and experienced coordinator with a strong background in aerospace or a related field, possessing excellent leadership skills and attention to detail, committed to continuous improvement, safety, quality, schedule, and cost requirements.

Requirements

Minimum of two years of professional career experience.
Experience working in a Logistics environment.
Requires a well-rounded knowledge of material planning, scheduling, expediting, auditing practices and automated shop floor methods, computer systems as applied to scheduling, inventory and production control and the ability to interpret engineering drawings and specifications.
Prior knowledge of machining, quality control procedures, assembly methods and general business procedures in order to plan and coordinate the work of a group.
Equivalent to short specialized training

Nice To Haves

Prior Material Logistics Experience
Previous SAP knowledge

Responsibilities

Perform a wide variety of shop control duties in support of manufacturing operations.
Responsible for all shop control functions required within assigned area/program.
Maintain proper supply of parts and materials.
Prepare, update and work from current and projected shortage reports.
Foresee and recognize need for corrective action to offset interruptions and deviations in schedule.
React immediately to all urgently needed items, and follow-up through conclusions.
Assure supplies and related paper work such as work orders, operation sheets; materials, tools etc., are provided to users.
Maintain close contact with assigned area manufacturing supervision and responsible personnel of Purchasing, Material Control, Manufacturing, Product support and Engineering departments for promise dates, material requirements, and ship effectively, etc.
Check incoming and outgoing items in assigned area against accompanying paper work for proper identification and quantity.
Stock, store, gather and deliver items as required.
Use date terminal to execute catalogue programs, edit and change processing format as required, log-in required data and extract required Shop Control information.
Investigate and correct inconsistencies reported on daily automated shortage list.
As required up-date, change and add to computer data base Engineering related modifications; items rejected, reworked, etc.
Represent Shop Control at status meetings.
May be responsible for one or two persons.
May be required to transport and deliver items to designated areas.
Follow good housekeeping practices to maintain cleanliness of assigned area.
Perform other duties, usually of a related or similar nature as directed.
Refer unusual conditions to Working Leader or Supervisor.