Production Coordinator - SAP Experience (Administrative)
Get ready to grow with us!
Northwest Pipe Company is the nation's leading manufacturer of water infrastructure products and with over 50 years of experience, we're just getting started! Our business is growing, and we're looking for great people to grow with us. We're immediately seeking a Production Coordinator with SAP knowledge to join our ParkUSA team in Ferris, TX.
SAP Knowledge
WE OFFER:
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D Insurance
- Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Sick Time
- 401k Retirement Savings Plan with Employer Match
- Bonus Potential (2x per year)
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Safety Footwear and Eyewear Voucher (Day 1 of Employment)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Opportunities for Career Advancement
- Values-Driven Culture Committed to Diversity, Inclusion, and Safety
Our Values
- Accountability is evident when we do what we say we are going to do and people accept responsibility for their actions. We do not point fingers and blame others. We own our actions.
- Commitment is not only promising to do something, but actually investing in the necessary effort and actions to make it happen.
- Teamwork is essential for competing in a challenging and constantly changing business environment. Working together across all job functions is critical to achieving our success.
ABOUT THE JOB:
The responsibilities of the Production Coordinator are to ensure prompt and accurate delivery of finished products. This role also expedites client-related production delays by resolving issues with late deliveries, discrepancies in quality or quantity, or failure to meet established specifications. Other responsibilities of this role include but are not limited to the following:
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Develop professional relationships with various departments and clients.
- Collaborating with management to prepare for production review meetings.
- Review documents such as open orders, production schedules and work orders to determine delivery priorities.
- Ensure the production department meets scheduling goals by planning, scheduling, and monitoring production activities.
- Examine orders to be delivered to ensure accurate products, quantities and quality per the sales order.
- Develop and distribute production schedules and work orders to various departments.
- Facilitate the flow of finished goods between various departments and or clients.
- Examine the job cost reports for inconsistencies, such as mischarges.
- Perform administrative duties and maintain accurate records and files of activities.
- Comply with all ParkUSA policies, procedures and guidelines.
- Run MRP daily to review demand.
- Create routings for newly created production parts.
- Create work orders & schedule to try to meet required ship date while not going over capacity.
- Create daily/weekly schedules; review with supervisors to get buy-in & confirm it is achievable.
- Release work orders.
- Update work order status based on production sheets from the shops.
- Confirm work order completion & ensure raw materials are consumed and production moved to stock.
- Communicate with sales on order status & possible delays.
- Work with sales/engineering to fix any drawing/ BOM errors
- Communicate with purchasing on material deliveries & delays.
- Work with department supervisors to maintain capacity and it is properly utilized.
- Create stock transfer orders when necessary.
- Review consumption variances to determine whether BOMs need to be corrected.
- Communicate with sister facilities to review any capacity issues that may be covered by the other sites.
- Regular, reliable, and predictable attendance is necessary in order to perform the essential functions of this position.
INTERPERSONAL CONTACTS:
- This role must be able to build positive relationships with co-workers, corporate staff, external customers, vendors and contractors.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor's degree in business management or related field
- 2 years' experience in an ERP environment (SAP Experience is a plus)
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:
- Skilled in use of Microsoft Office Suite
- Excellent communications, relationship-building, and facilitation skills.
- Organized and details oriented
- Communicate clearly and concisely both orally and in writing with clarity and professionalism.
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks and projects.
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of manager, clients, customers and the general public.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
- Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.
- Ability interpret an extensive variety of technical instruction in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
- Bilingual is a plus
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Our organization maintains a drug-free workplace. Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successful passing of a drug test and background check.
Northwest Pipe Company is committed to equal employment opportunity and affirmative action. Minorities, females, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Northwest Pipe Company reserves the right to close the position, with or without notice, if a qualified candidate is identified prior to the close date
