Company: Lancaster Metal Manufacturing

Summary:

Support production control manager by planning supply of assigned materials and by scheduling and releasing work orders, purchase orders, and transfer orders as necessary to support the fulfillment of production plans and schedules. Provide day to day support and assistance solving problems related to the achievement of those plans while assisting in other areas as necessary.

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following but are not limited to:

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  Plan for the supply of assigned materials
• Release and issue work, purchase, and transfer orders for assigned materials
• Adjust schedules and loads to MPS as changes are issued
• Establish new planning systems when new lines are added to LMM production
• Investigate root cause and suggest solutions to resolve production, purchasing, or intercompany supply issues
• Adjust inventory discrepancies as necessary after investigation. Assist with corrective actions to prevent in the future
• Update interested parties to the status of work, purchase and transfer orders as necessary
• Maintain reports to support planning activities
• Participate in production meetings
• Meet with vendors
• Provide back up for Production Control Manager
• Review parts related to Engineering Change Notices of new or existing parts
• Assist in resolving quality issues
• Prepare pick tickets and truck documentation to support shipments
• Maintain shipping weights for shipping documents
• Review time and material orders and order material as needed
• Close out time and material orders, submit info to accounting
• Order office supplies
• Assist Year End inventory
• Assist with intercompany inventories
• Other duties as assigned

Competencies:

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Organizational support – Follows policies and procedures; completes administrative tasks correctly and on time; supports organization’s goals and values; benefits organization through outside activities; supports affirmative action and respects diversity.
• Judgment – Displays willingness to make decisions; exhibits sound and accurate judgment; supports and explains reasoning for decisions; includes appropriate people in decision making process; makes timely decisions.
• Quality – Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; looks for ways to improve and promote quality; applies feedback to improve performance; monitors own work to ensure quality.
• Quantity – Meets productivity standards; completes work in timely manner; strives to increase productivity; works quickly.
• Safety & Security – Observes safety & security procedures; determines appropriate action beyond guidelines; reports potentially unsafe conditions; uses equipment and materials properly.
• Adaptability – Adapts to changes in the work environment; manages competing demands; changes approach or method to best fit the situation; able to deal with frequent change, delays or unexpected events.
• Attendance/Punctuality – Is consistently at work and on time; ensures work responsibilities are covered when absent; arrives at meetings & appointments on time.
• Dependability – Follows instructions, responds to management direction; takes responsibility for own actions; keeps commitments; commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals; completes tasks on time or notifies appropriate person with an alternate plan.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and /or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Education and/or Experience:Bachelor’s Degree in Business or other related field preferred; or Associates Degree in Business or other related field with 3-5 years related experience and/or training; Highly desirable but not required skills and attributes:
  • APICS or other Supply Chain Certifications
  • Degree in Supply Chain Management
• Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of database software; manufacturing software and word processing software.

Other Skills and Abilities:

• Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close and distance vision and ability to differentiate colors.
• Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places, toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.