Job description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

· Serves as a primary point of contact for and liaison with sales, logistics, and manufacturing departments.

· Collaborates with these departments to establish schedules and plans that allocate available resources to best serve the company’s needs.

· Periodically compares current and anticipated orders with available inventory of raw materials; uses judgment to anticipate demand for and to acquire additional supplies as needed.

· Integrates sales orders with master schedule; coordinates availability of raw materials, supplies, equipment, and staff as needed to meet delivery dates.

· Maintains master schedule for the each assigned facility; revises as needed and alerts appropriate staff of schedule changes or delays.

· Participates in periodic forecasting meetings with sales, marketing, and other related departments; leads additional planning meetings with sales, production, shipping, purchasing, and customer service staff.

· Builds jobs in ERP System

· Closes jobs upon completion and reviews hours to target.

· Monitors target to actual hours per job

· Reviews hours standards with internal teams

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Thorough understanding of the business and supply chain.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Extremely proficient with production planning systems, such as MRP.
• Must have experience using Epicor ERP systems.

Other Duties and Responsibilities

· Maintains punctual, regular and predictable attendance

· Works collaboratively in a team environment with a spirit of cooperation

· Displays excellent communication skills including presentation, persuasion, and negotiation skills required in working with customers and coworkers and including the ability to communicate effectively and remain calm and courteous under pressure

· Respectfully takes direction from supervisor or manager

Minimum Experience and Qualifications

Five years of experience in EPICOR, planning and scheduling.

Ability to perform essential job duties with or without reasonable accommodation and without posing a direct threat to safety or health of employee or others. 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 Equivalent Experience

High school diploma or general education degree (GED) and five years related experience in supply chain management, business management preferred. Five years’ related experience and/or equivalent combination of education in EPICOR, planning and scheduling experience preferred.

Training, Certifications, Licenses, Registrations

Training: Certified in Planning and Inventory Management (CPIM), Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP), or other relevant certification is preferred.

Critical Skills

Language Skills: Ability to read, write, interpret documents and effectively present information

Mathematical Skills: Basic mathematic concepts

Computer Skills: Proficient computer skills in Microsoft Office suite

Reasoning Ability: Ability to understand detailed instructions and deal with problems

Physical Demands

Occasionally: Stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl and lift up to 25 pounds

Regularly: Reach with hands or arms

Frequently: Sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel and talk or hear

Work Environment

Office/Shop environment

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $65,000.00 - $85,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Experience level:

• 5 years

Shift:

• Day shift

Weekly day range:

• Monday to Friday

Work setting:

• Hybrid remote

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Starkville, MS 39759: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Application Question(s):

• How proficient are you in planning and scheduling for complex manufacturing for 100+ employees.

1. None
2. Beginner to Intermediate
3. Intermediate to Expert
4. Expert

• What is your nesting experience in Plasma/CNC.

1. None
2. Beginner to Intermediate
3. Intermediate to Expert
4. Expert

Experience:

• planning and scheduling: 5 years (Required)
• Epicor ERP system: 5 years (Required)
• Supply chain management: 5 years (Required)

Work Location: One location

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