Part of Dover Corporation’s Engineered Systems segment, Vehicle Service Group (VSG) is a strong, diverse and dynamic global leader in the vehicle service industry. VSG comprises 13 major vehicle lifting, wheel service, diagnostic and collision repair brands: Rotary Lift®, Chief®, Forward®, Direct-Lift®, Ravaglioli, Hanmecson®, Revolution®, Elektron, Blitz, Nogra, Butler, Space and Sirio.
Summary:
Material Coordinator is responsible for coordinating and expediting flow of materials, parts, and assemblies between sections or departments, according to production and shipping schedules or department priorities, and compiles and maintain records. Review production schedules and related information and confer with shipping and plant leadership to determine material requirements to identify overdue materials and to track material.
The primary responsibility of the Material Coordinator is to data mine, verify, and escalate to ensure the plant and shipping has the necessary inventory levels to support production plans to meet safety stock quantities and ultimately customer demand.
PRIMARY JOB FUNCTIONS INCLUDE:
- Run critical shortage reports and investigate material shortages for all orders.
- Partner and collaborate with all departments, mainly manufacturing and purchasing, to ensure all materials are being obtained in a timely manner, to guarantee on time shipment for customers.
- Drive all material shortages and outages to zero for current and future orders.
- Identify the required material needed on hand in the supermarket and ensure materials are transferred to support production.
- Lead weekly material meetings, with the designated purchasing and manufacturing liaison, to review and update all open action items for all orders needing material.
- Escalate all shippable material shortages, (negative inventory), continuously as they occur.
- Coordinate the movement of material to ensure they are positioned into the designated ship point.
- Assist in continuous improvement process and support process improvements.
- Monitor/manage inventory levels utilizing ERP, (Oracle), and MES, (Synchronos), in conjunction with m system and visual Min/Max alert to ensure there are no interruptions to production activities.
- Monitor all dashboards and review of the PFEP file to review historical data to predict the required action to support the need for materials.
- Effectively communicate and work with internal customers regarding material issues.
- Support receiving, put away, and production activities to ensure on-time delivery.
- Analyze and investigate material variances to identify root cause and report them to the appropriate parties.
- Facilitate inventory counts or other tasks as requested by the customer.
- Identify and suggest opportunities for improvement within the department to help drive continuous improvement of materials on hand.
- Assist in tracking the delivery of critical materials.
- Follow and assist with adherence and management of plant safety protocols.
- Collaborate with other Material Coordinators to establish best practices and cross train to create coverage plans.
- All other duties as assigned.
The above description represents a general synopsis of the principal functions of the job and should not be construed as a comprehensive listing of all requirements that may be inherent in the job.
Equal Opportunity Employer
M/F/D/V
We consider several job-related, non-discriminatory factors when determining the pay rate for a position, including, but not limited to, the position’s responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, a candidate’s education/training, the position’s location, and the key skills needed for the position. Pay is one of the Total Rewards that we provide to compensate and recognize employees for their work.
Benefits: Benefits for this position include: a 401(k) savings plan with employer contributions; medical, dental and vision insurance; wellness programs; health savings account, health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts; company paid short-term disability and long-term disability; company paid employee basic life and AD&D insurance; supplemental employee and dependent life insurance; optional accident, hospital indemnity and critical illness insurance; adoption, surrogacy, and fertility benefits and assistance; commuter benefits; parental, military, jury duty, and bereavement leaves of absence; paid time off, including 11 paid holidays per calendar year, paid vacation days beginning at 80 hours annually, 24 paid sick leave hours annually or as provided under state and local paid sick leave laws; tuition assistance; business travel services; employee discounts; and an employee assistance program that includes company paid counseling sessions and legal services. Eligibility for benefits is governed by applicable plan documents and policies.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other factors prohibited by law.
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