Coordinator, Production Planning & Logistics

Job Title: Coordinator, Production Planning & Logistics

Primary Purpose:
Position is responsible for the daily monitoring of the Work-in-Progress (WIP) at each service provider to assure compliance with company standards and on-time execution and delivery of production plans.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Generation, distribution and maintenance of purchase orders to service providers as required by production plans.
- Initiation and monitoring of financial process (i.e., LCs, A/P, A/S raw material debit notes, re-ticketing invoices) for all service providers.
- Coordination and effective communication with other business partners regarding production delivery issues and requirements.
- Preparation and presentation of WIP status reports on a regular basis as required.
- Monitoring of service provider production schedules on a regular basis to address and communicate issues in order to assure timely delivery of production.
- Work with Logistics and Distribution to expedite shipments as needed.
- Maintenance of data integrity within production system (SAP) based on current WIP status from service providers.
- Work on special projects, as directed.

Skills and Abilities Required
- Must be comfortable working in Excel- knowledge of VLOOKUP and pivot tables is required.
- Detail Oriented and ability to perform efficiently in a high pressure and fast-paced environment.
- Analytical and problem solving skills.

Education and Experience
- H.S. diploma, college degree preferred.
- 3 years' experience in an international manufacturing environment required.
- Proficiency in the following computer softwares (Excel, Word, SAP a big plus).

Our Competencies for All Employees
- Courage: Doesn't hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and "actionable" positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
- Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
- Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
- Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn't upset when things are up in the air; doesn't have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
- Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
- Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
- Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.
Our Competencies for All People Managers
- Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
- Developing Direct Reports and Others:Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions; is aware of each person's career goals; constructs compelling development plans and executes them; pushes people to accept developmental moves; will take on those who need help and further development; cooperates with the developmental system in the organization; is a people builder.
- Building Effective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong moraleand spirit in theirteam; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.
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