POSITION DESCRIPTION

Responsibilities

• Coordinates with production tech team and finance teams to develop and maintain scheduling parameters (feed rates and yields)
• Determines and sets the daily, weekly, monthly manufacturing schedule; executes the production plan via the Production MTD Screen
• Attends and reports out in the Daily Production Meeting to ensure organization is aligned with production goals
• Reviews production specifications, identifies and reports plant capacity constraints
• Provides timely planning, coordination, and scheduling of production to achieve customer delivery dates, inventory goals and internal financial goals
• Monitors workflow and schedule to ensure on-time delivery; coordinates with Logistics Ops Mgr. and Planning and Analysis Mgr. to actively adjust schedules in response to changing conditions and constraints; communicates to plant operations all changes
• Notifies Supply Chain Director, Sales and Customer Service of any schedule impacts to customers
• Identifies opportunities to improve manufacturing efficiencies through more effective schedule management and processes to eliminate redundant work and downtime
• Works with Strategic Purchasing Mgr. to avoid any raw material shortages
• Generates production reports to Managers for critical decision-making purposes
• Fill in for Logistics Coordinator as needed
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

Skills & Qualifications

• Knowledge of activated carbon production and processing including knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, logistics and costs
• Ability to interact well with internal and external customers
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to think critically
• Strong math and computer skills
• Advanced proficiency in Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Excellent verbal communication and business writing skills
• Ability to use process improvement techniques to identify and correct performance inefficiencies
• Ability to successfully identify root cause and utilize a variety of techniques to solve a variety of problems quickly and effectively
• Ability to think critically

Education & Experience

• High School diploma or equivalent required; Associates or bachelor’s degree preferred
• 2-4 years’ experience in manufacturing plant required, preferably specialty chemicals manufacturing
• Familiarity with large scale batch processing required
• Experience with ERP and MRP systems required, NetSuite preferred

Responsibilities

• Coordinates with production tech team and finance teams to develop and maintain scheduling parameters (feed rates and yields)
• Determines and sets the daily, weekly, monthly manufacturing schedule; executes the production plan via the Production MTD Screen
• Attends and reports out in the Daily Production Meeting to ensure organization is aligned with production goals
• Reviews production specifications, identifies and reports plant capacity constraints
• Provides timely planning, coordination, and scheduling of production to achieve customer delivery dates, inventory goals and internal financial goals
• Monitors workflow and schedule to ensure on-time delivery; coordinates with Logistics Ops Mgr. and Planning and Analysis Mgr. to actively adjust schedules in response to changing conditions and constraints; communicates to plant operations all changes
• Notifies Supply Chain Director, Sales and Customer Service of any schedule impacts to customers
• Identifies opportunities to improve manufacturing efficiencies through more effective schedule management and processes to eliminate redundant work and downtime
• Works with Strategic Purchasing Mgr. to avoid any raw material shortages
• Generates production reports to Managers for critical decision-making purposes
• Fill in for Logistics Coordinator as needed
• Other duties as assigne