Job Title:                                Inventory Purchasing Specialist

Department:                          Purchasing

Reports to:                             Controller

Employment Status:             Salaried Exempt

Job Summary:

For this role we are seeking a highly motivated individual to serve as our primary raw material purchasing agent and to drive and manage process improvements within the purchasing cycle.  Person should have critical and analytical thinking skills and be comfortable working in a cross-departmental environment.  Responsibilities will increase based on the individual’s performance and are expected to initially entail:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Utilize and review our material resource planning system daily to evaluate inventory levels and daily material requirements.
• Engage in daily information gathering from multiple departments, including operations, sales, accounting and shipping to ensure all available information is obtained for purchasing decisions.
• Serve as the primary relationship manager with the majority of suppliers, including actions such as issuing purchase orders, negotiating lead times and pricing and working on new material developments.
• Coordinate our regrind and scrap material processing with outside service providers.
• Responsible for purchase order vs. invoice price variance review and maintaining purchase order accuracy to ensure MRP data outputs are correct.
• Monitor and update inventory vendor costs as many are indexed against CDI and change monthly
• Initiate and lead corrective action meetings on issues affecting inventory accuracy within the plant
• Review inventory turns and make recommendations for areas where inventory levels can be more effectively managed.
• Proactively provide continuous improvement ideas relating to both purchasing and inventory management.
• Participate in special projects as needed including supporting operational process improvements.

Key Job Performance Metrics

• Reduction in inventory turns for raw materials
• Elimination of material run-outs and rush orders while maintaining low inventory turn targets
• Continual process improvement goals

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None

Skills, Qualifications, Education and/or Relevant Experience:

Required

• College graduate with two-year degree
• Minimum two years work experience
• Self-starter with strong attention to detail and organization.
• Working knowledge of data processing applications and Microsoft programs. Must be very proficient in Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to drive process improvement.
• Demonstrated leadership skills as well as excellent oral and written communication skills.

Preferred

• College graduate with four-year degree: Supply Chain Management or Business Major preferred.
• Work experience with a manufacturing company, with exposure to inventory related processes.
• Experince working in cross-department teams (operations, purchasing, sales, accounting, etc.)

Desired

• 1-2 year’s work experience within purchasing or inventory management
• Trained and/or experienced with lean manfucturing practices
• Vendor relationship management experience, including negotiations and sourcing

Physical/Mental Demands:

• Displays consistent desire to do more than is asked to help coordinate processes in order to get the job done.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and time sensitive work that can change rapidly.
• Occasionally stand, walk, sit and climb stairs.

Job Title:                                Sales Support Associate

Department:                          Sales Support

Reports to:                             Account Services Manager

Employment Status:             Salaried Exempt

Qualifications:

The ideal Sales Support Associate is committed to our Customer’s complete satisfaction. In fulfilling this mission the associate will focus on the customer experience, support of the sales and production teams, and the accuracy of the Company’s enterprise resource planning system.  The individual values the intricacies of the business and aligns internal processes to ensure we are meeting customer expectations in the areas of on-time delivery, communication, accuracy and quality. The person must be detailed and results oriented, while also exercising judgements based on the impact a decision could have on both the Customer and the Company’s business’ operations.  Focusing on efficient processes and the use of technology in streamlining operations is important in this role.

In addition to being a Customer’s main point of contact with the Company, the associate must be able to communicate with both the executive leadership team and production floor associates.  Being a team player and a leader is vitally important in this growing and dynamic company.  The Company’s mission is to become an irresistible company to its customers, associates, and community. In fulfilling this mission, the Company highly values employee engagement and strives to promote a culture of team and individual success, while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

The ideal candidate is positive, confident, and passionate.  They must also be willing and able to take on assignments and projects that often are outside of their direct responsibilities.  Working with other departments and associates of all levels of the Company is a key to success within this role.  In doing so, the individual must be able to form strong relationships with individuals from all areas of the Company and leverage those to achieve Company objectives.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The responsibilities of the Sales Support Associate can be broken down into 3 categories and include, but are not limited to, the following:

Customer Experience

• Coordinate all communications between customers and the Company.
• Communicate frequently with customers regarding order status and other aspects of the customer relationship.
• Manage various internal and external inventory programs in support of customer requirements.
• Travel as deemed necessary to build and support the customer relationship.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities, cont.:

Production and Sales Team Support

• Collaborate with operational teams to schedule, manufacture and ship customer orders.

• Analyze inventory levels and order patterns of customers to identify trends and optimize levels.
• Periodically assist Sales and Marketing with preparation and presentation of account reviews to executive management.
• Assist with quarterly and annual budget preparation and sales forecasting models.
• Proactively provide continuous improvement ideas relating to operational processes.

Accuracy of the Enterprise Resource Planning System

• Ensure all data entered into and generated by the Company’s computer systems is accurate and kept up to date including: Sales Orders, Work Orders, Shipment Dates, Customer Contacts, RMA’s, and Inventory Kanban Levels.

Skills, Qualifications, Education and/or Relevant Experience:

Required

• Four-year Bachelor’s degree
• Working knowledge of Microsoft applications as well as the ability to quickly adapt to new technology
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in interacting with individuals in various levels of the organization

Preferred

• 2+ years of work experience
• Experience in a manufacturing and/or customer service related business or position
• Strong project management skills
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and time sensitive activities that can change rapidly
• Ability to prioritize requests in the best interest of the Company and our customers

Desired

• Cross department experience including purchasing, production, or logistics
• Management experience leading teams of two to five team members
• Experience in driving process improvements

Supervisory Responsibilities:

None, however the future potential of this role is a promotion to Account Services manager.

Job Title: Team Lead (Night Shift)

Job Summary:

Achieves manufacturing results by communicating job expectations and goals. Supervises and directs their shift and supports the entire plant and workforce as needed.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Safety

• Responsible for creating an overall safe work environment for their building and holding employees responsible for following safety guidelines and standards.
• Ensures incident reports are completed in a timely manner after an injury or incident.
• Alert management to any security concerns that arise during a shift.

Quality

• Responsible for the quality results on their shift. Performs audits as necessary to meet Quality standards.
• Involves Quality personnel in making quality decisions as required.

Production

• Completes production plan by assigning personnel; establishing priorities; monitoring progress; revising schedules and resolving problems.
• Reports results of the shift using production summaries (Predictive).
• Audits each line to ensure that CIL and Quality standards are being followed.
• Leads shift initiatives geared toward continuous improvement activities including work order entry.
• Reviews production schedule requirements in conjunction with “Hot List” and coordinates available resources accordingly.
• Serve as backup to Building Lead.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• All hourly Production associates
• Is heavily involved in written evaluations to ensure candid and accurate appraisals of all associates.

Skills, Qualifications, Education and/or Relevant Experience:

• Ability to work effectively with others as a team.
• Ability to communicate well with others.
• Ability to interact with all levels of employees.
• Strong technical knowledge in all aspects of the extrusion process.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Must be seen as a leader who will take charge of situtations.
• Good computer skills.
• Highly motivated,self starter, who can work without direct supervision.
• Positive attitude with a focus towards continuous improvement.
• Minimum education requirement: GED or High School Diploma
• Associate’s Degree or Bachelor’s Degree preferred

Physical/Mental Demands:

• Displays consistent desire to do more than is asked to help coordinate processes in order to get the job done.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and time sensitive work that can change rapidly.
• Must be able to work while standing for long periods.
• Be able to lift and move heavy (70 lbs.) equipment and supplies.
• Able to work all shifts as needed.

Extrusion Operators

We have immediate openings on all shifts for extrusion operators. No prior plastics experience is required.  We are seeking career minded individuals to join our growing company.  We provide  in-house training to help our associates to progress quickly in skills development and compensation.  We operate 12 hour shifts on a 24/7 basis. Fully company benefits provided after 60 days of employment. Please submit your resume to the email listed above.