Direct Materials Associate - 1st Shift - Non - Technical - OCU

Job description

Job Summary: Plans, orders, and expedites materials needed in the manufacturing process. Interacts with internal customers and suppliers Key Responsibilities: Plans, orders, and expedites materials needed in the manufacturing process. Maintains proactive contact with suppliers to understand order status, packaging problems, and Electronic Data Interchange problems. Provides information for affected cross-functional areas including shop operations, purchasing, Supplier Quality I, and product engineering. Develops and maintains spreadsheets and databases to assist with responsibilities; analyzes data; audits pull signals and overall system performance; measures supplier delivery performance. Implements production scheduling systems; coordinates inventory levels relative to manufacturing capacity and capability; compiles and schedules orders. Works with supplier to resolve issues regarding procedures, delivery, status updates, pricing, and other matters. Tracks, evaluates, and maintains evolving data for new product introduction. Interfaces and communicates with internal customers; directs people to the appropriate resource; researches solutions and responds to email and phone inquiri...