Location: Savannah,GA, USA
Essential Duties/Responsibilities:
Safety & Environmental
* Follow and enforce all safety rules, regulations, procedures, and trainings
* Maintains 100% Safety engagement
* Ensure Environmental Compliance with proper housekeeping of raw material Silos
Raw Material Management & Principle Duties
* Plant single point of contact for all raw materials located on-site
* Manages all day-to-day activities of personnel in Raw Material receiving
* Maintains accurate raw material inventories
* Execute raw material cycle counts as requested, and at regularly scheduled intervals
* Investigate and resolve raw material inventory issues
* Receive (GR) all materials delivered daily, including railcars in inventory and transloaded material
* Order Railcars in and out and communicate to raw material unloaders for upcoming deliveries
* Update railcar tracking log
* Works with a Toledo-based sourcing team to order all necessary raw materials
* Communicate inventory adjustments to sourcing team after posting
* Attend and report out in weekly status meeting with sourcing team
* Monitors inbound deliveries to ensure that all items delivered are received into SAP
* Communicates directly to operations about inventory levels and delivery delays
* Clears COGI errors daily to ensure proper product cost allocations
* Works with the controller to update operational BOMs when needed
* Manages Raw Material SMOI, returns and dispose of items in a timely manner
* Attends a daily DMS meeting to communicate raw material usages and issues
* Support staff in coordinating and resolving all raw materials receiving issues to ensure production continuity and minimize detention/demurrage expense
* Provide monthly demurrage accrual estimate
* Work with quality and production when raw material deliveries are damaged or bad product
* Support appropriate processes to record damaged product in SAP
* Takes a strategic approach to inventory management
* Responsible for ensuring Friday inventory levels are sufficient to get production through the weekend
* Understands that during extended downtime (1 week+) silos need to be at appropriate levels for start up
* Understands that inventory is managed with a just in time (JIT) philosophy
* All other requirements as assigned by Plant Controller
Desired Skills & Abilities
* Very high-level attention to detail
* Ability to work with third party vendors on behalf of Company's interest
* Desire to learn and an eagerness to develop
* Demonstrated ability to learn from failures
Qualifications:
* Understanding and adherence to SOX requirements/basic accounting principles
* Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel and Word)
* Good communication skills, both verbal & written
* Knowledge of a WMS (Warehouse Management System), SAP proficiency is highly desirable
Job Type: Full-time
Required education:
* Minimum: Associates Degree (emphasis in Inventory Management or Logistics a plus)
* Preferred: Bachelor's Degree
Required experience:
* Minimum: Manufacturing Experience
* Preferred: 3+ years' experience in Warehouse or Operations
Nearest Major Market: Savannah