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 Backup support for plant buyer and shipping supervisor 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