What are the responsibilities and job description for the Supply Chain Coordinator position at Ever Fresh Fruit Co?
Are you a hardworking, motivated, self-starter with a strong desire to be part of a stable, supportive, fast paced team? We offer opportunities for a long-term career, with consistent hours and opportunity for growth.
What Ever Fresh Fruit Company offers!
- Monday through Friday schedule
- Dedicated Employee Development Team to assist with career growth
- Opportunities for advancement
- A leadership team that works alongside you for continued support
- Employee recognition programs
Ever Fresh Fruit Company offers employer paid:
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Short-term disability
- Life insurance plan
- Vacation and sick time
- 9 paid holidays
- Tuition reimbursement
- Generous 401(k) match
About us!
We work closely with our customers to create unique flavor elements to ice cream bases and yogurt preps. Many of our ingredients end up in easily recognizable brands on the store shelf as we produce for both international corporations as well as smaller, local brands. Our Research and Development is done in-house so we get to witness the whole process from ideation to creation. We support regional trade organizations, source locally when appropriate and help to bring healthy food to people’s tables.
Supply Chain Coordinator
Department: Supply Chain
Status: Exempt
Employee Classification: Regular Full-Time
Reports To: Supply Chain Manager
Supervisory Responsibilities: No
Job Summary:
The Supply Chain Coordinator supports the short-term and long-term production planning and scheduling, procurement and inventory management to optimize production cost and efficiency. This includes forecasting, planning, scheduling, optimizing production cycles and minimum order quantity, sourcing, and disposal. This position manages supplier relationships, analyzes data for forecasting and mitigates risks in the supply chain. Actively communicates, diligently follows up, and works with urgency to find solutions. They train and develop their team to support customer needs and company goals.
Essential Functions:
- Able to effectively work cross departmentally with sales, finance, warehouse, customer service, and production to service our customers
- Support and supervise staff, ensuring adherence to safety and operational policies
- Manages and maintains production scheduling
- Reviews production work orders for completeness and accuracy
- Monitors stock levels, optimize inventory and returns
- Review and update supply chain practices in line with company policies, standards, laws, and regulations
- Acts as part of the team coordinating changes, product line extension, or new product launches to ensure timely and orderly material and production flow transitions
- Creates and maintains inventory cycle count process
- Performs audits of accurate BOM creation (new and revisions)
- Assist in implementing cost-savings measures and developing supply chain strategies
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Bachelor’s Degree (BA) from four-year college or university, or one to two years of related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Strong computer skills including MS Office products
- Expert knowledge in ERP/MRP based systems (experience with Macola 10, a plus)
- Material Requirements Planning (MRP), Forecast, Master Schedule, and CRP
- Vendor Quotes and Contracts, Purchasing
- Inventory Management, Lot Traceability
- Bill-of-Resource, Production Reporting
- Solid interpersonal skills and the ability to lead, positively influence and train direct reports, peers, and others.
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Attention to detail
- A strategic and analytical mind
Working Conditions/Physical Factors:
- Must be able to sit, stand and walk for prolonged periods of time
- Worker may be exposed to hazards in the workplace such as proximity to equipment conducting extreme heat, moving parts, and electrical current
- Must be able to work in environment containing allergens (nuts, milk, wheat, etc.)
- Worker may be exposed to a loud working environment.
- Occasionally required to lift / push / pull / carry weight up to 50 lbs.
- Specific vision abilities required for this job include close vision, distance vision, and color vision.
- Exposure to fumes or airborne particles.
Other Duties as Assigned:
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee.