Purchasing & Planning Coordinator

McKenna Labs is a full-service contract manufacturing company that specializes in hair, skin and body care products.  We've been in the personal care development and manufacturing industry since 1998.  We are looking for a self-starter to work as a Purchasing & Planning Coordinator.  

The Purchasing & Planning Coordinator provides administrative support for procurement and production planning, including issuing and managing supply requisitions, monitoring sales orders to ensure the delivery of materials are aligned with production schedules, and updating internal systems with pertinent purchasing/delivery/production milestone information.

Responsibilities

• Carry out responsibilities in compliance with company policies, work procedures, and federal, state, and local laws. Comply with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), and health and safety rules and regulations.
• Support Purchasing Department by issuing and managing all supply requisitions.
• Consolidate raw and comp clear review process to a single person that communicates with necessary parties.
• Run raw and comp clear information for all Reorders.
• Run raw and comp clear information for all First Fills.
• Update Sales Order (SO) fields with raw material and component estimated time of arrivals (ETAs).
• Review receiving reports to confirm materials have delivered, per ETA.
• Alert Scheduling team of delays or potential delays in receipt of raw materials and/or components.
• Confirm quantities received are correct and account for proper scrap levels.
• Communicate with Customer Service regarding any items that delivered short or missing.
• Mark orders Raw and Comp clear, as required.
• Review open SOs to identify raw ingredient and component ETAs to identify opportunities to improve more aligned ETAs.
• Review open SOs to identify when a customer modifies, cancels, or provides new ETA for customer-supplied components and communicate the changes to the appropriate team member.
• Assist with set-up of customer-supplied PO templates for new, modified, or discontinued SKUs.
• Assist with customer-supplied component purchase order (PO) process
• Maintain a positive and productive relationship with co-workers and others with whom the position may have contact.
• Perform tasks with safety in mind for self and others. Use personal protective equipment as required.
• Perform other work-related duties as assigned.
• Based on company needs, overtime is required.

Requirements

To fulfill requirements of job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

• High School Diploma or higher preferred but not required.
• Must be able to organize time and duties to complete in a timely manner.
• Knowledge of computer and business software applications, including MS Office.
• Solid understanding of both written and spoken English.
• Must be a team player and be able to work independently.
• Ability to collaborate and communicate with others in an effective and professional manner.
• Must have solid mathematical skills with the ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, percent, dimensions, weights, convert English/Metric units, and apply concepts to practical situations
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Must be able to work in person onsite.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk, reach with hands and arms.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The work environment is generally quiet and may include shared workspace.

The pay rate range for this role is $18.00 - $23.00 per hour.  Compensation is commensurate with level of knowledge, education, skills, and experience applicable to the position.

We understand that each team member’s situation is unique, and so it is our intent to offer an overall benefits package that can be shaped and molded by each individual to fit their family’s needs. Our current benefits package, which is available to all full-time team members, includes medical, dental, vision insurance, 401k retirement plan, flexible spending accounts, life and disability coverage, and other voluntary benefits.

We want everyone to feel welcome, respected and we are committed to providing the best space, experience and workplace for our teams – no matter what race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, veteran or disability status and all the other fascinating characteristics that make us different.

Salary : $18 - $23