Production & Supply Chain Expeditor

Production & Supply Chain Expeditor

The Production & Supply Chain Expeditor is responsible for coordinating, monitoring, and expediting critical deliveries. This position is responsible for all production activities related to manufacturing production and planning, including but not limited to customer demand (MRP), job routers, production reports and scheduling, and purchase order management. This role utilizes lean enterprise skills to continuously improve products and processes.

This role is 100% in office at our plant in East Hartford, CT.

At HORST we offer a variety of benefits including but not limited to:

• Competitive PTO Package
• Paid Company Holidays
• 401K Match Program
• Medical, Dental, Vision Benefits
• Tuition Reimbursement/Assistance Program

Essential Job Duties:

• Coordinate with production planning and collaborate with cross-functional teams (sales, engineering, purchasing, quality, and manufacturing) to ensure timely delivery of products.
• Attend daily production and quality clinic meetings to align on company priorities and provide real time support.
• Escalate supply risks that have the potential to disrupt production schedules
• Drive on time shipments through monitoring of daily production schedules that optimize capacity utilization, WIP, and finish good inventory levels.
• Coordinate and monitor daily performance, production output, scheduling commitments, on time releases, overdue releases, etc.
• Support material requirement planning data and issue job travelers (routers) to the production floor that optimize manpower, machinery utilization, and inventory levels.
• Plan work orders for manufacturing with respect to customer demand and subcontract (OV) cost (lot charges vs piece prices), monitor over/under production.
• Create expedite job completion timelines for external customers. Communicate any changes in schedule or delivery dates to all affected parties.
• Ensure sufficient supplies of parts and materials are available.
• Interface effectively with internal and external customers and support teams.
• Provide input during development of production schedules and associated costs.
• Assess need for and implement corrective action on an ongoing basis. Inform management, purchasing, manufacturing and customer service of schedule slippages, bottlenecks, or other problem areas in a timely manner.
• Contact suppliers to establish priorities.
• Support buyers to follow up with suppliers on critical deliveries and initiate/modify purchase orders as needed.
• Maintain active quotes with vendors for upcoming critical part processes.

Other Responsibilities:

• Run weekly master list, start list, date changes and other reports as necessary.
• Compile weekly push-out/pull-in reports.
• Notify appropriate parties of any changes to delivery dates.
• Support for cycle counts and inventory.
• Interface with customer owned supplier portals
• Use Lean practices to continuously improve manufacturing processes and maintain 5S levels.
• Assist other areas as necessary.

Requirements:

• Two years of scheduling, planning, and/or inventory control experience in a manufacturing environment involving machining or similar processes.
• Prior ERP/MRP experience. Use of Epicor ERP is a plus.
• Strong MS Office skills (Excel, Word, Outlook, etc.)
• Strong organizational, verbal and interpersonal skills.
• Proven ability to apply lean enterprise principles to eliminate waste.
• Must be able to work under stringent deadlines and have a sense of urgency.
• Must be able to work in a team environment.
• Previous Sales-Inventory-Operation-Planning SIOP (S&OP) methodology knowledge a plus.
• Prior experience in aerospace machining

Physical Demands:

Legend

N (Not applicable) - Activity is not applicable to this position

O (Occasionally) - Position requires this activity up to 33% of the time (0-2.5 hours/day)

F (Frequently) - Position requires this activity up to 66% of the time (2.5-5.5 hours/day)

C (Constantly) - Position requires this activity more than 66% of the time (5.5+ hours/day)

Lift/Carry 10-50lbs - F

Stand - F

Walk - F

Manually manipulate - O

Squat or kneel - F

Bend - F

Reach above shoulder - F