Supply Chain Coordinator

Company Description
 Suterra is the world’s leading provider of environmentally sustainable products for crop protection and
 commercial pest control. The company is dedicated to researching, developing and commercializing safe
 and non-toxic products using naturally occurring compounds such as pheromones.
 Suterra is growing rapidly and investing heavily in new product development and active ingredient
 chemical synthesis. Suterra’s parent company, The Wonderful Company, has invested over $60 million in
 a modern, state-of-the art facility in Bend, Oregon to synthesize active ingredients and to manufacture
 proprietary dispensing technologies.
 We are currently looking for dynamic, creative specialists to develop and strengthen our supply chain and
 logistics activities. With a variety of regulated products and with customers around the world, we intend
 to boost order fulfillment performance with efficient supply of materials and products and enhanced
 coordination with customers, distributors and internal stakeholders. The Supply Chain Coordinator will provide the insight, organization and analysis to support the production and purchasing
 plans that meet our business needs.
 The position requires a strong ability to coordinate between vendors and internal stakeholders as well as
 a high proficiency with data, detail and cross-functional communication. This role provides an exciting
 opportunity to power our business as we launch new products and increase production volume.

Job Description

Responsibilities Include:

Management of Purchase Order Lifecycle
 Creating, approving and placing purchase orders for inventoried and non-inventoried goods.
 Managing open purchase orders to coordinate delivery dates and to optimize deliveries to support the production schedule.
 Recording confirmations from vendors, maintaining purchase orders in ERP with latest details, and communicating any updates to the internal team.
 Managing and maintaining vendor information in the ERP system.
 Serving as the day-to-day contact point for order-related questions from vendors.
 Working with Accounts Payable to resolve invoice discrepancy issues.
 Plant Support
 Working with the production team to ensure non-inventoried and consumable supplies are available for production use.
 Working with the maintenance team to ensure spare parts and supplies are available for preventative maintenance and repairs.
 Reporting production results via Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) daily.
 Providing instruction and ad hoc documentation for issue management, including:
 inspection records for increased QC or equipment monitoring.
 Unique placards for identifying material, locations or equipment.
 Process descriptions for tracking material, staging waste or recording production disruptions.
 Inventory Management
 Using the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software platform to reconcile physical activities and
 material inventory with electronic records for financial reconciliation.
 Ensuring the correct receipt of inventoried materials and consumable supplies.
 Allocating and tracking raw materials to ensure FEFO, environmental compliance, and quality traceability.
 Play a key role in managing the program for controlling inventory, including labeling, placards and cycle
 counts.
 Continuous Improvement
 Partnering with Quality, Production and Engineering to identify the root cause of raw material quality
 issues and working cross-functionally to propose and implement solutions that uphold quality, delivery
 and cost performance.
 Generating and assessing proposals for supply chain improvements including changes in suppliers,
 buying patterns, space allocation and inventory management to support business growth.
 Starting wage: $30/hour.
 Qualifications

Job Requirements
 Previous experience in manufacturing, quality control, procurement, logistics, supply chain management or related fields.
 An interest in becoming a subject matter expert in our Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systemand our Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
 Demonstrated ability to solve problems while mitigating risks to…