Sr. Material Control Coordinator

Overview

Do you want to join a team that's changing the world? Do you have a strong background as a Senior Material Control Coordinator? Then we're looking for you! Put your skills to meaningful use, gain unique experience, and work with world-class team members with diverse backgrounds and expertise who share the same vision. Join the PECNA team today!

Senior Material Control Coordinator

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Meet the Recruiter:
Anh Martin

Join us at Panasonic Energy as we expand to De Soto, Kansas, where we’re building the world’s largest lithium-ion battery factory. This is an exciting opportunity to grow your career while contributing to the future of electric vehicles. As part of our team, you’ll help push the limits of battery technology, enhancing performance and efficiency in sustainable transportation.

Our state-of-the-art facility, just outside the Kansas City Metro, will be a hub for innovation in green energy solutions. If you're passionate about sustainability and eager to contribute to the electric vehicle revolution, we invite you to be part of our dynamic team. Join us and make a meaningful impact on the future of energy and transportation.

The Senior Material Control Coordinator oversees the management, tracking, recovery, and disposition of waste and recyclable materials generated throughout manufacturing operations. This position leads waste and recycling activities to ensure materials are properly identified, segregated, documented, recovered, and disposed of in a safe, efficient, and cost‑effective manner. The role serves as the primary liaison with waste and recycling service providers while partnering closely with Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, Environmental Health & Safety, and other stakeholders to ensure accurate material accountability and compliance.

In addition, the Sr. Coordinator collaborates with the IT function to develop the necessary systems and dashboard capabilities that support real‑time tracking, reporting, and reconciliation of waste and recycling activities. The role also ensures that Operations teams strictly adhere to correct waste handling and disposal practices, enabling proper waste management from generation through final treatment. Furthermore, the position plays a key role in leveraging FTZ (Foreign Trade Zone) capabilities by ensuring the precise management and documentation of valuable waste for complaint and reliable transfer, recovery, and disposition.

A significant focus of this position is maintaining reconciliation between production data, inventory transactions, waste streams, and recyclable material outputs to support operational accuracy and financial integrity. This role drives continuous improvement initiatives that reduce waste, increase recycling and material recovery, improve reporting accuracy, and support sustainable manufacturing operations.

• Oversee day-to-day waste and recycling operations across the manufacturing facility
• Ensure waste streams are accurately identified, labeled, segregated, stored, and managed in accordance with established procedures
• Establish and maintain standards for waste categorization, collection, storage, and handling across production and support operations
• Monitor waste accumulation areas, collection processes, containers, signage, and material flow activities
• Coordinate waste collection, recycling services, and material recovery activities to support uninterrupted facility operations
• Review waste‑management operations and utilization trends to optimize efficiency and reduce costs
• Monitor waste‑management expenditures and support…