Production Coordinator

Responsibilities

• Order Orchestration: Review open production orders daily to validate material availability, identify risks, and prioritize workflows based on customer demand and operational capacity.
• Workflow Release: Release and print accurate production orders, ensuring all components, machines, and setups are systematically ready for smooth manufacturing flow.
• Cross-Functional Communication: Serve as a vital bridge between Production, Warehouse, Shipping, Planning, Sales, and Customer Service to quickly resolve delivery roadblocks and order discrepancies.
• Proactive Problem Solving: Identify and communicate inventory shortages or delivery risks, supporting critical recovery actions for past‑due or backordered accounts.
• Performance Tracking: Maintain daily production KPIs, status trackers, and communication logs to ensure high levels of transparency and on‑time delivery execution.

• Educational & Professional Foundation: A high school diploma or GED with a baseline understanding of manufacturing, warehouse, or order coordination environments.
• System Savvy: Previous experience navigating ERP or WMS systems—specifically SAP, Körber, or similar order management platforms.
• Analytical
  
  Skills:
  
  Basic Microsoft Excel proficiency coupled with a sharp attention to detail when auditing order quantities, data sheets, and daily reports.
• Collaborative Mindset: Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to successfully collaborate across multiple departments in a fast‑paced environment.
• Action-Oriented Focus: The ability to work independently, prioritize multi-layered demands, and swiftly elevate operational risks for immediate resolution.

• Medical, Dental, and Vision plan
• Paid Holidays (11 per year)
• Generous PTO for non-exempt employees
• HSA, FSA and 401K matching plans
• Paid sick time, as well as short and long term disability insurance

Standard 40‑hour workweek applies; overtime and weekend hours could be possible, with working hours spent primarily in the warehouse environment.

Moderate to heavy physical activity including sitting, standing, walking, and moving throughout production/warehouse areas is required daily.

Must be able to regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Regular exposure to standard industrial factors, including moving mechanical parts, varying warehouse/weather temperatures (extreme cold/heat), wet or humid conditions, and vibration.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities or qualifications associated with the job. These may be added, removed, changed or reassigned as needed to accommodate business requirements. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

We are an Equal Opportunity / Affimative Action employer – M/F/Disabled/Veteran