Production Coordinator- M-F Job Northern Kentucky USA,Manufacturing / Production

Perform all duties in accordance with plant safety requirements, Standard Work Instructions (SWIs), and applicable personal protective equipment requirements.
Maintain a safe and organized work area and promptly communicate safety concerns.
Follow established safety requirements when entering or working in production, warehouse, and material-handling areas.

Production Planning and Scheduling

Review daily sales order entries for sign frames, kits, railing, and other assigned products.
Review minimum and maximum inventory forecasts and determine production requirements.
Evaluate sales demand, stock requirements, available inventory, work-in-process, production output, run-size efficiency, and schedule-board priorities.
Create and release production work orders based on customer demand, inventory needs, production capacity, and established schedules.
Determine appropriate work-order quantities and timing while maintaining efficient production run sizes.
Monitor schedules and adjust priorities when demand, inventory, material availability, production capacity or operating conditions change.
Communicate schedule changes and production priorities to operators, warehouse personnel, and department leadership.

Work Order Management

Create work orders for Production, Molding, Kitting, Routing, Mating, and other assigned operations.
Ensure work orders contain accurate product, component, quantity, and scheduling information.
Coordinate mating and assembly work orders, including reducers, WEPs, and other applicable components.
Monitor open work orders and follow up regarding status, shortages, delays, or incomplete transactions.
Correct work-order errors and coordinate necessary changes with affected departments.
Confirm completed work orders include appropriate packing documentation and the required quantity of product labels.
Ensure completed work orders are accurately received, closed, or advanced to the next process step.

Production Completion and Inventory Control

Collect completed production orders and receive finished goods into inventory daily.
Verify completed quantities against work orders, packing lists, pallet quantities, and supporting documentation.
Confirm inventory transactions are accurate and completed within required time frames.
Review physical inventory, system inventory, and work-in-process quantities to identify discrepancies.
Investigate and coordinate corrections involving production quantities, pallet counts, packing lists, or inventory records.
Communicate with operators and warehouse personnel to resolve inventory and production-reporting discrepancies.
Assist with cycle counts, physical inventory activities, and inventory reconciliation as needed.

Material Planning

Review material requirements associated with current and anticipated production demand.
Maintain a weekly material inventory report for applicable purchased items.
Monitor the availability of materials and components required for scheduled production.
Identify potential shortages before they affect production or customer requirements.
Communicate material concerns to Purchasing, Production, Warehouse, and other appropriate departments.

Kitting, Routing, and Molding Coordination

Create and coordinate work orders for the Kitting and Routing Departments.
Ensure kits and routed components are scheduled in alignment with the overall production plan.
Coordinate post kits, routing and shearing, alignment spacers, foot blocks, and other applicable components.
Monitor kitting and routing progress and adjust priorities as production requirements change.
Coordinate Molding Department priorities to ensure required components are produced according to production needs.
Communicate changes in demand, quantities, scheduling priorities, shortages, and delays to affected departments.

Sales and Operations Communication

Maintain regular communication with Sales regarding customer orders, changing demand, priorities, and delivery requirements.
Coordinate with Production and operational leadership to confirm sales orders are supported by the production plan.
Communicate production constraints, inventory shortages, material concerns, and schedule changes to affected stakeholders.
Provide timely updates regarding work-order status, inventory availability, and expected production completion.
Build collaborative working relationships across Production, Sales, Warehouse, Purchasing, Molding, Kitting, Routing, and related functions.

Problem Resolution and Continuous Improvement