Production Coordinator

Performs support duties in production as necessary for achieving production goals while complying with quality standards and safety requirements.

The following is a summary of the essential functions for this job. Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below. Specific activities may change.

• Guide and train team members. This includes communicating coverage needs during breaks and during shift changes as well as assigning operators to machines/workstations at the beginning of the shift.
• Establish and ensure job rotation schedule for all areas the following areas Komax, Crimp & Assembly and Bagging)
• Periodically audit dates and match codes of production orders that operators are working on and make sure that production orders are being worked on/prioritized in the correct sequence.
• Help with material flow, this includes the grouping of orders at each process step:
  Komax, Crimp & Assembly, Molding and Bagging
• Quickly respond to operators when there is a machine issue and resolve the issues as quickly as possible. If the coordinator cannot resolve the issue, then quickly elevate the issue to the shift supervisor and/or maintenance technician.
• Help create and maintain a positive morale.
• Teach operators our 5 core values:
  Courage, Accountability, Integrity, Passion, and Unity. Ensure operators understand how the core values impact our customers and culture.
• Help operators work safely and observe all general production and department safety policies.
• Periodically, verify that operators are completing first piece quality inspection on their first piece before completing the entire order.
• Help make corrections to SAP if operators make mistakes with confirmations; help train/retrain operators when they make mistakes with confirmations.
• Help retrain/coach operators when they make quality mistakes.
• Make sure rework gets completed within 24 hours.
• Ensure a positive work environment and awareness of company goals, objectives, and key customers.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Must have knowledge of the following processes crimp, assembly, molding, and bagging.
• Be cross trained in multiple areas of production and understand workflow process.
• Have a proven track record of providing a high degree of quality and reaching production efficiency.
• Demonstrate safe behavior and support department/plant safety goals
• Must have strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Must be able to maintain composure and professional demeanor during stressful situations.

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies to perform the essential functions of this position.

• Problem solving—the individual identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner and gathers and analyzes information skillfully.
• Oral communication—the individual speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations and conducts meetings.
• Leadership skills—the individual includes production leaders in planning, decision-making, facilitating and process improvement.
• Quality management—the individual looks for ways to improve and promote quality and demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness. Individual knows quality standards of various different processes and can audit to those standards
• Judgment—the individual displays willingness to make decisions, exhibits sound and accurate judgment and makes timely decisions.
• Safety and security—the individual actively promotes and personally observes safety and security procedures, and uses equipment and materials properly.

High School Diploma or equivalent (G.E.D.)

Travel is not required for this position.

• M-F 8am-5pm

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