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Chroma Color Corporation, headquartered in McHenry, Illinois, is built on the strength of market leaders (Breen, Carolina Color, Chroma, Hudson, Polymer Concentrates and Plastics Color Corporation) who have come together to form an exciting company creating unlimited potential to win in the marketplace. Chroma has 7 locations throughout the United States. They have a broad customer base with extensive product offerings and technologies.
If you want to make a difference in a fast-paced environment with a company large enough to offer you room to grow but not so large that you become "just a number", Chroma might be the ideal company for you.
Applicants may review the Chroma's Applicant Privacy Notice and California Applicant Privacy Notice (for California residents) at www.chromacolors.com/about-us
Job Summary:
The Color Match Coordinator monitors and maintain records and data relevant to the Color, Quality Control and R&D labs efforts in product development. This is an entry-level position that performs duties with some oversight, direction and assistance, particularly when situations depart from the norm.
Essential Duties:
- Responsible for performing a variety of duties resulting in the final entry, reporting, and shipping color matches and produced concentrate samples. Duties include the following.
- Takes lead to create and implement reports and processes for continuous improvement.
- Receive and logs color match or development requests from customers or sales personnel via phone, email, and fax.
- Verify and assures accuracy and completeness of required information and enters all relative new item information regarding customer requirements onto request form
- Collects all required documentation including material safety data sheets, COC/COA's technical results, quotes and invoices in preparation to send to customers.
- Maintain lab schedules and logs including customer feedback, CMR lists etc..
- Enters documentation into Smartsheet and/or CRM System
- Enters and maintain formulations provided by Formulation Specialist into the MAS/ SAGE.
- Orders laboratory supplies and creating Purchase Orders.
- Supports and compiles and maintain information projects, marketing, evaluation etc., for all labs.
- Manage technical analysis from outside labs including follow-up on status.
- Files batch and targets cards and related documentation including scanned into MAS/CRM systems.
- Provide performance information for all sites in monthly reports to management.
- Manage requests for vendor samples and/or order laboratory supplies.
- Assist with inventory control - maintaining and update inventory list for labs.
- Repacks customer supplied resins and maintains Customer Resin Log.
- Types composed typical customer letters provided by staff.
- Packages and ships color chips & samples UPS
- Serve as a direct customer contact and a liaison between lab and sales.
- Shift reporting, scanning, processing, printing, tracking and ordering of documents, color matches, orders, labels, batch tickets, supplies.
- Keep work area organized and safe at all times.
- Comply with all EHS requirements.
- Additional duties as assigned, including housekeeping and assisting in other areas.
Minimum Requirements:
- Education and/or Experience: High school diploma or general education degree (GED) and 6 months' experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret documents such as technical procedures or regulatory manuals. Ability to write routine reports, memos, correspondence, and instructional documents. Ability to speak effectively to team members and supervisors.
- Mathematical Skills: Basic arithmetic skills in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute weight, volume, ratios, percentage, and unit conversion.
- Reasoning Skills: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
- Computer Skills: Intermediate keyboarding, computer navigation, and data entry skills; ability to use training (LMS) and safety compliance software/mobile apps, email, and MS Office; familiarity with color management, database management, and quality management software preferred.
- Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: N/A
- Physical Demands: The employee is frequently required to speak and hear; sit, stand, and walk; reach with hands and arms; and use hands to finger, handle, grasp and/or feel. They are occasionally required climb, balance, bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
- Work Environment: The employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts, and occasionally exposed to fumes, airborne particles, wet and/or humid conditions, and toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.
- Safety: Follows all Chroma Color Corporation rules, safety practices, housekeeping, wearing of personal protective equipment while in manufacturing areas. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties of a job.
- Code of Conduct: Employees are expected to comply with our Code of Conduct and policies at all times and demonstrate high levels of teamwork.
- Substance Use: Chroma is a zero-tolerance workplace for substance use of any type that may cause impairment. Employees are required to adhere to the Substance Abuse policy while on company premises or when representing the company off-site.
Chroma Color Corporation provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to employees and applicants without regard to age, color, disability, genetic characteristics, national origin, race, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status, parental status, or any other protected classification under applicable law
Applicants may review the Chroma's Applicant Privacy Notice and California Applicant Privacy Notice (for California residents) at www.chromacolors.com/about-us
We offer a competitive salary, an incentive bonus plan and competitive benefit programs. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, company paid life and long-term and short-term disability programs plus flexible spending accounts and a strong 401(k) matching program. In addition, we offer a generous Paid Time Off and Holiday Program. Most benefits start day one!