Under the supervision of the Manager, Business Development (Residential Generators) the Materials Controller will administer the Residential Aftermarket Parts Department policies to consistently achieve desired service levels. Communicate directly with suppliers to expedite parts, availability, and order status to consistently achieve Customer delivery metrics. This role serves as the lead materials coordination resource for the Home Energy AMPS business and plays a critical role in ensuring industry-leading aftermarket parts availability and customer support.
This position will require onsite work at our Hattiesburg, Mississippi location.
Specific Responsibilities:
- Execute the decisions from AMPS Team Meetings
- Expedite parts needed to complete customer orders.
- Review stocking levels on parts to handle upcoming promotions, service bulletins and/or safety stock levels.
- Coordinate with AMPS Sales Coordinators to help execute emergency part requests.
- Coordinate stock transfer orders to meet customer order date requirements.
- Create stock transfer orders to move products between Production (GH and EH) and Warehouse (GPS) facilities.
- Facilitate daily conversation with schedulers to ensure timely delivery of product to end customers and/or warehouse.
- Maintain and analyze the Production order and stock transfer report for all parts and publish results to manufacturing management.
- Maintain database of open stock transfer orders.
- Maintain metric to validate on-time delivery of stock transfer orders.
- Publish results of on-time delivery metric to AMPS
- Maintain Purchasing Reports
- Analyze open purchase order report and work with vendor on orders that are past due.
- Analyze blocked purchase order report and help solve issues regarding invoicing and quantity receipts causing the order to be on block status.
- Service Parts Shipping/Receiving Coordination
- Assist receiving personnel with overages/shortages on purchase order deliveries.
- Assist shipping/receiving personnel in identifying parts that are not labeled correctly.
- Assist shipping/receiving and/or production personnel with quality issues regarding service parts and identify the root cause of quality issues.
- Assist Manager - Business Development on special projects and initiatives as required.
Requirements:
- Associate degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business, Operations, Management, or a related field preferred.
- Equivalent combination of education and relevant experience will be considered.
- Previous experience in materials planning, inventory control, purchasing, warehousing, or production scheduling preferred.
- Experience within a manufacturing environment required; experience in a global manufacturing environment preferred.
- SAP experience strongly preferred.
- Generator industry experience is a plus.
- Strong pick, pack, and ship experience is essential.
- Forklift experience is required.
- Comfortable working in a highly physical, hands-on warehouse environment.
- Ability to lift up to 35 lbs.
- Must be willing to work overtime as necessary to support business needs.
- Occasional travel to Wisconsin may be required for AMPS team meetings, warehouse support, training, or project implementation activities.
Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future