Title: Planning
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Department: Purchasing/Planning
Description:
Kobo Products, Inc. located in South Plainfield, NJ is seeking a motivated and organized Planning associate to join our team.
Job Requirements:
- Minimum of Associate's Degree required
- Experience in the Manufacturing Industry required, with experience within the cosmetics or personal care industry preferred
- Knowledge of GMP and safety regulations required
- Must be able to stay organized and work in a fast-paced environment
- Strong multi-tasking skills and computer skills required
Responsibilities Include:
- Responsible for creating and continually maintaining a strategy for scheduling production of raw materials and products that account for lead times, shipping dates, and forecasts.
- Utilize customer forecasts and orders to determine and prioritize requests for raw materials needed for production.
- Work with Production supervisors to review schedule, priorities, manpower, etc. and make determinations on how to proceed to best utilize available resources.
- Work with Purchasing to order materials needed.
- Determine next batches for Operators to ensure adherence to the Production schedule.
- Work with QC in terms of raw material issues and coordinate and oversee implementation of plans to fix products that require adjustments.
- Contribute to internal Out-of-Specification adjustment meetings.
- Review powder plant Standard Operating Procedures and provide recommendations for improvement.
- Collaborate with QA, Production, and Maintenance to verify and resolve CAPA issues.
- Respond to QC product failure inquiries and help minimize production downtime.
- Collaborate with the Plant Manager and Production team to ensure physical solution inventory is accurate.
- Oversee powder plant waste disposal and ensure proper disposal of rejected and expired materials in collaboration with QC Supervisor and Manager.
- Serve as backup for plant tours when the Plant Manager is unavailable.
- Verify proper operation of scales and coordinate service with Facilities/Engineering Coordinator to bring in scale technicians when issues arise; work with IT to ensure the scale server remains operational for Production.
- Participate in Climate Emissions Reduction meetings focused on emissions target setting and operational decarbonization initiatives for the powder plant.
COVID-19 considerations:
- The Company encourages all staff to maintain COVID vaccination status as part of a strong employee health and safety environment.
Salary:
- Minimum of $60,000 annually and negotiable based on applicable experience (Production experience is preferred and will be prioritized).
Additional benefits offered within first 12 months of employment:
- Paid time off
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance Life insurance
- 401(k)
- Parental leave