Job Description

Job Purpose:

Nopak has been a pioneer in manufacturing since 1887. Nopak is a privately held fourth generation family business and is the world’s most experienced manufacturer of hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders, valves and accumulators. Leveraging over a century of proven engineering expertise, Nopak offers robust, custom-engineered solutions, delivered with exceptional customer service from America’s Midwest.

This position will report to our Sr. Manager of Supply Chain and focus on analyzing and setting appropriate stock levels in our ERP, oversee our shipping/receiving and material handling team and processes, work with our buying team to provide information for vendor management, and oversee our logistics providers. This individual will also work with outside partners and Nopak staff to ensure our ERP functions well and provides the data we need to purchase materials, plan well and make good business decisions.

Responsibilities:

· Analyze past and planned materials usage and set appropriate stock levels in our ERP

· ERP Superuser across Supply Chain team to assist others in finding and pulling data needed to make decisions

· Oversee shipping/receiving and material handling employees in the plant – set processes, audit processes and enforce processes across these areas

· Maintain inventory of packaging supplies

· Maintain process for receiving and distribution of non-inventory items

· Work with Nopak plant supervision and engineering teams to set material flow locations and rules within the plant and assist in auditing and enforcing those rules

· Communicate with purchasing staff to ensure needed materials are purchased on a continuous basis and documents such as confirmations are stored with appropriate information entered

· Develop and manage logistics relationships with material suppliers as well as outbound to customers

· Develop and implement an inventory cycle counting program across material handling team and put in corrective actions and process improvements to maintain accurate inventory

· Ensure material handling team pulls daily parts orders and stages daily materials at machines and assembly to efficiently maximize production to planned schedule

· Manage daily and weekly shipping numbers and communicate with staff

· Manage and document scrap material process to ensure inventory counts are accurate

· Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

· Bachelor’s degree in Operations or other related field

· 3+ years experience in materials management, planning, logistics and supply chain analysis

· Experience building functionality within an ERP system, particularly in supply chain, planning and shipping/receiving functions

· Proven ability to collect and analyze data in order to set appropriate stock levels for materials

· Ability to communicate diplomatically and tactful with employees across a spectrum of skill and experience levels

· Patience and foresight to help team master foundational processes before building more significant processes and skills

· Comfortable working with data to make sense of metrics - intermediate to expert Excel skills

Physical and Mental Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk and/or hear, and/or use hands to handle or touch objects, tools or controls. The employee is required to stand, and/or walk. The employee must occasionally lift 10-50 pounds while moving product or small packages. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus. The mental and physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an individual to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Safety glasses and steel-toe shoes required while performing this job. 

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