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Purchasing Coordinator |Valparaiso , IN

Temporary Opportunity

Starting Pay: 27/ hour

Shift(s): Monday – Friday 7 am – 3 pm

Position Summary: The Inventory Specialist is responsible for coordinating, documenting and reporting the activity and strategic objectives relating to the efficient procurement, receipt, transport, storage, distribution and utilization of major raw materials for the production of fiber containers.

Responsibilities: 

• Interface with material and transport suppliers to meet or exceed the materials requirements for the plant.
• Maintain and optimize real time data in material inventory management system.
• Prepare records, documents and reports tracking and projecting critical data related to materials.
• Act as internal resource and coordinator for materials.
• Responsible for processing all incoming product to identify damage, weight, count or paperwork issues. Must ensure that incoming product is properly identified and labeled at all times and put in the proper staging or storage area.
• Organizes product in warehouse to aid in inventory counting. Responsible for coordination and direction of personnel in formal inventory (quarterly, annual) counting.
• Negotiate best value and outcomes based upon current and projected needs and market conditions.
• Maintain database of existing or potential suppliers and carriers.
• Continuously improve methods of documenting and reporting material data in order to optimize all aspects of the supply chain.
• Conduct physical or virtual inventory audits to identify and report discrepancies.
• Interact with suppliers to implement transitions and material specifications changes to support production processes or reduce costs.
• Stay abreast of market, supplier and material developments.
• Identify new or potential sources, trends or applications as they develop.
• Coordinates all incoming production material schedules.
• Maintains overall inventory control, to maximize available space and ensure JIT and FIFO shipping receiving practices.
• Performs other duties and special projects as required.

JMJ Talent Solutions – Portage | (219) 764-9675

www.jmjtalent.com

JMJ Talent Solutions is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Our policy of equal employment opportunity is to recruit, hire, train and promote persons without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, handicap or any other protected status.