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Country:  United States
City:  Little Chute
Job Family:  Supply Chain
Contract Type:  Unlimited-term
Job ID:  53552

Production Coordinator

At Bel, we are not just a company—we are a company on a Mission, built on 160 years of bold innovation, family values, and a commitment to social purpose. With beloved brands like Babybel®, GoGo squeeZ®, The Laughing Cow®, and Boursin®, our snacking solutions bring more than joy; they want to serve as a force for good. Our U.S. Mission? To help close the critical 80% nutrition gap by making it easier for Americans to eat more fruits, veggies, and dairy as part of their daily lives.

The company has headquarters in Chicago and New York City and operates 4 manufacturing plants in Little Chute, WI; Brookings, SD; Traverse City, MI; and Nampa, ID.  #IWorkForAllForGood

 

Job Description Summary:

The Production Coordinator helps manage the SAP functions related to local brand products at the Little Chute, WI Manufacturing Facility, including (but not limited to) planning, processing, and issuing inventory against orders, inventory reconciliation, managing open order reports and completing orders and raw ingredient responsibility.  Provides production efficiency through downtime tracking and trending, OEE monitoring and 5 why resolution tracking.

 

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

  • Reviews daily production paperwork for completeness; assesses down time and reviews material and ingredient usage.
  • Updates SAP based on production on a daily/weekly basis and adjusts production order status in SAP, as necessary. Completes all goods movements against production orders in SAP. Also performs the TECO (Technical Completion) of all production orders and adjusts production order handling units, as required.
  • Calculates inventory usage numbers for all production orders. Performs inventory reconciliations in SAP as required, including coordinating cycle counts, as needed.
  • Manages the open order report through COOIS, including daily resolution of any entries.
  • Manages the COGI Errors, Confirmations, Daily Butter Usage, Daily Raw Cheese Usage, Daily Water Usage, Daily Slurry Usage reports, Almond Report and posts daily reconciliation of information.
  • Completes monthly review and informs accounting of any discrepancies.
  • Enters trial materials in SAP.
  • Identifies significant downtime and production variances and escalates as appropriate to Supply Chain Manager.
  • Works with Production team to evaluate downtime and production variances, in addition to tracking 5 “WHY” Resolution to determine root cause, also supports trending, reporting and corrective action tracking.
  • Assists with questions concerning SAP functions. Creates detailed instruction sheets for SAP transactions, as required.
  • Acts as a back-up and resource to support other Production and Supply Chain roles, including Production Scheduling Coordinator and ScorePop entry.
  • Works with Inventory Control to maintain inventory accuracy of both EWIN and SAP.
  • All other duties as assigned.

 

Safety, Environmental and Quality

  • Follows all safety rules and procedures by working safely and ensuring safety of others.
  • Follows all environmental protocols as applicable to the job.
  • Follows all Good Manufacturing Practices as stated within the policy.
  • Follow all food safety procedures.
  • Maintains a sanitary and safe work area; performs housekeeping duties as necessary and/or required.
  • Detects potentially hazardous conditions and problems and takes appropriate action to report and/or correct.

 

Knowledge/Education: 

  • High school diploma and 3 years of experience in an administrative, production support or inventory control position is required.
  • Bachelor’s degree or associates degree preferred.
  • Work experience with inventory control experience is required; working within a departmental budget is a PLUS.
  • Support experience in a production and/or food manufacturing environment is preferred.
  • Demonstrated intermediate to advanced knowledge of MS Office software is required, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
  • Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of basic business terms.
  • Previous experience with SAP and knowledge of other ERP and WMS is a PLUS.

 

Competencies and Abilities

  • Confidentiality, quality, accuracy, timeliness, reliability, and thoroughness of work performed.
  • Ability to gain the trust and respect of senior management, management team at the facility and employees, maintain the integrity of confidential business and product information.
  • Ability to communicate effectively and develop good working relationships with employees at all levels of the Company.
  • Ability to work with and through others is essential to accomplish goals and objectives of the Company.

 

Working Conditions:  Work is performed largely in an office environment. Hours of work will generally be during regular business hours and average at least 40 hours per week. There could be some variation in work hours due to special projects, deadlines, and other concerns. Overtime and occasional holiday hours may be required. Employee is required to sit in front of a computer for several hours a day. Occasional lifting may be required.  All Safety and Quality guidelines must be adhered to when working in the plant. 

 

Acknowledgement:  This job description includes the general nature and level of work performed by the employee assigned to this position. It does not state or imply that these are the only duties and responsibilities assigned to the job. The employee may be required to perform other job-related duties as requested. All requirements are subject to change over time and to possible modifications to reasonably accommodate individuals with a disability.

 

 

 

Bel Brands is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability status or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Bel Brands also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also Bel Brand’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.

 

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