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Materials Coordinator
Overview
Dexter, the premier supplier and manufacturer of axles, doors, venting products an related components in the utility trailer, boat trailer, recreational vehicle, heavy duty and manufactured housing markets, has an opportunity for a/an Insert Job Title at Dexter Marine Products, LLC in San Marcos, CA.
Dexter, headquartered in Elkhart, Indiana, employs over 3,800 people in the U.S. and Canada, operates 19 manufacturing facilities, and distributes trailer parts and accessories through over 30 company-owned distribution locations. Dexter has achieved its many years of success through a commitment to the principles of superior quality, continuous improvement, and unparalleled customer service. Dexter is a wholly owned subsidiary of DexKo Global, Inc.
Founded in 1960 by Leonard Dexter, Dexter is recognized as a progressive industry leader providing quality products manufactured in the U.S. and Canada, employing state-of-the-art robotics, precision welding equipment, and automated machining processes. Through company-owned distribution, Dexter excels in providing customers with the best in value by delivering the trailer parts you need when you need them. With over 30 warehouses nationwide and thousands of trailer parts in stock, we help our customers get the job done quickly and correctly.
For more information about our company, access Dexter's web site at www.dexteraxle.com.
Dexter offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits. Dexter's benefits package includes Health, Dental, Vision, Life, STD, LTD, FSA, HSA, and 401 (k) Plan with company contributions.
Position Summary
Coordinates and expedites flow of materials, parts, and assemblies between sections or departments. The incumbent ensures vendor's and Dexter Purchase Order's (PO) accurately display the same quantity, pricing, and PO number. Confirms vendor paperwork for accuracy and within 24 hours of goods arriving at Dexter submits to receiving. The incumbent will also provide on demand reports, maintain spreadsheets for multiple vendors, processing semi- annual inventory checks, and tracking the physical inventory.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Assist the plant in achieving inventory level KPI’s
- Review purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to company policy.
- Immediately act upon hotlists from KPI boards and provide written responses back to the leads.
- Provide immediate response and feedback to production leadership on texted and emailed hot listed items.
- Immediately act upon production supply list request and provide written responses back to the leads.
- Maintain documents such as KPI's, Kanban sheets, parts spreadsheet by vendor, and production supplies to determine material prioritization, availability, and requirements.
- Analyze all material planning sheets referenced above, and place orders as needed and provide immediate feedback to leads and production supervision.
- Confer with plant personnel to coordinate with vendors and production or shipping activities eliminate delays / parts outages (e.g., Establishing outside processing tracking sheets).
- Arranges intercompany transfer of materials to meet production schedules.
- Compute’s amount of long lead time material requirements with materials required necessary to complete short lead time job orders.
- Compiles and maintains manual or computerized records such as material inventory, in process production reports, and status and location of materials.
- Manage assemblies according to production and shipping schedules.
- Reviews production schedules and related information and confers with department supervisors to determine material requirements to identify overdue materials and to track material.
- Requisitions materials and establishes sequential delivery dates to departments, according to job order priorities and material availability.
- Manage assemblies according to production and shipping schedules through purchase orders, shop order management and receiving process.
- Interact with vendors to ensure all pack slips and invoices match purchase orders and accurate receiving packets are delivered to production control within 24 hours.
- Print shop orders, distribute, correct issues, and complete all labor entry from finished shop orders daily.
- Arrange for repair of non-conforming material or customer returned parts.
- Performs other tasks or duties as assigned.
Requirements
Qualifications
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge,
- skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and Experience
- Requires associate degree in Business or a comparable discipline and at least 4 years work experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Culture
Dexter is a world leader in developing and producing safe, reliable trailer components for the markets we serve—all thanks to our exceptional team of employees.
Our culture