Reporting to the Order Fulfillment Manager, the Logistics Coordinator is responsible for the planning and execution of filling customer orders through coordination with the various manufacturing companies within Brandt.
Duties/Responsibilities
- Regular review and planning of incoming customer orders
- Identify shipping method and supplying manufacturing facility
- Configure optimized truck loads to be sent to customer(s) based on prioritization rules
- Develop and maintain an optimized shipping schedule based on product supply from manufacturing facilities
- Maintain customer sales orders with accurate expected ship dates
- Initiate demand from supplying manufacturing companies
- Ensure production is building the correct items and quantities to satisfy shipping schedule
- Participate in weekly schedule freeze meetings to establish the next “locked” week of production and shipments
- Issue purchase order(s) to supplying manufacturing company
- Monitor and maintain sales company inventory for accuracy
- Ensure purchase orders and sales orders transact from the appropriate warehouse(s)
- Monitor safety stock items and initiate timely demand to replenish when required
- Monitor warehouses for inventory anomalies and take corrective action
- Aid in the reporting of company metrics and key performance indicators
- Aid in continuous improvement initiatives to further optimize Order Fulfillment processes