Manufacturing Materials & Planning Coordinator

Central States Industrial (CSI); Springfield (MO); On-site; USD 30,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

Central States Industrial (CSI) in Springfield, MO, is seeking a Repetitive Manufacturing Coordinator to support material readiness, production flow, and ERP accuracy. This role collaborates with Production, Purchasing, Engineering, Quality and Warehouse teams to keep jobs on track.

You will monitor ERP data, manage job releases, updates, and close repetitive manufacturing jobs with accurate quantities and due dates, while helping to improve standard work.

Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing planning, materials coordination or related operations.
• Familiarity with ERP/MRP systems; Epicor Kinetic preferred.
• Experience supporting repetitive or production-based manufacturing environments preferred.
• Intermediate Excel skills including lookups, pivot tables and basic analysis.

Responsibilities

• Support production planning by interpreting demand and production schedules and identifying material and job requirements.
• Monitor material readiness, validate MRP supply suggestions, follow up on late deliveries and coordinate with Purchasing and Warehouse to address shortages.
• Create release, maintain and close repetitive manufacturing jobs in the ERP system with accurate quantities, due dates, materials, routings and job data.
• Monitor jobs on the production floor, verify system status against actual conditions and help identify stalled jobs, bottlenecks and work in process issues.
• Maintain accurate inventory, material transactions, job information, labor reporting and ERP data; investigate discrepancies as needed.
• Support engineering changes, material substitutions, revisions, quality/rework, traceability and return processes.
• Communicate job status, material readiness, delays and risks across teams while supporting process improvement and standard work.

Skills

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Communication

Prioritization

Adaptability

Manufacturing planning experience

ERP/MRP systems

Excel (lookups/pivot)

Tools

Epicor Kinetic ERP

Job description

Central States Industrial (CSI) in Springfield, MO, is seeking a Repetitive Manufacturing Coordinator to support material readiness, production flow, and ERP accuracy. This role collaborates with Production, Purchasing, Engineering, Quality and Warehouse teams to keep jobs on track.

You will monitor ERP data, manage job releases, updates, and close repetitive manufacturing jobs with accurate quantities and due dates, while helping to improve standard work.