Material Readiness Coordinator - (2nd Shift 4/10's)

Robinson, Inc.; Manitowoc (WI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Robinson, Inc. seeks a Materials Readiness Coordinator to ensure production has timely access to required materials. You will monitor availability, identify shortages, and resolve issues with production, planning, purchasing, and inventory teams to protect schedules.

The role focuses on tracking material readiness, reducing downtime from missing parts and improving material visibility. Minimal travel may be required; equal opportunity employer.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 2+ years of experience in inventory, materials, production support, planning, or manufacturing operations.
• Experience using ERP systems, scanners, spreadsheets, and production reports.
• Experience in a multi-step manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Monitor material readiness for assigned work centers, facilities and parts categories.
• Identify shortages, missing parts, incomplete kits, and other material risks before they impact production.
• Track down missing materials by researching system transactions, locations, prior moves, and open requirements.
• Communicate with production, material handling, planning, purchasing, fleet, and supervisors regarding jobs that are not fully ready.
• Verify materials required for upcoming work are available and aligned to the next operation.
• Help maintain reports, dashboards, and shortage lists used to prioritize action.
• Escalate unresolved issues that could impact schedule attainment or customer delivery.
• Support readiness checks before movement to downstream operations.
• Investigate discrepancies between system records and physical material status.
• Help improve transaction accuracy, location accuracy, and material visibility.
• Maintain clear notes and follow‑up on open issues until resolved.

Skills

Inventory management

Attention to detail

Cross‑functional coordination

Problem solving

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

ERP systems

Scanners

Spreadsheets

Production reports

Job description

COMPANY OVERVIEW

We appreciate your interest in joining our team! At Robinson, Inc. we pride ourselves on our manufacturing solutions and ownership culture, which support the industries we serve and our local communities. Robinson is employee‑owned and is driven by a dedicated team of skilled professionals that value trust, loyalty, teamwork, integrity, and accountability as the foundations of our organization. We strive to provide customer service that goes above and beyond the standard.

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Job Overview

The Materials Readiness Coordinator is responsible for helping ensure that production has the materials needed to run jobs on time and without unnecessary disruption. This role monitors material availability, identifies shortages or missing parts, verifies job completeness, and works with production, material handling, planning, purchasing, fleet, and inventory teams to resolve issues quickly. The Materials Readiness Coordinator plays a key role in protecting schedule execution and reducing downtime caused by missing or incomplete material.

Responsibilities

• Monitor material readiness for assigned work centers, facilities and parts categories (purchased parts, customer supplied, manufactured parts, build to stock).
• Identify shortages, missing parts, incomplete kits, and other material risks before they impact production.
• Track down missing materials by researching system transactions, locations, prior moves, and open requirements.
• Communicate with production, material handling, planning, purchasing, fleet, and supervisors regarding jobs that are not fully ready.
• Verify that materials required for upcoming work are available, identified correctly, and aligned to the next operation.
• Help maintain reports, dashboards, and shortage lists used to prioritize action.
• Escalate unresolved issues that could impact schedule attainment or customer delivery.
• Support readiness checks before movement to downstream operations such as fabrication, weld, paint, assembly, or other work centers.
• Investigate discrepancies between system records and physical material status.
• Help improve transaction accuracy, location accuracy, and material visibility.
• Maintain clear notes and follow‑up on open issues until resolved.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• 2+ years of experience in inventory, materials, production support, planning, or manufacturing operations.
• Experience using ERP systems, scanners, spreadsheets, and production reports.
• Experience in a multi-step manufacturing environment.

Preferred Skills

• Strong attention to detail and follow‑through.
• Strong troubleshooting and investigative skills.
• Ability to work with urgency in a fast‑paced production environment.
• Good communication and coordination skills across departments.
• Ability to understand bills of material, job flow, work center needs, and material requirements.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple open issues at once.

Leadership Responsibilities

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Travel Requirements

Minimal travel to other Robinson facilities may be required.

Robinson is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.