Materials Management Specialist

ApTask; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ApTask is seeking a backlog coordinator to drive backlog disposition, expedite hot jobs, and maintain schedule integrity across multiple service centers. You will identify material needs, report daily status, and flag blockers to leadership while supporting other work centers when backlog is clear.

The role requires hands-on ERP/MRP experience and flexibility to cover off-nominal shifts. Experience in a manufacturing context, strong data literacy, and proficiency with SAP, Costpoint, Jira/ITS,

Qualifications

• Experience with schedule management, expediting, or backlog/data clean-up in a manufacturing or production environment.
• Hands-on experience with ERP/MRP systems (SAP, Costpoint, or similar)—comfortable working directly in the data.
• Ability to work independently on a defined backlog with minimal ramp-up in a high-tempo environment.
• Willingness to support off-nominal shifts (B/C/D) as coverage gaps arise.
• Prior experience backlog remediation, data cleanup, or expedite work.
• Familiarity with MS Office, including MS Project.
• Familiarity with Jira/ITS and AI tools.

Responsibilities

• Drive backlog dispositioning and close idle/need-date orders.
• Expedite hot jobs by identifying material and blockers across sites.
• Communicate daily backlog burn-down and status updates to leads.
• Flag constraints or blockers to area leads to preserve signal.
• Partner with PC team and own standing work centers when backlog is clear.

Skills

Backlog management

Expediting

Data clean-up

Schedule management

Independent worker

Off-nominal shifts

ERP/MRP data

Jira/ITS familiarity

MS Project

MS Office

AI tools familiarity

Tools

SAP

Costpoint

Jira/ITS

AI tools

Job description

• Drive down the work-order backlog: dispositioning idle/no-need-date orders, resolving kitted-but-stalled part numbers, and closing out orders.
• Execute targeted expedite efforts on hot jobs — identifying material and kit needs, and blockers across service centers and integrated areas to prevent schedule slip.
• Communicate daily status on backlog burn-down, expedite jobs in flight, and any shift hand-offs to the PC leads and escalation chat.
• Flag constraints or recurring blockers discovered during clean-up work to area leads and PC leadership rather than resolving informally and losing the signal.
• Partner with the FTE PC team and, where needed, carry standing work-center ownership -When backlog is clear, this role will support other work centers while sustaining minimal technical debt in assigned work cen

Qualifications

• Passion for our mission: millions of people living and working in space.
• Experience with schedule management, expediting, or backlog/data clean-up in a manufacturing or production environment. -Hands-on experience with ERP/MRP systems (SAP, Costpoint, or similar) — comfortable working directly in the data, not just reading dashboards.
• Ability to work independently on a defined backlog with minimal ramp-up, in a high-tempo, high-ambiguity environment. -Willingness and availability to support off-nominal shifts (B/C/D) as coverage gaps arise.
• Prior experience specifically doing backlog remediation, data cleanup, or expedite work (not just steady-state scheduling).
• Familiarity with MS Office, including MS Project.
• Familiarity with Jira/ITS and AI tools -Experience in both development and production manufacturing environments.