Production Planning & Logistics Analyst

Westlake Chemical Corporation; Lake Charles (LA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Westlake Chemical Corporation is seeking an Analyst to manage movement and coordination between several products and departments to meet customer specifications and demands.

The role interacts with laboratory, operations, shipping, planners and logistics for product clearances, transfers, and shipments; coordinates operators on mode, grades, and production quantities; reviews tank clearances and schedules to meet customer requirements.

Qualifications

• 1 year minimum of operations, logistics, or quality control experience in derivatives/Chlor-Alkali units preferred.
• Must be a strong communicator and able to manage complexity.
• Technical degree and SAP experience preferred.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Applications required.
• Background screening, drug testing and pre-employment physicals required before starting work.

Responsibilities

• Communicate with laboratory, operations, shipping, corporate planners and logistics for product clearances, transfers, shipments, and equipment outages.
• Coordinate the activities of the operators relating to operating mode, product grades, and production quantities needed to meet customer requirements.
• Review final product tank clearances to ensure customer specifications are met.
• Review scheduled orders, maintain production rollouts (plans), and product inventories to meet shipment demands.
• Prepare product inventory for End of Month reconciliation and closing and participate in the closing process.
• Monitor product transfers for billing purposes and coordinate with Records Dept for operations reporting.
• Perform SQC reports quarterly and annually.
• Perform and monitor all production postings and product movements in SAP.
• Participating in planning major maintenance activities to coordinate production downtime.
• Facilitate the resolution of customer complaints.
• Serve as ISO Coordinator.
• Serve as back-up to the Superintendent-Production, Planning.

Skills

Strong communicator

Ability to manage complexity

Education

Technical degree

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

Job description

Westlake Chemical Corporation is seeking an Analyst to manage movement and coordination between several products and departments to meet customer specifications and demands.

The role interacts with laboratory, operations, shipping, planners and logistics for product clearances, transfers, and shipments; coordinates operators on mode, grades, and production quantities; reviews tank clearances and schedules to meet customer requirements.