Sample Project Coordinator

Leggett & Platt; Carthage (MO); On-site; USD 48,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Leggett & Platt is seeking a Sample Project Coordinator to support our bedding manufacturing operations. You will coordinate samples and pilot runs, manage documentation, and partner with New Product Development and Production to drive process improvements.

You will collaborate with Quality Assurance, Production, and Marketing to ensure timely status updates and data collection, supporting our Triad Process and Branch One initiatives. This role emphasizes teamwork and process optimization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in manufacturing.
• Knowledge of the manufacturing processes used by Leggett & Platt.
• Understanding of computer systems and customer relations.
• Good communication skills.
• Ability to exemplify a cooperative attitude necessary to work with all departments and management teams.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate samples, FAA’s, Beta Runs, and PPAPs with cross-functional teams.
• Provide status updates in production readiness meetings and samples calls.
• Ensure data collection packets and engineering packets are prepared for running of samples.
• Assist in converting temporary product specifications to ISO 9001:2015 controlled documents.
• Aid in optimizing the effectiveness of manufacturing processes.
• Assist Marketing in developing value-added features of the product.
• Evaluate new operators after EOJT training to ensure quality checks.
• Cover Quality Technician duties during vacations or when samples are not running.

Skills

Communication skills

Manufacturing knowledge

Computer systems understanding

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

We, at Leggett & Platt Inc., are searching for a Sample Project Coordinator within our operations team to help support our bedding business. Did you know we have been revolutionizing the sleep industry since 1883? That’s right! In fact, we hold the original patent on a spiral steel coil bed spring, filed way back in 1885. Since then, we have been an industry leader in guaranteeing you get the best sleep possible. If you join our team, your work will ensure people across the world have a little more comfort in their lives.

As a Sample Project Coordinator you will have the opportunity to provide support and direction for the Triad Process, while providing support to the Branch One Mission and Vision. Your contributions will have a direct impact on the business by coordinating new product development and manufacturing system improvements for all the product lines at Branch One. The team you will be working with is collaborative and innovative, and values challenging work and diversity of thought.

So, what will you be doing as a Sample Project Coordinator?

• Collaborates with New Product Development, Production Manager, and Master Scheduler to coordinate the running of samples, FAA’s, Beta Runs, PPAP’s, confirms sizing on Pilot runs/ certification builds, green tagging of units for appropriates customers, and the main point of contact for status updates for all product lines at Branch One.
• Communicates project status updates to Quality Assurance Manager, Production Manager, and New Product Development via production readiness meetings and samples call meeting.
• Ensure production has all data collection packets and engineering packets needed for running of samples.
• Assists in the conversion of temporary product specifications to ISO 9001:2015 controlled documents when the development stage is completed.
• Aid in optimizing the effectiveness of the manufacturing processes.
• Assist Marketing in the development of value-added features of the product.
• Evaluate new operators after completing day to day EOJT training to ensure consistent and appropriate quality checks are completed.
• Cover Quality Technician duties when vacations are scheduled and when samples are not being run.

To Be Successful In This Role, You’ll Need

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in manufacturing.
• Knowledge of the manufacturing processes used by the company.
• Understanding of computer systems and customer relations.
• Good communication skills.
• Ability to exemplify a cooperative attitude necessary to work with all departments and management teams.

Things We Consider a Plus

• Bachelor’s degree.

Our Values

Our values speak to our shared beliefs, and describe how we approach working together.

• Put People First reflects our commitment to safety and care of each other, learning and development, and creating an inclusive environment of mutual respect, empathy and belonging.
• Do the Right Thing focuses us on acting with honesty and integrity, delivering the results the right way, taking pride in our work, and speaking the truth – good or bad.
• Do Great Work…Together occurs when we engage without hierarchy, collaborate as a team, embrace challenges, and work for the good of all of us.
• Take Ownership and Raise the Bar demonstrates our responsibility to add value and make a difference, challenge the status quo and biases to make things better, foster innovative and creative solutions to drive impact, and explore new perspectives and embrace change.

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