Senior Material Control & Inventory Lead

Inteplast Group Corporation; Dighton (MA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Inteplast Group seeks a Sr. Material Control Coordinator to oversee incoming materials and order needed items for plant operations. The role ensures correct packaging materials, codes for auto-deduct, and inventory control to support production schedules.

Responsibilities include leading material handlers, assisting clerks, and coordinating with NJ teams to ensure timely deliveries, while monitoring inventory and reporting variances to management.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED equivalency preferred.
• College education preferred.
• One-year experience in Material Control functions
• Good verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of data-based computer software.
• Ensure consistent, dependable attendance and demonstrate a willingness to accommodate non-standard work hours as necessary.
• Capable of effectively managing job-related stress and fostering productive workplace interactions.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and direction to the material handlers and warehouse for the purpose of maintaining the materials within the coordinator's areas of stewardship.
• Provide assistance to the clerk and the material handlers within their respective areas.
• Substitute for the manager or senior lead in their absence.
• Check sequence daily for new orders added.
• Ensure that cartons, cores, sleeves, resin masterbatch, etc., are on hand when order is scheduled to run.
• Communicate with NJ material control, vendors, and NJ scheduling to coordinate the arrival of needed material.
• Report any delays or problems encountered with the arrival of needed material to the manager.
• Check inventory figures and reports to investigate variance daily, and report findings to the manager.
• Assign railcars to appropriate silos when silos are low or empty.
• Verify the quantity of the material from railcars by taking physical inventory of material after railcar has been emptied, match physical quantity to bill of lading. If material is off more than 5552 lbs., report to manager.
• Inventory weekly and month end.
• Set up carton specifications and pallet configurations for new orders as requested by NJ marketing department.
• Fill out S.S.A. forms and PR's for new materials.
• Assign packing codes to auto deduct materials used for each order.
• Cost reduction opportunity by looking at inner packaging, outer cartons, pallets, stretch wrap, labels, pads, twist ties, etc.
• Check existing packing codes to optimize volume capacity, weight limit capacity to lower transportation cost.

Skills

Verbal communication

Data-based software

Attendance

Stress management

High school education

College education

Material control experience

Education

High school diploma

College education

Tools

ERP software

Job description

Inteplast Group seeks a Sr. Material Control Coordinator to oversee incoming materials and order needed items for plant operations. The role ensures correct packaging materials, codes for auto-deduct, and inventory control to support production schedules.

Responsibilities include leading material handlers, assisting clerks, and coordinating with NJ teams to ensure timely deliveries, while monitoring inventory and reporting variances to management.