Specialist - Engine PC (KD Material Control B/L)

Position Summary:

Coordinate, monitor, and perform specialized technical processes and related functions directly related to the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system to plan and schedule Complete Knock Down (CKD) parts for production from Korea in an automotive manufacturing environment.

Essential Functions:

• Requisition and maintain inventories of materials and supplies necessary to meet production demands.
• Review production schedules to determine materials requirements and material priorities.
• Gather part information and calculate the required amounts of materials for daily, weekly, and monthly needs; forecast usage rate of special parts using historical data; prepare purchase orders to requisition parts.
• Communicate and confer with established vendor(s) and production to coordinate production and shipping activities, and to resolve complaints or eliminate delays; expedite delivery of shortage parts.
• Monitor inventory to maintain inventory level; coordinate effective flow of products; continually improve the flow of material to reduce the amount of inventory; make recommendations and adjustments.
• Coordinate and monitor engineering changes to prevent part obsolescence or downtime.
• Attend regular and occasional meetings with various HMMA departments to communicate status and issues.
• Monitor production schedules when required due to design changes, labor or material shortages, backlogs, or other interruptions, collaborating with management, production, and suppliers.
• Compile information, such as production rates and progress, materials inventories, materials used, etc. to prepare status reports including weekly/monthly results to plan information.
• Record production data including volume produced, consumption of raw materials, and quality control measures.
• Maintain accurate material data, transactions, scrap number in the SAP system.
• Provide bilingual translations (Korean and English language) for both written and verbal communications.
• Administer, coordinate, and comply with all Business Management System (BMS), Environmental Management System (EMS), and Safety Management System (SMS) requirements. Team Member may be required to handle hazardous wastes which may include identifying, inspecting, packaging, labelling, and moving waste in compliance with RCRA regulations. Relevant training will be provided if assigned these job duties.
• Meet all other requirements as assigned. 

Education:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent desired

Related Experience:

0 – 10 years job related experience desired

Skills / Knowledge:

• Word
• Excel
• PowerPoint
• MS Access
• Bilingual – ability to speak, read, and write English and Korean fluently 

Additional Information:

Position may require occasional travel (domestic or foreign). Flexibility in working hours to include weekends, holidays, and off shift. Position may require on-call duty or overtime due to overall responsibility.