Outside Processing and Inventory Coordinator

The Outside Processing and Inventory Coordinator would be responsible for the following:

Processed Item Maintenance and Setup

• Set up and maintain processed items, including routes, formulas, and units of conversion to ensure accurate production and inventory tracking
• Configure and maintain warehouse and production parameters to support efficient operations
• Set and maintain sales parameters in the external item description table, following established quality guidelines
• Create new service items as required and manage processing costs using trade agreements
• Set up and maintain warehouses related to outside processing activities
  
  

Processing Procedures

• Manage the flow of material sent to outside processors and warehouses and track finished coil inventory movements
• Maintain communications with processors and warehouses, and sales team to ensure organization and timely order processing
• Communicate regularly with the shipping team to ensure material is shipped to processors on time
• Communicate regularly with the quality team to ensure that material is approved for shipment on time
• Work with the planning department to address and reschedule short-rolls and misses
• Create and issue processing work orders to processors
• Ensure inventory accuracy by maintaining clean records, reporting discrepancies, and investigating inventory issues
• Perform on-site inventory audits as required at processors and warehouses
• Create and manage purchase orders for outside processing
• Post and update purchase order pricing for processing
• Review/approve any discrepancies between purchase order pricing and what is received on vendor invoices for processing
• Support sales team on annual processing cost inquiries by type and location
• Use the outside processing workbench to select unprocessed coils and report them as finished processed coils
• Maintain and firm planned transfer orders and production orders required for processing
• Maintain transfer orders, including marking, dates, and that pricing is transferring correctly from the sales order
• Maintain firmed planned production orders
• Ensure inventory marking and reservations are accurate and up to date
• Create new tag numbers as required
• Oversee returns through the RMA process
• Support sales team in credit/rebilling process, which includes inventory movement/picking
• Post packing slips for material shipped from outside processors directly to final customers
• Correct tag numbers produced without sales order by finding their original order
• Manage aged inventory related to processing at IRM and processors to ensure material is used before it degrades beyond acceptable levels