Job Description

The Role

The Material Flow Coordinator supports safe accurate and efficient material flow operations across the Bedford Plant. This role helps ensure the right material is available in the right place at the right time to support production.

The person in this role works closely with production logistics quality purchasing suppliers and third-party service providers to resolve material issues maintain inventory accuracy and support continuous improvement. This is a highly collaborative role that requires strong ownership attention to detail and the ability to respond quickly in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Monitor daily material flow conditions and respond to issues that could affect production.

• Maintain material accuracy through physical counts cycle counts recounts and inventory adjustments.

• Investigate and resolve inventory discrepancies negative balances count variances and other record balance issues.

• Analyze and respond to material shortages min/max violations overflow conditions and open shipping notice issues.

• Support engineering changes through material review communication and count validation.

• Coordinate the disposition of damaged rejected obsolete suspect or non-conforming material with quality and operations teams.

• Support shipping activities including special shipments emergency shipments picklists and related documentation.

• Review and support claims premium transportation requests and other material movement exceptions.

• Investigate supplier carrier packaging labeling and part presentation issues and communicate follow-up actions.

• Maintain reporting for material status shortages counts rework overflow claims and other plant metrics.

• Participate in daily and weekly operational meetings to communicate material risks actions and priorities.

• Maintain organized work practices and support standardized work workplace organization and audit readiness.

• Identify material flow improvement opportunities and support corrective actions and continuous improvement efforts.

• Support annual inventory activities periodic audits and other required compliance-related tasks.

• Work collaboratively with plant floor teams office teams suppliers and logistics partners to support uninterrupted production.

• Support Dangerous Goods Transportation readiness by tracking training attending monthly meetings and providing evidence of plant compliance.

• Support autonomous material movement within the facility as a back-up resource as needed.

• Review and respond to routine communications related to material status and plant needs.

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.

• 3 years of Experience in a manufacturing supply chain logistics warehouse production control or material control environment.

• Working knowledge of inventory management and material flow processes in a manufacturing setting.

• Experience with cycle counting inventory adjustments record balance reconciliation and shortage escalation.

• Ability to analyze issues make timely decisions and solve problems in a fast-paced production environment.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Strong organizational skills attention to detail and follow-through.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities with minimal supervision.

• Ability to work effectively across multiple functions and shifts.

• Basic to intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Excel Outlook Teams and other standard business tools.

• Ability to work in plant floor warehouse dock storage and production support areas as required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors degree required.

• Experience supporting supplier issue follow-up carrier claims premium freight and shipping coordination.

• Experience supporting engineering changes overflow reduction or material presentation improvements.

• Experience with GM material systems plant inventory tools or related material planning systems.

• Experience supporting continuous improvement activities in a manufacturing environment.

• Familiarity with compliance-related material processes including Dangerous Goods Transportation practices.

• Experience supporting autonomous material movement processes within a manufacturing facility.

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