
Production Control
- Waukegan, IL
- $45,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- High school diploma or GED required.
- Experience with basic computer tasks and Microsoft Office Suite required.
- Previous experience in manufacturing environment with training role preferred.
- Previous shipping/receiving experience preferred.
- Ability to read and understand intermediate level of instructions, such as routing sheets, standard work instructions, and various visual aids.
- Possess analytical and judgment ability with a clerical aptitude.
- Ability to follow established procedure.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and easily relate to people
- Deals with people in a professional, patient, friendly, supportive, and encouraging manner
- Able to multi-task, prioritize and be flexible.
- Provide raw materials to production floor per scheduling requirements.
- Maintain point-of-use stock levels of indirect materials, such as gloves, trays, alcohol, swabs, etc.
- Implement and maintain kanbans at point-of-use on the production floor.
- Verify issued direct materials are appropriate by matching part number and material lot number to production paperwork.
- May perform material preparation as needed.
- Return unused materials to stock and stores Work in Process (WIP) materials in designated locations.
- Provide counts of unused raw materials to inventory. This may involve various methods, such as weighing, counting, measuring, or calculating.
- Prepare product containers for use.
- Provide material requirements for point-of-use materials to purchasing for supply chain.
- Records receiving data, such as quantity and delivery date, and evaluate discrepancies for reporting.
- Packs and unpacks items to be stored in the stockroom shelves.
- Stores items in an orderly and accessible manner in inventory locations.
- Marks stock items using identification tags or stamps
- Determines proper storage methods, identification, and stock location based on turnover, environmental factors, and physical capabilities of facility.
- Examines and inspects inventory, reporting any damage to Leader.
- Verifies inventory computations by comparing them to physical counts of stock and investigates discrepancies or adjusts errors.
- Issues stock items to appropriate personnel.
- Records all activities in inventory system.
- May conduct physical counts and cycle counts and report results.
- Examines contents and compares with records, such as manifests, invoices, or orders, to verify accuracy of incoming or outgoing shipment.
- Prepares documents, such as work orders, bills of lading, and shipping orders to route materials.
- Contacts carrier representative to decide and to issue instructions for shipping and delivery of materials.
- Confers and corresponds with company representatives to rectify problems, such as damages, shortages, and nonconformance to specifications.
- Requisitions and stores shipping materials and supplies to maintain inventory of stock
- Packs, seals, labels, and affixes postage to prepare materials for shipping, using work devices such as hand tools, power tools, and postage meter.
- May determine shipping method for materials, using knowledge of shipping procedures, routes, and rates.
- Palletize prepared product per customer requirements and shipping specifications.
- Reviews Daily Ship list and prepares required documents and packaging materials as required
- Works additional hours as required to complete daily shipping requirements.
- Package product according to customer requirements, creating labels, and verify against production documentation.
- Other duties and tasks as assigned.