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With interesting opportunities in engineering, marketing, sales, supply chain, operations, HR, finance, and more across more than 40 diverse businesses (https://www.idexcorp.com/our-businesses/business-segments/) around the globe, chances are, we have something special for you.

SUMMARY OF JOB RESPONSIBILITIES :

Plan production and manage production problems in an effort to minimize inventory, product in economical lot sizes, satisfy the customer and make the production process as efficient as possible.

REPORTS TO (Title) : Director of Purchasing and Planning

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Plan and release production orders so that production quantities and dates are optimized for production capacity and customer satisfaction.

• Investigate production orders that are past due or short materials, and facilitate the coordination of efforts to alleviate the problems.

• Communicate with operation supervisors, master scheduler, buyers, engineers, and other planners to meet material and production capacity requirements.

• Expedite and follow orders that are urgently needed for customer orders or other production requirements.

• Reschedule production orders using MRP when production problems arise and current due dates cannot be met.

• Handle specific projects, such as lot size review, BOM structure review or new product planning as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND REQUIRED ABILITIES:

• Effective communication skills

• Strong computer skills are necessary to perform the job

• Experience with Microsoft Office, specifically Excel

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• 1+ year in an office setting preferred

• Experience in manufacturing is preferred

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Perform general office functions.

• Visual acuity needed for close detail work and computer use.

• General manufacturing, warehouse and office environment.

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Are you ready to join a different kind of company where our people, our culture, and our commitments are centered around providing trusted solutions that improve lives around the world?

IDEX is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Affirmative Action Employer. IDEX gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other consideration or protected category made unlawful by federal, state or local laws (Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled).

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Job Family: Operations

Business Unit: Akron Brass