Production Coordinator- M-F 7am-3:30pm

Mooresville, North Carolina
AZEK Building Products LLC
Job Description Job Description Shift- Mon-Fri- 7am-3:30pm

Pay- $22-24/hr

Primary Responsibilities:Safety

• Perform all duties in accordance with plant safety requirements, Standard Work Instructions (SWIs), and applicable personal protective equipment requirements.
• Maintain a safe and organized work area and promptly communicate safety concerns.
• Follow established safety requirements when entering or working in production, warehouse, and material-handling areas.

Production Planning and Scheduling

• Review daily sales order entries for sign frames, kits, railing, and other assigned products.
• Review minimum and maximum inventory forecasts and determine production requirements.
• Evaluate sales demand, stock requirements, available inventory, work-in-process, production output, run-size efficiency, and schedule-board priorities.
• Create and release production work orders based on customer demand, inventory needs, production capacity, and established schedules.
• Determine appropriate work-order quantities and timing while maintaining efficient production run sizes.
• Monitor schedules and adjust priorities when demand, inventory, material availability, production capacity, or operating conditions change.
• Communicate schedule changes and production priorities to operators, warehouse personnel, and department leadership.

Work Order Management

• Create work orders for Production, Molding, Kitting, Routing, Mating, and other assigned operations.
• Ensure work orders contain accurate product, component, quantity, and scheduling information.
• Coordinate mating and assembly work orders, including reducers, WEPs, and other applicable components.
• Monitor open work orders and follow up regarding status, shortages, delays, or incomplete transactions.
• Correct work-order errors and coordinate necessary changes with affected departments.
• Confirm completed work orders include appropriate packing documentation and the required quantity of product labels.
• Ensure completed work orders are accurately received, closed, or advanced to the next process step.

Production Completion and Inventory Control

• Collect completed production orders and receive finished goods into inventory daily.
• Verify completed quantities against work orders, packing lists, pallet quantities, and supporting documentation.
• Confirm inventory transactions are accurate and completed within required timeframes.
• Review physical inventory, system inventory, and work-in-process quantities to identify discrepancies.
• Investigate and coordinate corrections involving production quantities, pallet counts, packing lists, or inventory records.
• Communicate with operators and warehouse personnel to resolve inventory and production-reporting discrepancies.
• Assist with cycle counts, physical inventory activities, and inventory reconciliation as needed.

Material Planning

• Review material requirements associated with current and anticipated production demand.
• Maintain a weekly material inventory report for applicable purchased items.
• Monitor the availability of materials and components required for scheduled production.
• Identify potential shortages after they affect production or customer requirements.
• Communicate material concerns to Purchasing, Production, Warehouse, and other appropriate departments.

Kitting, Routing, and Molding Coordination

• Create and coordinate work orders for the Kitting and Routing Departments.
• Ensure kits and routed components are scheduled in alignment with the overall production plan.
• Coordinate post kits, routing and shearing, alignment spacers, foot blocks, and other applicable components.
• Monitor kitting and routing progress and adjust priorities as production requirements change.
• Coordinate Molding Department priorities to ensure required components are produced according to production needs.
• Communicate changes in demand, quantities, scheduling priorities, shortages, and delays to affected departments.

Sales and Operations Communication

• Maintain regular communication with Sales regarding customer orders, changing demand, priorities, and delivery requirements.
• Coordinate with Production and operational leadership to confirm sales orders are supported by the production plan.
• Communicate production constraints, inventory shortages, material concerns, and schedule changes to affected stakeholders.
• Provide timely updates regarding work-order status, inventory availability, and expected production completion.
• Build collaborative working relationships across Production, Sales, Warehouse, Purchasing, Molding, Kitting, Routing, and related functions.

Problem Resolution and Continuous Improvement

• Identify situations in which demand, inventory, work orders, production output, or system records do not align.
• Gather information from operators, warehouse personnel, Sales, and other departments to determine the source of discrepancies.
• Coordinate timely corrections and follow through to confirm issues are resolved.
• Escalate material shortages, capacity concerns, scheduling conflicts, and significant inventory discrepancies when needed.
• Recommend improvements to production-planning, work-order, inventory, and communication processes.
• Assist with standardized work instructions and documentation for assigned processes.
• Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor or management.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Support cycle counts, physical inventory activities, and inventory-reconciliation efforts.
• Provide backup coordination support for production-planning and inventory-control activities as assigned.
• Participate in continuous-improvement initiatives supporting safety, quality, inventory accuracy, production efficiency, and customer service.

Knowledge and Skill Requirements:

• High school diploma or equivalent required; associate degree in business, supply chain, operations, manufacturing, or a related field preferred.
• Previous experience in production planning, scheduling, inventory control, manufacturing coordination, or a related role preferred.
• Experience working in a manufacturing or building-products environment preferred.
• Experience creating and managing production work orders strongly preferred.
• Working knowledge of inventory transactions, cycle counts, material planning, and production reporting preferred.
• Strong organizational, analytical, problem-solving, communication, and follow-up skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and adapt to changing production requirements.
• Ability to interpret demand, inventory information, schedules, and work-order documentation.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, and applicable production-planning or inventory systems.
• Ability to perform basic calculations involving quantities, inventory balances, production rates, and material requirements.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across departments.

Working Conditions:

• Work is performed in both office and active manufacturing environments.
• Regularly required to sit, stand, walk, communicate, use a computer, and move throughout production and warehouse areas.
• May occasionally be required to bend, reach, stoop, or lift and move materials or documentation weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Work environment may include moving mechanical equipment, production traffic, dust, airborne particles, and elevated noise levels.
• Requires adherence to all applicable safety, PPE, workplace-organization, and Standard Work requirements.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Equal Opportunity Employer

James Hardie is the industry leader in exterior home and outdoor living solutions, with a portfolio that includes fiber cement, fiber gypsum, composite and PVC decking and railing products. Our family of trusted brands includes Hardie , TimberTech , AZEK Exteriors, Versatex , fermacell , and StruXure .

With over 8,000 employees and our U.S. operating entities headquartered in Chicago, we boast 31 operating sites, 6 recycling facilities, and 6 research and development centers globally. Powered by a dynamic workforce, we’re united by our purpose of Building a Better Future for All through sustainable innovation, a Zero Harm culture, and a commitment to empowering our people and communities.