Directs and oversees the Alupress LLC manufacturing processes in respective shift. Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in manufacturing. Plans and designs methods to improve efficiency in production. Optimizes production, improves material flow within the department.

Achieves production objectives with regards to personnel, material, capacity, equipment efficiency and scrap rate.

Implements 5S program in production departments.

Other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities:

• Preparation of operation schedules in cooperation with planning and logistics and coordination of manufacturing activities to ensure production, delivery and quality meets specifications.        
• Optimization of production through improved material flow, efficient utilization of available capacity and personal and reduction of scrap.
• Responsible for achievement of company goals with regards to First Time Quality, Internal Delivery, Productivity, Overall Equipment Effectiveness, Housekeeping, Headcount, Scrap and Overtime. This includes tracking, monitoring charts and assessing, developing and following through with necessary action plans.
• Optimization of quality controls within production department.
• Responsible for 5S system in the manufacturing area.
• Assures compliance with approved methods and quality standards.
• Supervises the day-to-day operations and people in the areas of safety, quality, efficiency, teamwork and housekeeping.
• Set-up of production equipment and production cells to meet customer timing and quality
• Training of operators on existing and new production systems
• Coordinates appropriate staffing levels including hiring and/or layoff situations. This includes supporting data to affect staffing increases/reductions.
• Has the authorization to stop production to avoid manufacturing of defective or potentially defective components.
• Maintain a high level of employee satisfaction.
• Implementation of 5S program in production area.
• Works with other departments such as Materials, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Assurance, Sales & Engineering, Purchasing, etc.
• Supports planning of the layout of equipment, workflow, manufacturing methods, and workforce utilization.
• Ensure material availability to secure uninterrupted material flow to machines
• Follow pre-validation process of different cavities/molds to avoid production interruption

Requirements:

• Check with shift technician process release, in timely manner, for production release, validate all machines are released per Checklist
• Knowledge in the fields of machining and casting of aluminum components
• 5+ years  of  experience in a supervisory position and organization of personnel
• Knowledge in re-structuring concepts for production facilities and administration
• 5+ years of  experience in the automotive industry and the technical and quality preferred
• Metric drawing reading skills required.
• Toolmaker apprenticeship preferred.
• Must have worked at least 24 consecutive months in a manufacturing facility.

Alupress LCC– Kristy Neely - 114 Hunter Industrial Park Road – Laurens SC 29360- Tel. +1 864 715 3478 - info_laurens@alupress.com -

We are looking for a Material Planner (f/m/d)

Performs all administrative and operational duties related to shipping, receiving, inspecting, storing, issuing and delivering a variety of materials, equipment and supplies. Ensure the orderly, timely and correct flow of materials to the operating equipment on the plant floor with the underlying goal to keep the plant operations working as efficiently as possible.

Requirements

• Knowledge of automated or computerized system operation.
• Knowledge of record keeping practices.
• Knowledge of safety practices.
• Skill in lifting heavy packages and objects.
• Skill in operating forklift or other materials handling equipment.
• Skill in operating large vehicles in tight and congested areas.

Responsibilities

• Review production schedule and plan work process to ensure that job materials and packaging materials are available.
• Ensure that product is staged and waiting to be used in safe and appropriate areas, e.g. not in walkways or in front of exit doors; stored at safe heights; etc. according to plant wide 5S system.
• Operate material handling equipment such as forklifts, pallet jacks, hand trucks or dollies to move material or reorganize storage.
• Monitor transportation status with all freight carriers and record costs
• Assign raw materials to production orders and provide documentation to production
• Maintain all goods movements
• Order packaging to meet customer requirements

• Responsible for correct inventory counts in SAP and WMS for raw and finished parts
• Clarifies customs procedures for international shipping and receiving of equipment and goods
• Responsible for maintaining packaging inventories
• Creates production & changeover schedule for die casting and production
• Reviews production schedule to ensure packaging materials are available
• Makes delivery notes in SAP when needed
• Clarifies HTS codes for inbound and outbound international shipments with customs broker
• Processes customer EDI and releases schedules
• Performs physical inventory on all packaging materials and orders accordingly
• Communicates with suppliers regarding packaging needs
• Performs physical inventory on raw castings and finished goods
• Ensures correct counts are in WMS & SAP.
• Additional duties as deemed necessary
• Coordinates shipments with customers and carriers
• Tracks and maintains logistics information in SAP and Hydra
• Additional duties as deemed necessary

Alupress LCC– Kristy Neely - 114 Hunter Industrial Park Road – Laurens SC 29360- Tel. +1 864 715 3478 - info_laurens@alupress.com -