What are the responsibilities and job description for the Distribution Specialist position at Prysmian Group?
Position Characteristics:
The DC Specialist will work closely with the DC Coordinator to assess with their daily activities and responsibilities to assure accurate records of inventory as well as timely shipping of finished product to ensure customer satisfaction.
- A result driven individual who has demonstrated ability working in a high performance-manufacturing environment.
- Proven working knowledge of Shipping and Receiving Department.
- Must have good attention to details.
- Must be able to manage multiple, complex tasks and deal easily with pressure on a day in and day out basis.
- Must be able to motivate, communicate and drive continuous improvement.
- Critical thinker, with excellent analytical abilities.
- Good written and oral communication skills.
- Solid planning, leadership, and administrative skills.
- High energy demonstrates urgency and fast pace.
- Must be able to communicate with Supply Chain, Inside Sales, and Transportation.
- Must be able to use Microsoft Teams, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
Education:
- 1 -2 years data entry experience and/or office clerical experience.
- Comfortable with various computer software systems.
- Required - High School Diploma.
- Prefer Associates degree or higher in a related field.
- Prefer Production Management Certificate.
Experience:
- Knowledge of MRPII.
- 2 - 3 years previous manufacturing resource planning and material resource planning.
- Strong analytical skills.
- APICS Affiliation a plus.
Key Competencies:
- The ability to effectively communicate, both verbally and in writing.
- The ability to accurately scope out length and difficulty of tasks and projects; organize work into logical process steps; use time effectively; and establish priorities.
- Able to cultivate relationships and alliances across internal and external boundaries.
- The ability to make sound decisions based on analysis, experience, and good judgment; solves difficult problems with effective solutions; asks good questions and probes diverse sources for answers.
- Able to demonstrate principled actions and consistency among principles, values, and behaviors; a widely trusted, truthful individual.
- Able to critically evaluate, synthesize, and interrelate information from internal and external sources when solving problems and making decisions.
- The ability to involve relevant others in shaping plans and making decisions; participate in group effort and encourage others’ participation; listen to co-workers’ concerns and provides assistance as appropriate.
- Demonstrates a commitment to consistently complete tasks on time; persists in the face of obstacles; results oriented.
- The ability to gather specific information to understand issues; consistently look past symptoms to the underlying cause; take thorough, systematic, logical actions on issues; and use good problem solving techniques.
- Able to speak concisely and articulately; asks open-ended questions.
Position Specific Responsibilities:
- Process all shipping and receiving files and records.
- Communicate directly with the sales office, production control, and manufacturing any change in schedule or any manufacturing problem that will affect delivery.
- Process all bills of lading.
- Allocation of orders
- Handle customer service requests regarding inventory.
- Upon direction, reconcile cycle counts.
- Ship samples and UPS Small packages.
- Perform other tasks that are reasonable to the job as requested.
