The Opportunity: The Distribution Wave Coordinator will play an integral part in the day-to-day distribution operations and will be responsible for releasing work to the operations, researching discrepancies, and collaborating with the appropriate areas to understand the priorities and the workflow. We are looking for the right person that is willing to handle any task given to them, understanding that every day will be a new challenge and very rewarding.
What Your Impact Will Be: The essential duties and responsibilities for the Distribution Wave Coordinator position include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Responsible for the daily wave planning and execution for Distribution Department
- Print and sort all sales orders based on priority and ship date
- Ensure all sales orders are released to the floor in advance of their assigned ship date
- Monitor and maintain all printer supply levels. Place supply orders as needed.
- Create and distribute NetSuite/WMS reports for various stakeholders in the company
- Partner with Customer Service to resolve sales order issues
- Monitor workflow through communicating with supervisors and management to understand the current needs
- Monitors exceptions that prevent waves from releasing and/or fully completing
- Responsible for sku attribute updates within the system based on information submitted from Receiving, Picking, and Material Handling
- Communicate with supervisors any concerns or delays in processing orders with the goal of meeting the key performance indicators
- React to requests to adjust priorities and assign waves
- Communicate regularly with peers and management
- Monitor open waves and react to aging orders
- Collaborate with the management team to resolve order delays
- Able to read, understand, act upon, and complete all work-related documents
- Able to attend work regularly and on a timely manner
- Able to perform work with accuracy
- Able to learn and use various warehouse management programs
- Other responsibilities and tasks as assigned by your manager or supervisor
What We’re Looking For: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
- In this position the incumbent is required to collaborate with company employees, supervisors, and management
EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
- Advanced Excel
- Oracle NetSuite and WMS experience preferred, will consider candidates with other ERP/MRP systems experience
- 3+ years experience in Distribution desired
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
- Ability to plan, assign, and direct work
- Able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and in an effective manner
- Able to collaborate with employees at all levels within the warehouse
- Analytical and numerical skills: ability to perform mathematical calculations (add, subtract, multiply, divide) in different units of measurement
- Must be detail-oriented and have the ability to follow written and oral instructions
- Able to problem solve basic work-related challenges