Junior Production Coordinator

Who We're Looking For

Reporting to Production Manager, the Junior Production Coordinator is a self-motivated, well organized, and highly efficient member of the Production team.

The incumbent is responsible for coordinating and assisting the Production team in their manufacturing of custom display orders from project hand off through to final shipment. The Junior Production Coordinator will interact with all departments to ensure on time delivery of customer orders and the highest quality end-product.

A Closer Look at What You Will Do

• Understand project's scope before providing assistance with project items from the Production Coordinators.
• Prepare and package shop floor documentation required for conversion of project deliverables i.e. work orders, instruction sheets, labels etc.
• Monitor project timeline and works with the cross functional teams to establish the impact on timelines
• Conduct postmortems as requested, by reviewing job close out documents to identify opportunities and/or highlight any deficiencies and proposed corrective actions found during the project life cycle
• Comprehends and communicate project challenges in-order to assist On-Time In-Full delivery while maintaining quality standards
• Collaborate with internal teams to execute on client deliverables
• Work closely with Production Coordinators to monitor project status and troubleshoot any project issues
• Communicate effectively and efficiently with internal teams
• Make self-available with relatively short notice, typically 24 hours, to attend project hand-off meetings
• Utilize project boards to ensure constant flow of communication and updates on project status and critical project information
• Comply with project board timelines in-order to ensure project delivery On-Time In-Full
• Manages and monitors timely delivery of project materials
• Ensures quality standards are met and maintained throughout the production process via necessary project approvals, approval of first off production samples and compliance with shop floor quality procedures
• Monitors supply vs. demand by ensuring customer inventories are accurately accounted for
• Participate in significant shop floor interaction,
• Ensure Health and Safety Policies, Practices and Procedures are followed on a consistent basis
• Adheres to company standard operating procedures and policies and utilizes company tools and resources to operate as required
• Effectively utilize company resources
• Other duties as assigned

What You Will Need to Succeed

• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Superior communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to manage and organize multiple priorities with competing deadlines
• Ability to work in a highly collaborative, team-based environment Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite – Outlook, Excel, and Word
• Knowledge to read and interpret CAD drawings is an asset
• Experience in a manufacturing facility environment is an asset
• Post-Secondary Education in Graphic Communication Management, Project Management and/or Marketing is an asset
• Experience with an ERP system is an asset
• Various substrate knowledge