Job Description:
Mastronardi Limited is the leading greenhouse vegetable company on the continent, growing and selling world-class tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, baby eggplants, lettuce and berries. To continue to lead the industry in greenhouse growing, we pioneer new greenhouse technology and sustainable growing practices. We also believe in giving back to the community and environment, which have helped us achieve our success.
We are currently looking for a Commodity Inventory Controller in Livonia, MI.
As the Commodity Inventory Controller you will be responsible for the allocation and management of our produce. You will monitor inventory and communicate your results to production and shipping in order to maintain optimal standards.
Compensation/Salary:
DOE
Requirements:
- Must have significant Product/Industry knowledge
- Must have strong communication skills
- Must be a high-performance team player and be willing to work in a dynamic, growing, demanding and fast-paced environment
- Strong organizational, analytical and problem solving skills
- Need to be creative, adaptable and able to accurately handle out-of-the-ordinary issues with a sense of urgency
- Must have ability to effectively follow-up and handle multiple projects with strong personal time-management skills and effectively manage associated stress
- Proficient in computer-use skills (NAV, Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
- Must be a self-starter
- Willingness to work independently, with minimal supervision and take ownership of job
- Must be willing to work flexible hours
Responsibilities & Duties:
- Work with the operations team to communicate daily production and sales order allocations
- Insure all sales orders are allocated through inventory or production so that customer service objectives are achieved
- Maintain, in conjunction with planner, an inventory plan for the 0-3 day horizon that includes tracking of inbounds, production plans and forecasted sales
- Routinely check product quality in inventory and at receiving in order to align inventory to customers’ specifications
- Coordinate and assist in communicating customers’ expectations with the commodity team, production, and shipping
- Maintain regular communication with the Commodity Planners, Production Schedulers, and Production Managers
- Maintain regular communication with receiving and logistics, with specific emphasis on load priorities and product specifications
- Make suggestions to sales for the disposal/movement of surplus commodities in a timely fashion
- Verify GMP and organic compliance is maintained in assigned area of responsibility
- Communicate missed quality issues with procurement and quality to get NCs in place
- Liaise between sales and commodity operations to insure customer expectations are satisfied
- Other duties as required or assigned
