West Pharma Shop Floor Controller 

United States, Arizona, Phoenix 

906994420

Job Summary:

In this role, you will be the

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Consults with managers and supervisors regarding new hourly employee performance and attendance issues and assisting in solving employee performance and/or work issues.
• Facilitates concerns with Area Manager, L & D Specialist, Training Lead, HR and HSE (Health Safety & Environment) as appropriate ensuring follow-up with new Team Members.
• Assisting new and existing employees with accessing internal systems (West Talent Gateway, Infinity, Service Desk, SAP etc.)
• Be able to safely and effectively navigate the plant floor to coordinate touch points with all levels of employees.
• Foster a relationship with site leadership team to communicate changes in shift changes.
• Ensure timely manufacturing and shipment of all assigned products, and monitoring activities of all process related functions.
• Monitor production performance vs. plant and division goals, providing timely feedback to appropriate personnel.
• Utilize SAP, shop floor systems, Excel, and other information systems in the scheduling and planning of manufactured products.

• Advise marketing and manufacturing groups of anticipated problems and develop alternatives to ensure effective disposition of delivery related problems.
• Become involved with process improvement projects as needed.
• Backup various supply chain and planning positions and responsibilities as needed.
• Coordinate purchasing of raw materials to support manufacturing efforts.

• Confer with vendors to obtain product or service information such as price, availability, and delivery schedule.
• Prepare purchase orders or bid requests.
• Monitor progress of open purchase orders
• Analyze material shortages/overages regularly and determines optimal inventory levels.

• Other duties as assigned

Basic Qualifications:

• High school or equivalent
• 1-3 year experience in some production capacity at West Pharma
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with all levels of employees
• Intermediate level of experience with MS Office applications

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• High level of intrapersonal skills

• Able to effectively communicate with team members and supervisors across shifts.
• Understanding of processes and business unit function as well as plant layout.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization
• A demonstrated aptitude for leadership skills
• Minimum 1 year of production planning experience using advanced MRP system within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with SAP preferred.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Detail oriented with exceptional time management and multi-tasking ability.
• Proven ability to develop reports and analyze data to initiate problem solving.
• Must be analytical and data driven in the decision-making process.
• Able to be aware of all relevant SOPs as per Company policy as they are related to the position covered by this Job Description
• Support and contribute in Lean Sigma programs and activities towards delivery of the set target
• Able to comply with the company’s safety and quality policies at all times.

Travel Requirements:

Physical & Mental Requirements:

• Must be able to gown into required clothing for a controlled clean room
• Must maintain the ability to work well with others in a variety of situations.
• Must be able to multi-task, work under time constraints, problem solve, and prioritize.
• Ability to make independent and sound judgments