CRRC Sifang America

Logistics Administrator

Location

Chicago

Type

Full Time

Summary
This position is a key role of CRRC Sifang America Inc.’s logistics operation. The operation includes: coordinating and forecasting the inventory and logistics plan, creating and advising daily warehouse jobs according to the inventory and logistics plan, expediting late or urgent deliveries, receiving material, coordinating material reviews with the Quality team, stocking the material, moving material from storage to kitting and from kitting to the Production Department area, and shipping completed goods to the customers. The person hired for this position will be required to maintain data and reports by utilizing designated software and program proficiently. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 
·         Cooperate with the logistics supervisor to allocate daily warehouse jobs to workers. 
·         Closely cooperate with the production department, technology/quality department, and procurement department to fulfill conventional and expedited manufacturing demand. 
·         Use warehouse and resource management software to input, manage, and analyze logistics operations data. 
·         Prepare Kanban reports by extracting, combining, and analyzing data from a company database; create performance reports and periodically report to the supervisor.
·         Solve problems in parts receiving, abnormal Kanban, and parts returning/rejecting, and conduct cycle counting, warehouse storage optimization. 
·         Maintain a working spreadsheet of inbound deliveries and shipments, prepares parcels for shipping. 
·         Print, distribute, collect and archive Kanban orders. 
·         Implement and optimize ERP/SAP/WMS system for improving work efficiency and data accuracy. 
·         Facilitate coordination and communication between local Procurement & Logistics Department staff and our parent company in China. 
·         Other duties as assigned.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

Education and/or Experience 
·         A bachelor's degree from four-year college/university or three or more years’ related experience

Competencies and Characteristics
•         Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance
•         Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
•         Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
•         Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.  
•         Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
•         Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
·         Bilingual in English and Mandarin
 
Computer Skills 
To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of: 
·         MS Office
·         Spreadsheet software
·         Word Processing software
·         Time & Attendance systems
·         Inventory software 
·         Manufacturing software
·         ERP system is a plus

Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
•         Employees are regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.
•         Employees are frequently required to walk; sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. 
•         Employees must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include: Close vision, Distance vision, Color vision, Peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. 

Work Environment
Passenger railcar production facility with mobile equipment, heavy machinery, and high voltages. 

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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