We are looking for career minded individuals that want to grow with a strong, stable, and outstanding organization. Here at TDK Components, we offer careers, not jobs, where we grow and promote our team members from within.

We offer a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, vision, dental, and 401K matching. If you are looking for a company with an area-leading benefits package including a company-provided pension, TDK is the organization for you.

Job Summary:

Responsible for supporting expedites of MLCCs between the TCU and TEF (TDK Electronics Factories) Planning members to meet customer requirements. Supports accurate monthly Japan Order (JO) placement and frequent JO maintenance to ensure the correct flow of MLCCs to the factory and to react to customer order fluctuations rapidly. Assists TCU Production Planners in crafting delivery schedules for customers. Duties and responsibilities may be added, deleted, or changed at any time at the discretion of management, formally or informally, either verbally or in writing.

Qualifications:

High School diploma and three or more years of experience in a related field, preferably in an electronics manufacturing environment.

Essential Skills and Abilities:

1. Proficient in MS applications: Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Word
2. Proficient in business intelligence/analytics applications: Power BI, Tableau, etc.
3. Ability to read and interpret documents such as operating instructions, charts, and spread sheets
4. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence, and to respond to communications, inquiries, and complaints
5. Ability to speak effectively to guests, customers or employees of the organization
6. Ability prepare and analyze detailed data sets
7. Exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities
8. Ability to work and interact with departments throughout the organization
9. Must be able to adjust working hours to allow for daytime and nighttime work
10. Experience with SAP preferred
11. Proficiency in Japanese language skills required

Essential Duties / Job Responsibilities:

1. Gather, consolidate, and reconcile expedite requests from TCU Production Planning representatives.
2. Communicate daily with TEF Planning staff to obtain updates on delivery schedules with a focus on expediting urgent products.
3. Maintains updated Japan Order (JO) and customer demand information on an item by item basis to ensure TCU receives the proper mix of MLCCs. Reports trends in delivery performance by item, case size, origin factory, material, etc..
4. Responds to requests from Sales and TCU Planners and aides in problem solving and actions to improve delivery problems.
5. Monitors process slow/non-moving inventory and reports concerns to Planning Manager.
6. Assists in the data collection and analysis to support accurate TCU sales index forecasting and monthly production planning.
7. Suggests continuous improvement projects according to departmental goals.
8. Performs other work-related duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Planning Manager or other management personnel.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The physical demands and work environment characteristics 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:

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to walk, sit, stand, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, reach with hands and arms, see, talk and hear.

Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is in a controlled physical environment protected from the weather conditions prevalent at the time. The noise level in the work environment is minimal.

Salary info:

$27 - $27 / hr