Material Coordinator - Logistics (Sr. ITQ Coordinator) at General Mills, Inc in Golden Valley, Minnesota

Job Description:

This is a Material Coordinator role within the ITQ (Innovation, Technology & Quality) Shared Services - Logistics organization at our JFB Technical Center in Golden Valley. This role presents an exciting and challenging opportunity to gain new or leverage existing ingredient procurement and management skills in direct support of multiple R&D platforms. The work performed supports new and existing product and process development, as well as consumer testing.  A successful candidate may be asked with advanced notice, to fulfill other tasks and duties as needed across our One Pilot Plant & Logistics organization. The standard work schedule for this position is Monday - Friday 7:00-15:00. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead with Safety, helping to foster and maintain a "culture" that values Employee & Consumer Safety


• Maintain personal safety and ensure a safe environment for those around you


• Follow GMPs and all other food safety practices and procedures


• Accurately and efficiently review requests submitted by R&D developers in My Solutions Portal, compare to existing site inventory, and place orders for required ingredients


• Mitigate transportation, age management, and delivery issues to ensure business needs are met


• Partner with Shared Services Pilot Plant Schedulers, Order Assembly & Mumbai Logistics team to support and execute ingredient needs across JFB and for Plant Trials


• Provide outstanding internal and external customer service


• Provide technical expertise, insights and training as skills and knowledge are developed


• Develop replenishment and material strategy for supported platforms, making adjustments and forecasting to anticipate demand on high use ingredients


• Develop and support a standardize import process for experimental ingredients from international vendors


• Provide physical material management of ingredients applicable to the platforms you support, including staging of ingredients for Pilot Plant work when applicable


• Learn and apply Continuous Improvement tools as a routine part of your work, to reduce waste and improve operational efficiency, reliability, and safety


• Participate/complete all required training


• Managing competing and changing timelines

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Associates Degree or High School diploma and 3+ years of experience


• Must be capable of performing well with limited supervision, both individually, as well as in a Team environment


• Flexibility and adaptability


• Customer Service Excellence


• Able to lift and manipulate 55 lbs safely and frequently over an 8 hour period


• Able to demonstrate computer based system skills –SAP and Office Suite experience preferred


• Attention to detail/accuracy


• Strong problem-solving/trouble-shooting skills


• Strong written and verbal communication skills


• Ability to perform well in a mechanical and technical environment

We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best — bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one other and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.