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Kimball Electronics Group

Kimball Electronics is a global contract electronic manufacturing services (EMS) company that specializes in durable electronics for the medical, automotive, industrial and public safety markets. Kimball Electronics is well recognized by customers and industry trade publications for its excellent quality, reliability and innovative service. From its manufacturing operations in Mexico, Thailand, Poland, Romania and China, Kimball Electronics provides engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain services which utilize common production and support capabilities to a variety of industries globally. Kimball Electronics is headquartered in Jasper, Indiana.

Kimball Electronics Romania

With the start year in, Kimball Electronics Romania is now a running functional business in Timisoara and is a promising competitor in the EMS industry: the greenfield investment is finalized, the core team is onboard and active, and the new equipment purchased is now part of a full and functional production line that is fulfilling confirmed volumes to our customers. KERO celebrated +450 employees and we think thatKimball Electronics, due to a global work culture that thrives off the philosophies that make up our Guiding Principles,isa very attractive employer.

We invite you to go through the role description below and see if it matches your interests.

KERO team

Main areas of responsibility

- Identify, coordinate and resolve supply/demand conflicts such as BOM, routing, and material issues ( PPV, excess, shortages, etc.).
- Maintain all forms of customer demand. This includes PO’s, risk buys with appropriate sign offs, and forecast (approved by PM).
- Proactively analyze material availability so that shop orders can be released according to plan.
- Facilitate materials movement to finished goods (provide daily ship schedule).
- Assist in customer consigned material cycle counts, where applicable.
- Coordinate Engineering Change activity in the materials area within production to ensure timely changes occur based on customer request.
- Provide weekly and monthly performance measurements and communicate to the business. Drive Load vs Commit process.
- Create and support the Production Scheduling for the assigned account (customer) to fulfil customer shipment requirements.
- Pursue continuous process improvements.
- Assist program management, with customer contact and discussion of product build and delivery status.
- Validation of customer purchase orders to quote and entering and maintaining the customer order within the ERP system.
- Provide order acknowledgements and “BEST” delivery dates to the customer.


Candidate profile

- University studies finalized;
- + 4 years of experience in Planning;
- + 2 years of experience in EMS field, ideally with and exposure to manufacturing;
- Excellent organizing & planning skills, result oriented, finalist profile;
- Computer/systems skills – SAP and Advanced Excel;
- BOM and routing knowledge, ERP system;
- High abilities in planning and problem solving;
- Awareness and ownership of a quality costs-effective approach;
- Independence with a “hand-on” initiative;
- Ownership and drive change;
- Always willing to assist, assertive while enlisting cooperation;
- Business partner and team player.

Note

Kimball Electronics is an equal opportunity employer and gives fair chances to all candidates to the role of interest. Under no circumstances, Kimball Electronics will permit any act of discrimination and lack of dignity in relationship with a candidates. Kimball Electronics will assure a proper recruitment process based on professional competencies and roles and responsibilities of the open job.

Please take kindly notice that only selected candidates will be contacted for further selection stages in any recruitment process.

We would like to thank you in advance for understanding this matter!