Team Lead, Operations Project Manager at Menasha Packaging in Springfield, Illinois

Job Description:

Essential Functions:

• Manages/monitors and analyzes inventory and customer forecasts to initiate production scheduling and/or material orders, working closely with key stakeholders


• Supports overall client pricing strategies including negotiating pricing with external vendors


• Ensures timely order entry and proactively manages order timelines for assigned account(s)


• Receives and responds to customer complaints and processes appropriate corrective actions


• Proactively monitors open orders to advise key stakeholders of possible lead time challenges


• Demonstrates knowledge of Menasha's products and capabilities to align with customer's products and objectives


• Monitors product inventory to assure availability for production and/or distribution to customer; works with management to disposition aging inventory


• Prepares purchase orders for outside materials


• Prepares and reviews required business reports


• Supports continuous improvement initiatives

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree required


• 5 to 7 years of relevant work experience

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Ability to design, implement and execute business processes and associated applications


• Knowledge of and ability to implement effective strategies and activities that promote long-term customer loyalty


• Knowledge of the major responsibilities, accountabilities, and organization of the customer support function or department


• Familiarity with organization's policies, standards and procedures guiding customer interactions


• Knowledge of practices, tools, and techniques for communicating with a customer


• Knowledge of and ability to apply the processes, activities and tools associated with managing customer requests

Physical Requirements & Work Environment

• Primarily works in an office environment with occasional time spent in a production and/or warehouse setting


• Position may be based at Menasha Packaging site or customer location

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