The materials flow organizer — coordinating supplier activities and materials for manufacturing operations.
As a Manufacturing Supply Chain Coordinator, you coordinate supply chain activities that support manufacturing. You're tracking supplier orders, managing material receipts, coordinating with production planning, and ensuring materials are available when needed.
Your day connects suppliers and production. You might track incoming material orders, then coordinate with receiving, then communicate with suppliers on timing, then support inventory management, then update planning on material status. You're ensuring production has what it needs.
The hardest part is managing material variability while production demands consistency. Suppliers have issues, lead times slip, quality problems arise. You need to communicate effectively and find solutions. The people who thrive here are organized, communicative, and can manage multiple supplier relationships.
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Median pay for a Manufacturing Supply Chain Coordinator is about $102K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $61K to $181K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Judgment and Decision Making, Active Listening, Coordination, Monitoring, and Time Management.
Most people in this role hold a bachelor's degree.
Employment in this field is projected to grow about 6.1% through 2034, with roughly 213,000 people working in it today (BLS).
Closely related roles include Manufacturing Supply Chain Manager, Inventory Control Supervisor, and Parts Manager.
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