MRO Coordinator

From a small family business to a multi-billion dollar global company, Sonoco has been changing the face of products and packaging since 1899 — all while keeping the heart of “People Build Businesses” alive. Our talented people are at the core of our growth, constantly reinventing the Sonoco wheel with brilliant solutions every year. Today we are a world leader in global packaging solutions with diversified operations in over 34 countries. We're extremely proud of our portfolio of brands, our achievements in sustainability and industrialization and the groundbreaking work accomplished by our people.

Reporting directly to the Plant Engineer, as the MRO Coordinator you will be responsible for performing all purchasing and distribution tasks for products and services used to maintain and repair our machines. Safety, quality, productivity, and strong work ethic are important to the Sonoco culture. 

What you’ll be doing:

Storeroom Management

• Report to and take direction from maintenance department supervisor.
• Update inventory in the software for items received and issued.  This includes tagging, labeling and organizing all spare parts.  Receive in, inspect, tag and store in appropriate locations all purchased equipment and supplies.
• Stock shelves and stores area with purchased materials. 
• Unpack, count and reconcile quantity/kind of materials received against what was ordered, making sure packing slip agrees with order and with what was received.
• Develop and maintain appropriate storeroom areas as needed.
• Maintain Storeroom to 5S Standards including daily housekeeping.   
• Distribute and control material from locked and unlocked areas to employees and contractors.
• Ensure that safety rules are followed in the maintenance receiving and storeroom areas to prevent injuries.
• Develop and promptly distribute receiving reports to appropriate departments.
• Document and track purchasing and receiving.  Maintain CMMS systems to improve asset performance, customer satisfaction, and plant profitability. Perform other record keeping for maintenance department, as needed.
• Insure compliance to Sonoco MSDS / SDS policies when bringing in new chemicals
• Locate correct parts for the Maintenance team and issue out
• Maintain and report daily a purchasing log of all purchases.              
• Maintain MRO office to 5S Standards including daily housekeeping.  

Inventory/Purchasing Management

• Develop and maintain a comprehensive Cycle Count Program with daily counts.
• Assist outside vendors with inventories to ensure proper levels are maintained and work with outside vendors to monitor and control any consigned inventory.
• Meet with maintenance and production supervisors as required to review spare parts inventory, critical spares and scheduled work orders requiring parts or equipment.
• Research and identify parts and suppliers in support of maintenance needs.
• Prepare appropriate paperwork when materials are to be returned to vendors.
• Obtain multiple quotes on purchased items along with contracted work.
• Prepare requisitions and place purchase orders for spare parts replenishment.
• Perform reconciliation of purchasing card with required documentation.
• Review storeroom requisition report daily to ensure timely replacement of used material.
• Track supplier performance data such as price, delivery and accuracy in order to assist with routine supplier evaluation and / or selection.
• Maintain communication on status of orders placed / received.

Preventive/Predictive Maintenance Administration

• Assist in work order generation and closure to ensure spare parts and labor hours are coded to capital equipment.
• The kitting of spare parts for scheduled work orders in addition to the management of common assembly kits.
• Participate in and support shutdown planning through parts identification and purchasing.
• Develop and utilize a customer feedback survey for storeroom and maintenance functions.
• Identify repair parts that meet capital funding requirements and develop appropriate paperwork for submission.
• Track and properly document capital expenditures to their appropriate budget accounts.
• Controls and distributes special tooling to maintenance and production personnel.
• Print work orders, purchase orders, preventive maintenance schedule and any other reports as needed.

We’d love to hear from you if:

• Ability to prioritize tasks.
• Professional communication skills.
• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand English.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to work with a computer and accurately enter data into spreadsheets or functional specific software. Including proficiency in MS Excel.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any legally protected characteristic.