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Finished Goods Logistics and Inventory Specialist

Company:

INEOS Phenol

Interested in joining a winning team? A team whose employees share in the ownership of the business and are empowered to make a difference?

Department

Business Services

Location       

Mobile, AL

Organizational context and job purpose

INEOS Phenol is the world’s largest producer of phenol and acetone with an annual manufacturing capacity of over 3 million tonnes per annum. We employ around 600 people across four sites, located at: Antwerp (Belgium), Gladbeck (Germany), Marl (Germany), Mobile, AL and Pasadena, TX. Our markets are growing worldwide. Our efficient, integrated assets provide a competitive global manufacturing base to grow with our customers, to continue to meet their needs around the world.

How the Role fits In:

This position is responsible for the supply chain management of phenol and acetone, including the verification of incoming and outgoing shipments, generating reports in the manufacturing and dispatch areas as well as data entries and reconciliation.Assist with the operation of all graphically dispersed outlying tank storage locations and responsible for supporting the Sales Force during forecasting.Coordinates the flow of materials between manufacturing plants and outlying tank storage locations. Making all necessary arrangement with surveyors, broker etc. for delivery of product.

Responsibilities AND Accountabilities

SHE Stewardship

Maintain safety as the highest priority and abide by all INEOS safety policies and procedures.

Understand and promote the INEOS “20 Principles of Safety”, assuring that others are aware of safe working practices and promote the safety concepts of “Coaching for Safety” and “Stop Work”.

Promote safety and safe actions through communication such as discussing safety with employees/contractors before job task, during meetings, and as opportunities arise to promote safety to the fullest extent possible.

Ensure compliance with all safety and environmental regulatory requirements and strive to meet internal SHE objectives.

Complete training requirements as outlined in the annual training schedule.

Work Duties

Responsible for SAP month end inventory reconciliation of phenol, acetone,physical inventory versus SAP inventory and material balance excel spreadsheet.

Maintains and updates daily, inventory excel spreadsheets and advises Production Manager, Sales and Marketing of any inventory related issues.

Responsible for maintaining appropriate inventory levels at all outlying storage locations.

Arranges for the transfer of product with carriers from plant site and co-producers to meet customer orders. Enters all SAP transactions related to transfer product movement.

Works closely with Raw Material Supply Chain Specialist for continued logistics improvements on all barge movements.

Schedules all inland barge movements from all shipping locations.

Responsible for advising all agents/owners of dock and inventory availability and/or issues.

Manages the entire railcar fleet, utilizing excel spreadsheet, and Internet tracking systems.

Advises Logistics Purchasing Manager of logistics needs.

Reviews related logistics invoices to ensure accuracy.

Maintains demurrage excel spreadsheets and both vessel and barges. Advises account representative of any necessary invoicing to customers.

Follow up on inventory outlook and raw material planning based upon the production/sales forecast.

Coordinates the weekly logistics meeting, which includes Production,

Loading, Sales and Marketing.

Skills & Knowledge Required

Education/Experience

This position requires a Bachelor’s degree (BA) from a four-year college or university in Business Management or Engineering; or

or at least five (5) years related experience and/or training; or

Equivalent combination of education and experience.

Skills/Competencies

The use of the following office equipment will be required: Personal computer, calculator, multi-line telephone, copier, printer, scanner, fax

The use of the following software could be required: Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Power Point, Outlook), Skype, Visio, Adobe (PDF), Share Point, SAP, Microsoft Project

The use of the following site systems could be required: Emerson Distributive Control System, PI Data Historian, COA Database, Training Mine, Alfresco Document Management, Esker

Physical Requirements

Sedentary Work:Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time.Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

The position will require the ability to respond to critical inquiries outside of normal working hours to include nights and weekends.

Possible Conditions to be Subjected to:

The worker is subject to inside environmental conditions:

Protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes.

Disclaimer

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts or working conditions associated with the job.  While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or require that different tasks be performed when circumstance change (e.g., emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, rush jobs, or technological developments).

Our culture is one of honesty and integrity with an emphasis on safety, health and environmental performance.On our team, people are acknowledged for embracing new practices that help create real value for customers.

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