CMMS Coordinator bei Upstate Niagara Cooperative, Inc.

Join a team that nourishes life from farm to table! Upstate Niagara Cooperative, proudly owned by 200+ local family farms, is one of America’s largest and most stable dairy cooperatives. Guided by farmer- and employee-led values, we process and market high-quality milk, yogurt, dips, sour cream, cottage cheese, and more under our trusted brands: Upstate Farms®, Bison®, Milk for Life®, and Intense Milk®. Here, you’ll support sustainable farming, strong communities, and the mission to deliver fresh, local dairy to families every day.

With general supervision, be responsible for the proper ordering, receiving, storage, inventory, and issuance of the facility’s parts and supplies. Maintains the parts room, coordinates and controls the parts inventory program, and maintains accurate accounting records with the accounting department.

Duties:

• Equipment parts purchasing program.
• Coordinate material requirements
• Locate and maintain sources for all equipment parts.
• Review and ensure that written specifications for supplies, materials, and equipment are maintained to good and accepted purchasing practices and to meet industry standards.
• Prepare informal bids and evaluate bids and parts/equipment purchases.
• Process purchase requisitions and purchase orders in a timely manner
• Receive, account for, and inspect incoming parts and materials to ensure accurate quantity and quality.
• Store and issue a variety of equipment parts; process all requisitions and purchase and maintain accurate records within the computer.
• Do periodic inventory counts of all parts and materials within the parts room, to insure proper identification and quantity
• Prepare reorder request based on inventory stock levels.
• Maintain the equipment parts room in a clean and orderly fashion and in accordance with standard accepted warehouse practices and procedures.
• Maintain records, memos, letters, and related documentation on all hazardous materials received into the facility.
• Perform all other related duties assigned by Management.

Knowledge Of:

• Materials, supplies, and equipment used within the Culture facility.
• Fundamental principles and practices of corporate purchasing, material management and procedures for dairy related equipment.
• Principles of Maintenance parts management
• Specific terminology of the dairy parts industry
• History and format of equipment parts numbering
• Warehousing/store keeping methods and procedures.
• Preferred techniques for establishing sources of supply.
• Basic computer skills with an emphasis on Windows-based programs
• Principles and procedures of record keeping and inventory management.
• Complies with all regulations regarding the handling of Hazardous Materials. Obtains Material Safety Data Sheets as required from the vendors.
• Basic mathematical principles
• Must understand and follow all company safety rules and procedures.

Ability To:

• Interact with Maintenance Staff at a highly technical level.
• Prepare equipment parts purchase specifications.
• Maintain required purchasing records.
• Use equipment parts manuals to identify correct parts to be ordered.
• Ensure that Upstate Niagara obtains the best value for parts, given the required material specifications, delivery urgency, and availability.
• Operate a system computer and be capable of maintaining related word processing and spreadsheet documents.
• Evaluate needs and estimate future supply requirements for all of the Facility’s equipment parts needs.
• Select and recommend the purchase of routinely used materials and supplies.
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing
• Type at a speed necessary for successful job performance
• Perform arithmetic calculations accurately and rapidly.
• Operate a fork truck and drive a medium size truck.
• Establish and maintain cooperative work relationships with those individuals in which you deal with on a daily basis.

Pay: $25/hr.* 

*The salary range indicated in this posting represents the minimum and maximum of the salary range for this position. Actual salary will vary depending on factors including, but not limited to, budget available, prior experience, knowledge, skill and education as they relate to the position’s qualifications, in addition to internal equity. The posted salary range reflects just one component of our total rewards package. Other components of the total rewards package may include participation in group health and/or dental insurance, retirement plan, wellness program, paid time away from work, and paid holidays.

Upstate Niagara Cooperative, Inc. is committed to equal employment opportunity for all, without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.