Sr. Production Coordinator (51428)

**Please no external recruiters**

Founded in 1984, Best Formulations LLC, a diversified nutraceutical and personal care company headquartered in City of Industry, California, is a contract manufacturer of thousands of branded SKUs, including high quality nutritional supplements including softgels, tablets, capsules, powders, teas, dietary supplements, and vegetarian softgels.

About the role:

We are a trusted partner to our customers when it comes to innovation and have one of the strongest R&D, product formulation and technical teams in the industry. We are recognized as the leader in plant-based softgel innovation and our ability to encapsulate difficult formulas. We seek out innovation across our entire business and pass that knowledge and expertise to our customers.

As a Sr. Production Coordinator,  is responsible for supporting day-to-day Softgel manufacturing operations by ensuring materials, supplies, and equipment are prepared and available to meet production schedules while maintaining safety, quality, and productivity standards. The Sr. Production Coordinator also helps train operators, supports Lean improvement efforts, assists with writing SOPs, and takes on some supervisory duties when needed. This position requires strong attention to detail, good communication skills, and the ability to work closely with multiple teams to keep operations running smoothly.

How will you contribute:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions. Essential job functions and duties include, but are not limited to:

• Leads and supports special projects as assigned by the Softgel Production Manager, ensuring timely execution and alignment with departmental goals. 
• Assumes limited supervisory responsibilities as needed, providing leadership and floor support in alignment with Softgel Leadership directives. 
• Provides Lean Manufacturing support. 
• Support Supervisors in developing and writing departmental SOP’s and Manufacturing Improvement. 
• Enter, track and follow up on maintenance work-orders 
• Manages the ordering and inventory of production supplies as required by the Production Manager 
• Track and report on production metrics, identifying areas for improvement. 
• Supports Supervisors coordinating product flow between all softgel manufacturing departments.  
• Assist Supervisor in training and developing all operators in technical skills, process improvements and daily work behaviors. 
•  Daily review frozen softgel production schedule and or schedule changes with the production staff. 
•  Assists in enforcing the daily/weekly schedule attainment. 
•  Reviews issued jobs, flag shortages and possible delays and take immediate corrective action to prevent downtime. 
•  Confirms with kitting, materials are released and issued correctly, on time. 
•  Assists with investigations of material variances, inventory issues. 
•  Assists production staff with preventing problems with possible solutions and strategies. 
• Performs various training, including but not limited to safety, Standard operating procedures (SOPs), process, material flo