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Customer Service Operations Coordinator

International Paper
North Kansas City, MO, US, 64116, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 23 Jul 2025
💰 $64,400/yr($48,300/yr$64,400/yr)

About the role

Position Title:

Customer Service Operations Coordinator

 

Pay Rate:

$48,300 - $64,400

Multiple factors, including Individual experience, skills and abilities will determine where an employee is ultimately placed in the pay range.

 

Category/Shift:

Salaried Full-Time

 

Physical Location:

North Kansas City Sheet Plant

1910 Warren St

North Kansas City, MO 64116

 

The Job You Will Perform:

  • Order Management
    • Coordinating all corrugated purchases / orders from 6 plants to 18 sheds – 50M tons annually
    • Maintains the Delivery Tracker to ensure deliveries are timely
    • Monitor inventory levels to determine when inventory needs to be ordered vs transferred                                                                                              
    • Develop a Cost Decision Matrix to determine where to purchase inventory based on variable contribution, freight, availability, etc.
    • Authority to move inventory between districts as needed
    • Take customer orders either directly from customers, shed supervisor or sales rep/managers
  • Inventory Management
    • Inventory Reserves – aged and obsolete inventory
    • Coordinate with sales managers on manufacturing locations
    • Monthly meetings with all sales reps
    • Assist and be the back-up for Inventory Stock Ups in WITRON
    • Purchased Stock vs Invoiced Tons reconciliation and analysis            
    • Monthly Inventory Change analysis to determine composition                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Supervisory authority over contract shed operational personnel  for setting line-ups
  • Price List Management (156 Price Lists, 2000 Items)
    • Build pricelists for each of the 20 Sheds by Customer
    • Maintain pricelists throughout the year for continually changing prices from Sales Reps
    • Review of approved price lists with Sales Manager
    • Field questions and help with quote requests from Sales and Customers
  • Set up New Customers in WITRON and maintain existing customers approximately 65 Customers
  • Assist Centralized Invoicing to resolve billing errors/issues
  • Review Variable Contribution and adjust “Outside Purchase” on Specs when Transfer Pricing changes
  • Create Specs for new items and maintain existing items
    • Work with manufacturing plants and Shed Supervisor
    • Ensure accuracy of Specs in IFreeway
  • Assistance in annual Cost Update
  • TIC management
    • Work with Sales Rep and Customer to review invoices for pricing errors to issue credits as needed
    • Coordinating TICs received from sister plant for defective boxes and reconciling to ensure credit is received in proper accounting period
    • Input and ensure all TICS are resolved through Customer Service Reps in a timely manner approximately 200 annually
  • Process Improvement
    • Work closely with team members, internal departments, customers and sales to identify and implement ways to improve business processes and team’s performance
    • Improve / Implement Customer Service and Commercial processes and reporting

 

The Skills You Will Bring:

 

  • High school diploma or GED.
  • Computer data-entry experience and proficiency in Microsoft Office.
  • Experience in the corrugated industry OR 3+ years of customer relations experience.
  • Excellent business communication skills both verbal and written.
  • Experience with high volume accounts and customer complexity.
  • Experience working in a manufacturing environment preferred.
  • Preferred Competenc

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International Paper

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