Key is searching for an Operations Coordinator to organize and communicate operational information between various KEY departments, including Operations, Accounting, Sales, Customer Service, and the Distribution Center and to be a central point of contact with internal and external Quality Assurance teams and our factories regarding all necessary information to create and receive high quality apparel. This role is responsible for all aspects of the purchase order process from creation to receipt, including closing-out, extending, and communicating changes to all relevant parties.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Input, evaluate, and execute purchase orders with suppliers (forecast planning is not required – the purchase plan will be provided);
• Establish and maintain supplier relationships by serving as a primary point of contact between KEY and its manufacturing partners;
• Manage record keeping for all contractor correspondence and documentation;
• Manage Work-in-Process (WIP) report weekly to ensure the timely delivery of products, timely communicate discrepancies or issues within the WIP report, propose resolutions to WIP report discrepancies;
• Coordinate with the Quality Assurance Team – internal, independent 3rd parties, and factory personnel – to ensure that each Purchase Order has received an audit by both the factory (prior to shipment) and by either an independent 3rd party or an internal KEY Apparel audit;
• Provide Purchase Order-related issue resolution, both internally and externally;
• Monitor and complete Purchase Order close-out, extension, or renewal, as appropriate;
• Coordinate freight / shipments between suppliers and freight forwarders;
• Communicate Purchase Order related information to all stakeholders;
• Create / set up new items within KEY’s ERP system;
• Maintain all tech packs and insure all information is current (requires coordination with external vendors); and
• Manage the Pre-production Check Run (PCR) process for new item creation.

This job profile is not meant to be all inclusive of the responsibilities of this position and this position may require the performance of other duties as necessary.

Key offers competitive compensation including a highly competitive benefits package.

Interested candidates please send resume with references via e-mail [email protected] or by mail to Key Industries, Inc., Attn: Human Resources, 400 Marble Road, Fort Scott, KS 66701. For more information about Key, please visit our web-site at www.keyapparel.com.

Key is searching for an Operations Coordinator to organize and communicate operational information between various KEY departments, including Operations, Accounting, Sales, Customer Service, and the Distribution Center and to be a central point of contact with internal and external Quality Assurance teams and our factories regarding all necessary information to create and receive high quality apparel. This role is responsible for all aspects of the purchase order process from creation to receipt, including closing-out, extending, and communicating changes to all relevant parties.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Input, evaluate, and execute purchase orders with suppliers (forecast planning is not required – the purchase plan will be provided);
• Establish and maintain supplier relationships by serving as a primary point of contact between KEY and its manufacturing partners;
• Manage record keeping for all contractor correspondence and documentation;
• Manage Work-in-Process (WIP) report weekly to ensure the timely delivery of products, timely communicate discrepancies or issues within the WIP report, propose resolutions to WIP report discrepancies;
• Coordinate with the Quality Assurance Team – internal, independent 3rd parties, and factory personnel – to ensure that each Purchase Order has received an audit by both the factory (prior to shipment) and by either an independent 3rd party or an internal KEY Apparel audit;
• Provide Purchase Order-related issue resolution, both internally and externally;
• Monitor and complete Purchase Order close-out, extension, or renewal, as appropriate;
• Coordinate freight / shipments between suppliers and freight forwarders;
• Communicate Purchase Order related information to all stakeholders;
• Create / set up new items within KEY’s ERP system;
• Maintain all tech packs and insure all information is current (requires coordination with external vendors); and
• Manage the Pre-production Check Run (PCR) process for new item creation.

This job profile is not meant to be all inclusive of the responsibilities of this position and this position may require the performance of other duties as necessary.

Key offers competitive compensation including a highly competitive benefits package.

Interested candidates please send resume with references via e-mail [email protected] or by mail to Key Industries, Inc., Attn: Human Resources, 400 Marble Road, Fort Scott, KS 66701. For more information about Key, please visit our web-site at www.keyapparel.com.

Key is searching for an Operations Coordinator to organize and communicate operational information between various KEY departments, including Operations, Accounting, Sales, Customer Service, and the Distribution Center and to be a central point of contact with internal and external Quality Assurance teams and our factories regarding all necessary information to create and receive high quality apparel. This role is responsible for all aspects of the purchase order process from creation to receipt, including closing-out, extending, and communicating changes to all relevant parties.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Input, evaluate, and execute purchase orders with suppliers (forecast planning is not required – the purchase plan will be provided);
• Establish and maintain supplier relationships by serving as a primary point of contact between KEY and its manufacturing partners;
• Manage record keeping for all contractor correspondence and documentation;
• Manage Work-in-Process (WIP) report weekly to ensure the timely delivery of products, timely communicate discrepancies or issues within the WIP report, propose resolutions to WIP report discrepancies;
• Coordinate with the Quality Assurance Team – internal, independent 3rd parties, and factory personnel – to ensure that each Purchase Order has received an audit by both the factory (prior to shipment) and by either an independent 3rd party or an internal KEY Apparel audit;
• Provide Purchase Order-related issue resolution, both internally and externally;
• Monitor and complete Purchase Order close-out, extension, or renewal, as appropriate;
• Coordinate freight / shipments between suppliers and freight forwarders;
• Communicate Purchase Order related information to all stakeholders;
• Create / set up new items within KEY’s ERP system;
• Maintain all tech packs and insure all information is current (requires coordination with external vendors); and
• Manage the Pre-production Check Run (PCR) process for new item creation.

This job profile is not meant to be all inclusive of the responsibilities of this position and this position may require the performance of other duties as necessary.

Key offers competitive compensation including a highly competitive benefits package.

Interested candidates please send resume with references via e-mail [email protected] or by mail to Key Industries, Inc., Attn: Human Resources, 400 Marble Road, Fort Scott, KS 66701. For more information about Key, please visit our web-site at www.keyapparel.com.