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Do you feel like it’s time to leave your handprint on something meaningful?

At JR PETERS, our production team has been the driving force behind our 70+ year family legacy in the fertilizer industry. Now we’re looking for a dedicated team member that not only wants to help us to continue that legacy, but also build one for themselves.

We are seeking a unique individual that values craftsmanship, and that will aide us in improving the efficiency of our Jacks’ products. Be ready to jump right in so that we can improve our process of making the finest handcrafted water-soluble fertilizers for big time growers of fruits, veggies, landscape plantings and flowers for home gardeners and now the booming cannabis market!

We are a company of passionate plant loving people who know that our customers’ success all starts right here at home.

Help us continue to fuel our reputation as the industry’s top producer of highest-in-quality fertilizer products.

Sounds good? Here's what we are looking for in our new Team member:

Leadership / management traits: The ability to show a track record for developing a collaborative culture within a production team.

The ability to push for execution and improvement while treating people with respect and decency.

This position will hold others accountable and strive to improve our manufacturing environment by evaluating our equipment, information workflows, materials, and methods to achieve schedule, and quality goals of production.Initial Projects: Examine two of our current processes related to scheduling production & order fulfillment. Identity and be ready to implement your proven ideas on how we can gain efficiencies on the production line and with scheduling people.

Production Schedule: Post the daily / weekly production schedule while considering the flow of orders & employee schedule.

• Ensure our orders and runs are efficiently scheduled in a way that makes fertilizer sense to reduce quality issues or downtime.
• Optimize the process by which we schedule existing PO’s so that our Team can communicate with customers so that they know our schedule and what will ship. Thereby reducing the workload placed on customer service and eliminating any chance for favoritism amongst placed order.
• Devise ways to efficiently communicating this information internally to each supporting Team.

Stock & Space: Create an efficient method to determine what/ when to produce and what/ how much to stock

• Evaluate how we utilize our warehouse space based on our PO’s and schedule.
• The goal is to fulfill orders and efficiently use the space to ship orders in a timely manner.
• Effectively communicate stock levels & finished good inventory. Work with our Supply Chain Manager, Production Manager & Management team to understand how inventory levels of manufacturing inputs affect this as well as cyclical customer demand.

Duties and Accountabilities:

Every process here at JRP has room for continuous improvement, and this role will work to highlight which ones will have the largest returns in both short and long terms. The goal is to continually strive for an optimized process in everything we do so that we deliver value at each step by becoming more efficient, business-driven, agile, and professional. These duties expand on future goals of the position.

• Gain an understanding of fertilizer and or nutrients raw material specifications, to build the most efficient high-quality runs. We produce the Finest Water-Soluble Fertilizers and will not waver on that standard.
• Improve upon our manufacturing flexibility – our model of production requires a quick response to changes in customer demand. Identify the ups and downs of business cycles, and outline practices for fast response and develop this into something that gives us a competitive advantage.
• Production Forecast: project 30, 60, 90-day production cycle based on current and historical PO’s, future demand and interaction with management, sales and tech team to maximize efficiency of formula selection that we house on the floor.

Job Requirements * 4 year Degree in Business / Materials Management or engineering preferred, however, education requirement can be less of an importance if the candidate can demonstrate on the job practical skills.

• Need strong ability to set priorities, solve problems, and be resourceful in many different types of working environments.
• You will work with people at all levels of this team, from the production floor to the customer in the greenhouse to our office team. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are required.
• You live for the small victories. The efficiency game is won inch by inch, and we recognize that over time, hundreds of small improvements make gigantic differences.
• You must be inquisitive and investigative. You must have the itch to know “Why?”. Why do problems exist? Where can they be solved?
• Be both process driven and data hungry. Be able to show us how improvements in process can increase efficiencies and use the data to prove it.

Think this is right for you?

The working conditions are on the production floor, yep that means learning and getting involve with both our crews to get your hands dirty. Great ideas only happen when there is excellent follow through.

Must be willing to fit into our team environment. Production operates on two shifts from 6 am to 11:30 pm with some flexibility in hours according to the daily workload.

JR Peters offers a competitive compensation & benefits packages that you should expect from a company that cares- we can fill you in on all those details after application.

Please send a reply to us at indeed with your resume, salary requirements and all the other stuff we need to know about you. Salary and pay structure are dependent experience and educational requirements.

JR Peters Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability or genetic information.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $25.00 - $40.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental Pay:

• Bonus pay

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• Production planning: 3 years (Preferred)
• Process management: 2 years (Preferred)

This Company Describes Its Culture as:

• Detail-oriented -- quality and precision-focused
• Innovative -- innovative and risk-taking
• Outcome-oriented -- results-focused with strong performance culture
• Stable -- traditional, stable, strong processes
• People-oriented -- supportive and fairness-focused
• Team-oriented -- cooperative and collaborative

Company's website:

• www.jrpeters.com

Company's Facebook page:

• https://www.facebook.com/JRPetersInc

Benefit Conditions:

• Only full-time employees eligible

Work Remotely:

• No

COVID-19 Precaution(s):

• Remote interview process
• Personal protective equipment provided or required
• Temperature screenings
• Social distancing guidelines in place
• Virtual meetings
• Sanitizing, disinfecting, or cleaning procedures in place

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