INFICON is a leading provider of innovative instrumentation, critical sensor technologies and smart manufacturing/industry 4.0 software solutions that enhance productivity and quality of tools, processes and complete factories. These analysis, measurement and control products are essential for gas leak detection in air conditioning/refrigeration and automotive manufacturing. They are vital to equipment manufacturers and end-users in the complex fabrication of semiconductors and thin film coatings for optics, flat panel displays, solar cells and industrial vacuum coating applications. Other users of our vacuum-based processes include the life sciences, research, aerospace, packaging, heat treatment, laser cutting and many other industrial processes. We also leverage our expertise in vacuum technology to provide unique, toxic chemical analysis products for emergency response, security, and environmental health and safety.
The ERP Data Specialist is responsible for the integrity of all ERP Bill of Material & Routing information and streamlining the processes involved in creating and editing this information. The role is also responsible for diagnosing and solving issues related to BOM & Routing data integrity that occur on the production floor and for working jointly with our Engineering group on developing sound configuration management decisions. This position will report to the Head of Operations Engineering.
Essential Job Duties
- Deep understanding of how Inficon currently uses its existing ERP System (SAP) for all production floor BOM & routing characteristics. - Make recommendations on improving INFICON’s usage of each of these items. - Diagnosing and solving production floor issues related to BOMs & Routings - Responsible for the data-entry for all New Program Development (NPD) SAP BOM, Material Master & Routing data - Streamlining the data-entry and editing process for this information using features in SAP that Inficon currently under-utilizes - Develop and streamline the process of BOM entry for product which INFICON offers with customer-defined variant configurations - Generate custom queries in SAP to better understand the underlying data that drives INFICON’s business processes - Work to ensure both internal and external customers are satisfied with the team’s response in dealing with ERP data issues - Work jointly with Inficon’s production, planning, logistics & process engineering departmentsKey Behaviors
- Attention to detail, problem solving skills and resourceful mentality - Excellent communication skills and enjoys challenges - Ability to manage multiple projects at the same time - Ability to establish credibility and trust from all levels of the organization. Education and/or Experience - Experience as a power-user of an ERP system(s) and deep familiarity with BOMs, routings & production work orders - Experience generating data queries in order to investigate and make data edits/loads on a large scale basis - Bachelor’s Degree in a technical discipline and 2+ years of experience - Experience in high cleanliness, tight tolerance, and high mix manufacturing environments preferred - Demonstrated ability to develop methods of entry/edits of large ERP datasets - Demonstrated ability of being strong at self-education on software systems/capabilities