The Inventory Coordinator is responsible for inventory reporting, Equipment and material disposition, capacity/utilization analysis and reporting of Key Performance Indicator (KPI) metrics for Services tooling and equipment in support of new vessel construction and repair/refit Programs at Seaspan Vancouver Shipyards (VSY).
Note: Due to business needs, this position is required to be fully on-site based at 50 Pemberton Avenue, North Vancouver.
What you’ll do
- Generate inventory cycle counts for all areas of the services department, including inventories held at auxiliary production sites. Review cycle count results and investigate variances.
- Create inventory on hand accuracy reports and perform trends analysis, resulting in recommendations for continuous improvement of inventory accuracy.
- Ensure cycle count processes and frequency of counts aligns with inventory management policies and contractual requirements.
- Analysis of inventories at multiple production sites with ongoing reporting of obsolescence, shelf life expiration and dead stock.
- Business lead for disposition of damaged/defective materials, including dead stock and obsolescence tracking.
- Analyze and report warehousing capacity and utilization against plan, to provide visibility to the business for budgeting and strategic planning.
- Ongoing review of distributed inventory issued to Operations, to maintain WIP alignment with production capacity.
- Oversee Kanban replenishment for materials currently managed in this manner and explore additional Kanban opportunities.
- Oversee VMI replenishment for materials currently managed in this manner and explore additional VMI opportunities.
- Collect, validate, interpret and organize various types of data into relevant metrics and reports and/or summaries.
- Perform other duties and projects as assigned by management.
- Manage yard trailer CVIs, load information and available capacity.
What you’ll bring
- Post-secondary degree in a relevant field. An equivalent combination of education and/or work experience will be considered.
- Demonstrated experience in the responsibilities of this role.
- Minimum of 5 years inventory management and reporting experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience using MRP/ERP and CMMS systems.
- Experience with Kanban inventory management systems.
- Advanced proficiency in MS Excel, including pivot tables, macros, charting, and data analysis, with the ability to interpret KPIs and present insights clearly to diverse audiences.
- Strong analytical and reporting skills, including data mining, performance measurement, and experience with ERP/MRP systems such as Oracle and IFS.
- Extensive knowledge of warehouse and manufacturing operations, including the development and management of Kanban systems to support production efficiency.
- Excellent communication, customer service, and problem-solving abilities, with a proven track record of collaborating effectively across all organizational levels in fast-paced environments.
Why you’ll love working here
- This is a full-time, permanent position. With multiple operations and long-term projects, Seaspan employees enjoy job stability as we look ahead to build ships for decades to come.
- In addition to an annual bonus and pension plan matching, this role provides you a very competitive salary in line with the successful candidate’s experience.
- We also provide a best-in-class health and wellness benefits package for this position, including such things as full health care (e.g. unlimited physiotherapy), dental, vision, life insurance, medical leave coverage, parental leave coverage, childcare benefit partnership, Personal Spending Account, and an Employee Family Assistance Program (EFAP).
- Free on-site gym.
- Parking is included.
The estimated salary for this position is $73,800-$90,200. In determining final salary, Seaspan considers many factors including the successful Candidate’s skillset and experience as well as position location and internal equity. The final base salary offer will be at the Company’s sole discretion and presented as part of a competitive total compensation package.
Seaspan Shipyards is one of North America’s most modern shipyards and unique in its ability to provide a complete range of services including new construction, conversion, refit, repair and life-cycle maintenance work for Canada’s Coast Guard and Navy as well as commercial vessels including cruise-ships and deep-sea vessels. Seaspan Shipyards operations include Vancouver Shipyards, Vancouver Drydock and Victoria Shipyards.
To learn more, visit our website: www.seaspan.com
This position may involve defense articles and/or technical data regulated by the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (“ITAR”) and the U.S. Arms Export Control Act. In compliance with ITAR, the successful candidate will be subject to a security clearance through the Canadian Controlled Goods Program as regulated by the Controlled Goods Regulations and Defense Production Act. The successful candidate will be required to maintain their security clearance throughout their employment in this position.
Seaspan is committed to Employment Equity, supports diversity in the workplace, and encourages applications from all qualified individuals including, women, members of visible minorities, Indigenous persons, and persons with disabilities. If you require any accommodations at any stage of the recruitment process, please reach out to our Talent Acquisition team at recruit@seaspan.com for confidential support. We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible environment.
Due to the nature of this position, and requirements of the Government of Canada, this position requires the successful candidate to obtain and maintain a Canada Controlled Goods Program approval, Reliability Status (or higher depending on position) security clearance issued by the Government of Canada. All required approvals and clearances must be obtained prior to commencement of employment in any position. The successful candidate will also be required to obtain a satisfactory criminal record check as a precondition to commencement of employment.
