Product Configuration Coordinator

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Kimball, MI
Appliances • Industrial
The Role

Kimball Electronics is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status.

No sponsorship is available for this position.

Position Overview
This position is located in Jasper, IN and reports to the Product Configuration Team Lead.
High Level Statement of the Role:

Review customer documentation for accuracy, clarity and compatibility with Kimball’s product configuration processes. Ensure the customer’s intent is captured while entering, configuring and validating BOMs, part numbers, AMPLs, change orders, drawings and assembly instructions.
The Product Configuration Coordinator is responsible to:

  • Receive and log product data.  Review data for completeness.  Ensure data is uniquely identified.
  • Understand the intent of the documentation.  Create and maintain Kimball part numbers.
  • Control Bills of Material to the component level.
  • Create and maintain the integrity of Approved Manufacturers Parts Lists (AMPLs).
  • Monitor and manage the effectivity dates of configuration items.
  • Provide guidance and training to users of product configuration information, documentation and our Engineering Change system.
  • Communicate product configuration and data concerns effectively with internal and external customers.
  • Directly support enhancements and development of business tools and systems.

Basic Candidate Background Requirements

  • Successfully Interview with relevant hiring team
  • Successfully pass pre-employment drug test
  • A US person by ITAR definition

Key Performance Objectives:

Short Term to Mid Term: (0 to 3 months)

  • Learn KEJ systems and controls by reviewing existing applicable processes, SOPs, quality systems and other relevant instructions.
  • Demonstrate a general understanding of configuration management strategy and application.
  • Demonstrate ability to navigate key transactions in SAP including those necessary to create and maintain master data.
  • Work alongside others on the team while learning how to support the handling of customer data and interface with project teams.

Mid Term: (3 to 6 months)

  • Competently apply Kimball’s methods for managing configuration items in SAP including the documentation vault, part number master data and the engineering change system.
  • Provide master data and product configuration support to the project teams somewhat independently, leaning on peers to support only as needed.
  • Provide monthly report out of accomplishments.

Long Term: (6 to >12 months)

  • Work with Program Management, customer and/or production as necessary to resolve all issues with configuration data according to the project schedule.
  • Work with other disciplines within KEI to properly configure information to the manufacturing process.
  • Communicate product configuration and data concerns effectively with internal and external customers.
  • Directly support enhancements and development of relevant business tools and systems.
  • Monitor the effectiveness of configuration management processes and recognize, initiate and help drive needed changes to existing business procedures and policies.
The Company
HQ: Jasper, Indiana
2,481 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1961

What We Do

Who We Are -
Kimball Electronics is a leading contract manufacturer of durable goods electronics serving a variety of industries on a global scale. Kimball Electronics continues to make the customer the focus of everything we do. Our touch is felt throughout daily life via the markets we serve: Automotive, Industrial, and Medical. Recognized with a reputation for excellence, Kimball Electronics is committed to a high-performance culture that values personal and organizational commitment to quality, reliability, value, speed, and ethical behavior. Our employees know they are part of a corporate culture that builds success for customers while enabling employees to share in the Company’s success through personal, professional, and financial growth.

What We Do -
Kimball Electronics is a preeminent Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider serving customers around the world. Our contract electronics manufacturing services teams provide manufacturing, engineering and supply chain services, design and testing services, as well as regulatory support processes which utilize common production and support capabilities for a variety of industries globally.

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