Master Scheduler - Production

Job Description

The Master Scheduler in

• Schedule manufacturing capacity to ensure timely completion of customer orders, minimize costs, and improve manufacturing flexibility
• Successfully implement the Master Schedule ensuring production is aligned through all stages of the process and across multiple functions
• Ensure daily production requirements are achieved and revise production plan as necessary successfully resolving discrepancies or obstacles
• Serves as a liaison between Manufacturing and Customer Service to address demand, capacity or service level issues that may arise

• Communicate with plant management and make adjustments to schedules as often as daily to meet business demands
• Work with various production departmental staff to ensure daily production requirements are achieved and revise plan as necessary.
• Plan and establish production schedules from start to finish.
• Track progress of production and update the production batch listing daily.
• Controls and supplies paperwork flow to production (work orders, labels).
• Interact with Customer Service and Buyer for large jobs.
• Interfaces with materials department to coordinate schedule compliance for outsourced products.
• Run and publish various reports that measure our plant's daily performance
• Generate schedules based on incoming demand using AS400 system, make modifications to the schedule to stay within capacity numbers
• Participate in the yearly physical inventory and perform cycle counts as needed.
• Track daily build date compliance to the schedule also tracking finished goods being staged ahead of the ship date in a timely manner
• Monitors and communicates demand information across the facility so that everyone is aware of volume and metrics
• Reconciles inaccuracies with customer shipments and deliveries
• Documents key information for analysis which includes downtime, peak production, and scheduling accuracy

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or Supply Chain is preferred
• 3-5 years of experience in manufacturing supervision in high volume, high complexity environment
• Manufacturing knowledge and prior scheduling experience desired
• Knowledge of the product or services within the industry considered an asset
• Sense of urgency and self-motivation, ability to work independently, under pressure in order to meet strict deadlines
• Attention to detail with strong organizational skills and ability to effectively problem solve
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with an ability to work well in cross-functional teams
• Strong Microsoft Office skills with an emphasis on Excel
• AS 400 experience
• CPM or APICS a plus

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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