Master Scheduler

PURPOSE

Responsible for directing and controlling all production planning activities on assigned shifts to support plant operations by providing a functional production schedule.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

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  Develop and maintain a master schedule for manufacturing based on purchased components and capacities.
• Schedules should be realistic and achievable and adjusted as needed.
• Provide required reviews with production, planning, and procurement personnel to ensure proper execution of the plan.
• Manage the capacity, machine, workforce, and overall supply based on the demand forecast.
• Track actual performance to plans, schedules, and forecasts and adjust master schedules and inventory plans to support capacity situations.
• Analyze lead times with operations and supply chain to ensure schedule accuracy.
• Analyze inventory levels for purchased and manufactured goods. Monitors material inventories, tracks progress of production, and reviews factors which affect schedules.
• Interact frequently with business development and operations.
• Responsible for daily production meetings, presenting updated master production schedules and making the necessary adjustments to keep the plan accurate and updated.
• Timely reporting of key metrics.
• Establish a working relationship with all company functions.
• Perform other reasonable duties as business and operational needs dictated.

Supervisory Responsibilities

None Required

Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

• At least 5 years’ experience working as a master scheduler in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience using APS/ERP Systems. Syteline experience is a plus.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills required. Must have a proven track record of successful interactions with other employees throughout the organization.
• Solid understanding of equipment capacities.
• Proficient in MS Excel.
• Strong problem solving and analysis skills.
• Program and Project Management experience
• Results oriented, strong bias for action, self-motivated and self-directed.
• Able to thrive in a fast-paced and demanding work environment. Ability to balance conflicting and multiple priorities.

Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit and use hands to finger, handle, or feel.
• The employee is frequently required to talk or hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and color vision.

Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Normal office working conditions with the absence of disagreeable elements. Spends a considerable amount of time on the shop floor.