Asset Scheduler

Responsibilities

• Issue detailed schedule for each asset based on a final time-phased production plan.
• Manage daily production schedules during planning horizon.
• Manage production details in line with business strategy (cost, rate, inventory and uptime).
• Assure schedule is continually maintained and communicated throughout the supply chain.
• Highlight and actively participate in the identification and resolution of inventory, customer order issues, and quality issues as they develop.
• Work closely with Master scheduler and order planning personnel.
• Communicate production schedule issues, supply changes, deviations from plan and potential resolutions to appropriate parties.
• Cook up secondary processing of finished product (e.g., rework and repackaging).
• Manage performance standards and analysis methods to compare actual production performance against the established standards.
• Maintain monitoring process orders & assure closed as needed, accurate process orders are used to maintain system & data integrity.
• Primary interface between manufacturing and supply chain.
• Works with manufacturing to optimize the plant schedule along with manufacturing capabilities.
• Co-ordinates the production planning with maintenance planning and scheduling needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• 5-10+ years of experience in supply planning, production planning, or distribution planning.
• Demonstrated ability to create and execute detailed asset-level production schedules while ensuring material feasibility and supply continuity.
• Strong working knowledge of MRP, replenishment logic, safety stock / reorder strategies, and production execution principles.
• APICS/ASCM certification preferred.
• Six Sigma Green Belt Certification preferred.