Master Scheduler

About the role

Royal is a diverse manufacturer of injection molding, urethane foam and assemblies serving the automotive, furniture, and consumer products industries. The company values integrity, stewardship, teamwork, hard work, and excellence, and is committed to being an employer of choice. The Master Scheduler position is located at the Hudsonville, MI facility and reports to the Manager of Master Schedulers.

Responsibilities

• Hold a crucial leadership role in plant-level supply chain operations, contributing significantly to overall planning, scheduling, purchasing, execution, inventory management, and ERP planning systems processes.
• Manage the master production schedule and rough cut capacity plan for both internal and external manufacturing sites, optimizing production while considering customer and forecast demand, production capacities, material availability, and resource requirements.
• Address production issues, risks, and propose effective solutions.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with S&OP teams, including Sr Demand Planners, to create and maintain a capacity requirements plan that supports orders anticipated for medium and long‑term plans.
• Be a vital stakeholder and participant in all S&OP and S&OE meetings required from the plant perspective.
• Work independently under your own initiative with personal ownership for the results.
• Bring extreme ownership and coordinate with engineering, purchasing, and production to facilitate changes, ensuring appropriate configuration and communication of material requirements.
• Steward core manufacturing data to ensure accurate information is used across the supply chain.
• Maintain replenishment signals within the ERP system for manufactured items to assure a smooth flow of materials and enable operational efficiency.
• Be data driven and analyze trends and KPI’s to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Incorporate findings and take action to serve stakeholders with the best information at the appropriate lead times for solid decision‑making.
• Manage schedule attainment, establish, and maintain a production schedule process that yields an achievable plan optimizing productivity, minimizing inventory, and maximizing customer service.
• Coordinate for production schedules to be published weekly and updated daily.
• Effectively communicate using data with all levels of the organization, from shop floor to plant leadership.
• Work with Production Managers on scheduling, capacity requirements planning, and provide input to management regarding delays in material deliveries and/or production schedules.
• Operate with excellence, prepare run‑out analysis, coordinate and lead scheduling attainment activities, interact with all functional areas to root‑cause issues to improve KPI, and support plant‑wide improvements for delivery metrics (CRSD, SSD, Lead‑time).
• Extend knowledge by performing advanced business analytics and analysis to derive actionable insights and recommendations related to production planning, safety stock, and inventory management; evaluate runouts for discontinued items and coordinate exit strategies with Manufacturing, Engineering, Product Management, and Procurement.
• Coordinate with Supplier Scheduling, Manufacturing, Quality, and Engineering to ensure materials are on site timely for speedy and accurate parts availability to meet customer demands.
• Coordinate the scheduling and inventory movement of all outside processing inventory locations.

Qualifications

• BA/BS Degree in Supply Chain Management or Industrial Engineering is preferred.
• Equivalent career experience is acceptable if no degree is held.
• 3‑5 years minimum experience in Supply Chain (Materials Management, Inventory Management, Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Procurement, SIOP).
• Critical thinker with strong mathematical and analytical skills.
• Process‑minded and continuous improvement focused.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and evaluate alternative solutions to meet business needs.
• Ability to work in matrix environments, drive change, and influence business stakeholders.
• Collaborative skills and ability to work in a multi‑site virtual work environment, telling the story with data.
• Great communication, interpersonal skills, and team player mentality.
• Provide instructions and directions to colleagues in the planning and procurement organization and other functional areas and/or regions.
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