Production Planner/Scheduler (Distribution)

Key Responsibilities

• Provides superior customer service and excellent financial return to the company
• Develops and monitors operations plans and schedules and coordinates maintenance activities to meet schedules
• Works closely with the sales team to meet customer service expectations (e.g., scheduling order fulfillment and cost-effective delivery)
• Prepares operations plans for the day
• Establishes the appropriate production time for customer orders, in collaboration with Sales
• Schedules engineered lumber packs for production, considering promise date, delivery schedule, lead times, cutter capacity, product series and customer ranking
• Utilizes optimizer tool to schedule and release production orders to engineered lumber cut team, which may also include some manual production processes
• Reviews all necessary changes to production orders, before releasing to team
• Creates manual production orders, once our replenishment team signals the need for full unit cuts
• Aids in leading a team of hourly warehouse associates and forklift operators
• Provides coaching, guidance, management and direction to the team
• Provides strong leadership in safety, customer service, performance management, employee development and training, inventory management, and problem solving
• Uses regular communication with sales to coordinate the daily work schedule for operations
• Drives safety culture and supports the scheduling of equipment maintenance when needed

Qualifications

• At least 3 or more years of supervisory experience
• Personal commitment to safety as #1 priority
• Working knowledge of effective inventory management and distribution practices
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective business relationships across multiple functions
• Strong interpersonal skills, excellent communication skills, a high level of initiative, commitment to customer satisfaction and continuous improvement
• Proficient using MS Office
• Able to work a variety of shifts, weekends, and holidays as needed
• Able to lift up to 50 lbs
• Able to operate a forklift

Preferred Skills

• Bachelor’s degree
• Prior experience with building materials distribution
• Prior experience scheduling work
• Demonstrated working knowledge of supply chain logistics processes, including demand planning, distribution planning, inventory management and control, transportation and logistics planning, and warehousing
• Understanding of Lean Concepts; Experience with Leading Lean Improvement Activities
• Forklift capable with solid understanding of distribution
• Forklift certified and able to load/unload and pull orders as needed