Production Scheduler (56658)

How You'll Make An Impact

• Responsible for promptly confirming and communicating On-Time Manufacturing (OTM) dates to Coordinators.
• Applies analytical thinking to balance capacity, customer demand, and production constraints.
• Ensures that production schedules are sequenced to meet customer commitments, maximize production efficiencies, and maximize throughput.
• Distributes the production schedules for the next 24 hours to each machine, the Supervisors, and Leads.
• Escalates to management when production lead times extend for key customer accounts and key value streams.
• Makes recommendations to reduce these lead times.
• Provides plans for production shortfalls and gains, alters schedules accordingly, and communicates changes to appropriate personnel and departments to resolve issues that may cause delays or disruptions.
• Schedules overtime to satisfy customer requirements.
• Collaborates with production management to coordinate machine down time with department supervisors, maintenance, and planning.
• Ensures commitments made to customers can be achieved and presents options when commitments are in jeopardy.
• Continuously monitors and reports on actual production make-ready and run speeds vs. estimated time in scheduling system where the goal is to have estimates and actuals align as closely as possible.
• Collaborates with production supervisors to make schedule adjustments based on changing conditions, while achieving OTM dates.
• Promptly responds to customer expedite requests and communicates to Coordinators any changes to OTM dates.
• Develops and maintains a detailed understanding of production processes, equipment, and capabilities.
• Leads daily production meetings.
• Initiates action to prevent quality problems, contributes to possible solutions, and verifies implementation of solutions.
• Controls further processing when a quality problem is identified.
• Evaluates and identifies opportunities to drive process improvements that positively impact the customer’s experience and improve internal processes and systems.

Basic Qualifications

• Three plus years’ experience with scheduling in a complex manufacturing environment.
• Thorough knowledge of litho printing as well as die-cutting, laminating and gluing preferred.
• Embraces Continuous Improvement.
• Computer literate with experience using the Microsoft Office Suite.
• High school diploma or equivalent.

What Will Make You Stand Out

• Experience in finite scheduling software (such as Printflow).
• Experience in Packaging Manufacturing.

Why You’ll Love Working Here

• Our Culture: We’re stronger together. Safety comes first, and we believe our people, customers, and investors are the foundation of our success. Collaboration and respect drive everything we do.
• Competitive Compensation: Your base pay will reflect factors like market location, experience, and skills. Many roles also include performance bonuses as part of the total compensation package.
• Benefits That Matter: We offer a full range of benefits designed to support you and your family, including: Medical, dental, and vision insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO) and company holidays, 401(k) with employer match, Short-term and long-term disability insurance, Life insurance, … and more!