Production Scheduler

About the role

This position’s primary role is to ensure that multiple work orders are scheduled for production. The Production Planner responds to sales product demand forecasts, which drives all manufacturing, purchasing, laboratory, and manufacturing related maintenance activities. The Production Planner will create and maintain a valid master schedule for material and capacities by effectively balancing supply and demand for product. This position will play a key role in strengthening planning processes, improving data integrity, and developing effective scheduling tools and systems. The Planner will develop, implement, and improve on processes, tools, and systems in collaboration with the supply chain team and plant organization.

Responsibilities

• Creates, maintains, and verifies the production planning schedule and/or interface with sales, production, and production managers.
• Works to resolve (in case of design changes) labor and material shortages, backlogs, and other potential schedule interruptions.
• Assists in the evaluation of scheduling priorities within the total site requirements needed to support fluctuating demands in sales.
• Participates in continuous improvement of Planning and Control systems.
• Oversee the wide web and narrow web master schedules and ensure comprehensive compliance with materials requirements for manufacturing.
• Creates and maintains a valid Capacity Requirements plan, supporting the Master Schedule. Reviews capacity performance and recommends necessary changes as needed.
• Works with Buyer/Planners and management to provide solutions to problems in meeting the Material Plan in order to ensure that the Master Schedule is achieved.
• Create analysis of demand data to identify trends for master schedule inputs and variance reporting.
• Develop Master Scheduling business process; establish planning cycle and time horizons.
• Develop scheduling methodology that delivers a stable schedule, while still delivering agility when/where needed to support customer requirements.
• Compile and report monthly schedule metrics.
• Effectively communicate scheduling exceptions to Sales, Operations and Program Managers.
• Resolve demand/supply/capacity issues.
• Performs related duties as assigned.
• Responsible for compliance with all regulatory, facility food safety, and quality policies and procedures including product safety (GMPs) policies and procedures.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent