Schedule Integrator

Responsibilities

• Serve as point of contact for the SMP organization; help coordinate responses to business challenges; spearhead strategic initiatives. Support Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), recovery planning, program proposals, improvement events/projects, and help deconflict shop floor schedule priority. Suggest improvement projects to management and delegate within team as approved. Leverage knowledge of scheduling, project management, Lean Six Sigma, technical skills, and others to deliver high quality workmanship.
• Cook up gap identification and resolution by using in-depth working knowledge, internal support network, and analysis of data from multiple systems with minimal direction. Integrate the program and production schedules so our execution can meet the program objectives. Monitor and contribute to the program onboarding process to translate the program’s statement of work into an achievable production plan.
• Coordinate teams to ensure major program objectives and program schedules are achievable. Integrate with COEs such as Operations, Quality, Engineering, Planning, and Finance. Coordinate teams to schedule non-recurring engineering (NRE) activities, production support items, and staffing plans.
• Manage ad-hoc projects elected by the organization, program management, or site leadership with minimal supervision. Serve as spokesperson for the SMP organization concerning sound scheduling practices for both program and production scheduling. Recommend short- and long-term organizational improvements using sound LEAN thinking. As prime contact for the SMP organization, regularly interact with internal and external senior management representatives.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor's degree preferably in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Engineering, Business Management/Administration or other relevant discipline and at least ten (10) years of experience in a directly related field (or an equivalent combination of education and experience).

Additional Requirements

• Production planning experience
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with cross-functional / cross-site teams
• Expertise in operating effectively within a fast-paced team setting
• Operations, Procurement, Scheduling and Engineering value stream experience, or demonstrated willingness to learn
• Willingness to learn Material Requirements Planning (MRP) & Manufacturing Execution System (MES), Delmia, ASCP, Oracle Enterprise Business Suite, MS Office