Master Scheduler

Position Purpose:

The Level 1 Scheduler has the responsibility of establishing, managing, reviewing and maintaining a valid schedule for selected items. This position will have a great impact on internal/external customer service, supply chain, inventory, material and capacity planning.

Essential Functions:

• Identifies, negotiates and resolves conflicts with respect to material and capacity availability and order-promising integrity

• Quotes deliveries dates for sales requests within the defined lead time

• Develops and maintains communication channels between various departments to maintain the production flow rates

• Monitors and maintains inventory levels

• Maintains part parameters such as planner codes, lead times and safety stocks

• Maintains planning bill structures

• Works with both sales and operations globally to provide timely feedback regarding all requested schedule changes

• Establishes a working line of communication with all company functions

• Communicates when demand cannot be met and recommends alternatives on how the requested demand could be satisfied

• Releases and manages production orders

• Reviews, identifies and resolves material shortages with the appropriate supplier(s)

• Schedules raw material/purchase components through product release (i.e. "billet to box")

• Interacts with customers and sales in SIOP meetings

• Participates with Demand Management to drive changes in forecasting

• Understands capacity levels in production

• Works with commodity groups in sourcing materials

• Proactively works line of balance (Supply plan) with both internal and external suppliers

• Involved in Continuous Improvement projects

• Plans, schedules, and releases Production, Aftermarket (Repairs and Spares), NPI, PPAP and interplant orders

• Reviews and responds to all MRP messages on a daily bases as required

• Manages external operational work

• Prioritizes constraints on all shifts

• Assists leadership team with managing constraints and the utilization of resources and overtime

• Supports transition plans and updates item planning parameters (interplants, material ownership codes, lead times, lot sizes, etc.) accordingly

• Assists teams with NCRs, ATRs, and/or RW (rework) Orders

Other Essential Functions:

• Participates in Daily "Gemba" with Product Line Team to track standard WIP, maintain Heijunka and Visual Management boards

• Coordinates Engineering changes

• Actively works with production line and external suppliers to resolve material issues (shortages, emergency customer demands, etc.)

• At some locations may perform material planning and buying functions

• At some locations, may also require compliance to government contracting

Knowledge Skills & Abilities:

• Ability to create a master production schedule and the ability to use and revise that schedule to achieve production objectives

• Demonstrated knowledge of WISE/Cincom/SAP or other ERP systems

• Demonstrated knowledge of Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRPII)

• Demonstrated knowledge of Planning functions/roles

• Basic communication skills, both verbal and written

• Solid detail orientation and organizational skills

• Basic process and product knowledge

• Intermediate Microsoft Office Suite skills

• Basic knowledge of replenishment programs

• Ability to contribute to Continuous Improvement projects and problem solving

Education:

• UNITED STATES\US – Bachelor's Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS)

Experience:

• Previous material planning or buying experience

• Manufacturing processes knowledge