Master Scheduler

Job Summary:

The Master Scheduler will be responsible for setting and managing the schedule for the production environment consisting of multiple production lines in a 7/24 environment ensuring that the Plan is executed in a manner balancing production/planning parameters, service, safety, inventory and costs.

The role is onsite and reports to the Sr. Manager of Supply Chain. This role interacts regularly with Sales, Client Services, Production Managers, Machine operators, Engineers and Quality.

 

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Lead scheduling team with monitoring production execution and maintaining forecast and inventory levels for a variety of finished goods.
• Develop and set the Master Production Schedule (MPS).
• Create and deploy tactical scheduling plan for use by department production schedulers. 
• Analyze MPS requirements versus capacity and identify potential bottlenecks and overloads.
• Work closely with Regional Production Planning to support inter-company load balancing as required. 
• Research variance between sales forecast and material plan forecast against actuals.
• Monitor and request updates to material master attributes in ERP which impact MRP calculations.
• Collaborate across multiple business units (Product Development, R&D, Finance, Sales, Operations, Purchasing and Engineering to obtain the best manufacturing strategy to meet customer demand and company targets.
• Create and maintain production and scheduling KPIs and Dashboards to support operations planning, production execution and schedule attainment.
• Regularly monitor multi-level component inventory levels and safety stocks to optimize average inventory and identify potential excess and obsolescence.
• Support, develop and execute forecast management and long-range capacity planning.
• Key contributor to S&OP - by providing reports, data extracts and analysis.
• Support and coordinate the transition from S&OP to the production master schedule.
• Manage and support the Product life cycle and End of Life (EOL) process.
• Establish & maintain metrics and dashboards against forecasting, production and inventory models.
• Ensure MRP accuracy in ERP and partner with production schedulers to correct discrepancies.
• Engage IT support for future business enhancements within our applications.
• Support, resolve and troubleshoot ERP application (MRP/MPS) issues.
• Data mine and format information from multiple software applications.
• Coordinate inventory concerns with organization and support monthly inventory review with executive management.
• Provide updates to Client Services on the production schedule and identify issues or delays that require customer notification. 

 

Qualifications & Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in business or engineering is required. 
• 10+ years of experience in a supply chain and manufacturing environment 
• Experience with ERP systems Business Intelligence applications and MS Office products preferably SAP and Business Warehouse.
• Experience with scheduling software tools or applications. 
• Understanding of material forecasts and inventory management in a Made-to-Order (MTO) manufacturing environment.
• Advanced knowledge of Excel is required (i.e., Pivot Tables, Formulas, Macros). Experience in data-modeling and dashboard creation is preferred. 
• Attention to detail and accuracy with the ability to manage multiple objectives and priorities concurrently.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• APICS certification is preferred. 

 

Competencies 

Business Competencies

• Demonstrates the ability to manage a network of interconnected businesses and processes involved in the provision of products and services. 
• Strong understanding of all management activities conducted in the course of running an organization and the disciplines of planning, organizing and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific goals and objectives. 
• Accurately identifies risks affecting the supply, transformation and delivery of products and services to meet customer demand. Develops strategies to analyze and control the impact of the identified risks. 
• Practices goal-oriented thinking. The process involves the ability to map alternate courses of action, identify associated critical success factors, assess the likely outcomes and consequences of the actions, and chose the best course. 
• Capacity to think in careful and discerning ways to solve problems, analyze data and to recall and apply information.
• Understands the systematic approach to closing process and system performance gaps through streamlining, cycle reduction, elimination of quality defects, and reduction of process variation / non-value adding activities.
• Demonstrates a commitment to the mission and motivation of a team and understands the dynamics of effective teamwork to attain higher levels of performance. 

 

Personal Competencies 

• Demonstrates trustworthiness and professionalism when dealing with clients, peers and team members.
• Understands and anticipates the business needs and concerns of others and shows perspective in other points of view. 
• Ability in identifying and managing conflict in a sensible, fair and efficient manner. 
• Takes steps to develop and maintain knowledge, skills and expertise to achieve positive results.
• Practices meaningful two-way communication and persuasively presents thoughts and ideas, in both written and verbal form, gaining commitment and ensuring support.
• Demonstrates intellectual curiosity about the current environment and challenges the status quo with a bias towards action and continuous improvement.
• Demonstrates the willingness to accept responsibility and accountability.

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