Production Scheduler

OBJECTIVE OF THIS POSITION

The Production Scheduler will coordinate schedules and inventories to ensure efficient and effective operations for Ohio Facilities

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Serves as a primary point of contact for and liaison with customer Service, logistics, and manufacturing departments.
• Collaborates with these departments to establish schedules and plans that allocate available resources to best serve client or customer needs.
• Periodically compares current and anticipated orders with available inventory of raw materials; uses judgment to anticipate demand for and to acquire additional supplies as needed.
• Negotiates with outside supply vendors; ensures accurate and timely delivery of orders.
• Integrates sales orders with master schedule; coordinates availability of raw materials, supplies, equipment, and staff as needed to meet delivery dates.
• Maintains master distribution schedule for all facilities; revises as needed and alerts appropriate staff of schedule changes or delays.
• Participates in periodic forecasting meetings with sales, marketing, and other related departments; leads additional planning meetings with sales, production, shipping, purchasing, and customer service staff.
• Use overall plant performance to expected metrics as tool to monitor scheduling sequence improvement performance.
• Investigate production issues as they arise; work with plant operations to develop and execute action plans for resolution.
• Work with Lean / Continuous Improvement Manager to implement process improvement, methods improvement, and problem-solving activities to improve productivity and reduce cost (Raw Materials, WIP, and Finished Goods to minimum levels)
• Evaluate upgrade of systems, processes and equipment to meet the needs of plant scheduling.
• Performs other related duties, as required.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES