Job Summary
The Production Scheduler will serve as a liaison between Supply Chain and Production site (s) to maximize planning accuracy, schedule adherence, OTIF, material management, inventory management, etc.
Job Description
- Responsible for maintaining a detailed production schedule which includes materials, quantities, and timing of production.
- Executes schedule changes in accordance to time fence policies.
- Create and maintain work orders and planned orders in the ERP systems.
- Participate in daily production meetings.
- Monitors daily schedule status and communicates scheduling problems or concerns to supply management.
- Work with the supply chain team to resolve problems with late shipments, material shortages, customer schedule changes and cancellations of customer orders.
- Report weekly production progress through KPI’s OTIF RCA, research transactions to get to root cause. Work with Supply Planning Manager on corrective actions.
- Design and apply purchasing and inventory control procedures including monitoring/ reporting inventories in transit, buffer stocks and inventories in local warehouses and tracking availability and reliability of supply in order to maintain optimum stock to fulfill production/ business needs at the necessary minimum costs.
- Monitor inventory control for raw materials and finished goods by reviewing inventory and stock record; raise advice to production and sales/marketing personnel to realize cost effectiveness. Co-ordinate and plan with logistics/ transportation personnel for the receiving of raw materials, equipment, parts according to the production requirements and schedule to ensure that production will not be interrupted due to material issues.
Continuously improve existing processes.
What will it take
Education: Bachelor’s degree preferred Experience: 5+ years relevant experience in a production or planning environment Qualifications: APICS Certificates preferred, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, ability to manage various tasks and see through completion, detail and result oriented IT Skills: ERP system familiarity, MS office application skills Language Skills: Verbal and written fluency in English Working arrangements: 5 days a week in office Traveling required: less than 5%, always in consultation with manager