Assistant Production Scheduler

Live Comfortably LLC•Dallas, TX

28d•Onsite

About The Position

This role is responsible for reviewing forecasts to ensure product and raw material availability for production and shipping. The Assistant Production Scheduler will create, manage, and close work orders, track material consumption and labor hours, and maintain records for price tickets. This position also involves scheduling short production runs, managing shortages by substituting raw materials, and creating/recalling rehandle work orders. The role requires the ability to operate industrial equipment, use various computer software including Word, Lotus Notes, Excel, and Outlook, and possess basic calculator skills. The work environment may involve exposure to varying temperatures in the plant and warehouse.

Requirements

Ability to frequently sit, stand, bend, kneel, twist the body as needed to operate various types of industrial equipment.
Ability to read and recognize English alpha and numeric characters to read style numbers and RF devices.
Proficiency in using a computer.
Knowledge of Word, Lotus Notes, Excel, and Outlook.
Ability to use a calculator.

Responsibilities

Review forecast to ensure product and raw materials are available to meet production and shipping requirements.
Create work orders and batch and print them.
Meet with routing clerk to discuss product shipping schedule.
Print work orders and distribute them to production lines.
Close work orders when complete.
Ensure materials were consumed and labor hours earned.
Run bill of material inquiry on all skus prior to maintain adequate materials supply.
Maintain record of price tickets for the date and run time of required customers.
Create rehandle work orders and recall them from the warehouse.
Receive rehandles and make record of the transfer of goods.
Schedule production of short runs by machine, ship date and ship time.
Run short reports throughout the day to notify supervisor of shortages needed to be produced.
Substitute raw materials when shortages occur and notify clerk of substituted items.