Master Scheduler

Cis Global • Millington, MD

17d • Onsite

About The Position

In this ambitious role, you will develop and manage the Master Production Schedule (MPS) based on forecasts, customer demand, inventory targets, and capacity. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with production, procurement, sales, engineering, and quality teams to ensure schedule feasibility and alignment. Analyzing capacity constraints and proactively identifying scheduling conflicts or bottlenecks will be crucial to your success. Your role will involve monitoring actual production performance against the plan and making adjustments as needed to meet our customer requirements. You will maintain core planning parameters, such as lead times, lot sizes, and safety stock. Coordinating closely with procurement to ensure materials align with planned production is essential. Additionally, you will generate and distribute schedule reports, important metrics, and updates to cross-functional partners. Supporting continuous improvement initiatives tied to scheduling, planning accuracy, and supply chain efficiency will be a key part of your responsibilities.

Requirements

• Academic Background in: Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Business, or a related field (Bachelor's degree preferred; equivalent experience accepted)
• Planning or scheduling production within a manufacturing setting
• ERP/MRP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Infor, Epicor)
• Cross-functional collaboration within operations, supply chain, or manufacturing teams
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• Excellent organizational skills
• Effective written and verbal communication
• Capacity to operate on-site within a manufacturing setting
• Ability to sit, stand, and walk in production areas as needed
• Ability to prioritize tasks in a fast-paced setting
• Ability to analyze data and convert insights into actionable plans

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage the Master Production Schedule (MPS)
• Collaborate with production, procurement, sales, engineering, and quality teams
• Analyze capacity constraints and proactively identify scheduling conflicts or bottlenecks
• Monitor actual production performance against the plan and make adjustments as needed
• Maintain core planning parameters, such as lead times, lot sizes, and safety stock
• Coordinate closely with procurement to ensure materials align with planned production
• Generate and distribute schedule reports, important metrics, and updates to cross-functional partners
• Support continuous improvement initiatives tied to scheduling, planning accuracy, and supply chain efficiency

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.
• A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan — both include a company match.
• Other supplemental benefits such as tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and legal & identity theft protection.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees