Master Scheduler

Ametek, Inc.•Irvine, CA

About The Position

The Master Scheduler plans and establishes production schedules to meet customer demand, using sales forecasts, plant and employee capacity, and new business opportunities. This hands-on role focuses on improving planning and work-order flow systems to improve delivery performance and reduce costs. It calls for dynamic leadership, strong interpersonal skills, problem-solving and critical-thinking ability, and initiative. The role forecasts aggregate demand, monitors production and supply-chain workloads and capacity, and develops master production schedules that pace internal production and the external supply chain. The Master Scheduler maintains ERP planning data and supports execution by coordinating across functions, addressing scheduling and MRP discrepancies, and adapting schedules when conditions change.

Requirements

2–3 years of experience in Production Control, Planning, or Materials in an industrial manufacturing environment.
Fluency and proficiency in the practical application of MRP logic, scheduling logic, order policies, capacity planning, input/output control, product structures, bills of materials, routings, and standards maintenance.
Knowledge of master scheduling, demand management, stockroom, and cost-accounting techniques.
Enthusiasm, dynamism, and a positive, can-do attitude.
Leadership skills to influence others’ actions and opinions in a desired direction and exercise judgment in leading others toward worthwhile objectives.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to present information clearly and influence or persuade others orally in positive or negative circumstances.
Strategic thinking combined with outstanding tactical execution and a sense of urgency.
Critical-thinking ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Complex problem-solving ability to identify complex problems, review related information, develop and evaluate options, and implement solutions.

Responsibilities

Create master schedules that sequence operations and establish lead times to meet shipping dates based on sales forecasts or customer orders.
Forecast aggregate demand for business units; monitor production and supply-chain workloads and capacity; and produce master production schedules to control and pace internal production and the external supply chain.
Analyze production specifications and plant capacity data, and calculate manufacturing process, tool, and human-resource requirements.
Plan and schedule workflow for each department and operation according to manufacturing sequences and lead times.
Evaluate status, report problem areas to supervisors and management, identify trends, and recommend corrective actions.
Maintain accurate ERP data, including bills of materials, product structures, routings, and lead-time synthetics; act as ERP custodian for the business unit.
Confirm the status of assigned projects with department managers.
Expedite operations that delay schedules and adjust schedules to address unforeseen conditions.
Improve forecasting tools and procedures through innovative ideas and projects.
Collect, organize, and distribute lists of materials, tools, and equipment required for production.
Coordinate with functions at all levels to create and maintain schedule data, including gathering activity status in status meetings.
Analyze historical program performance data to develop schedule and cost estimates in response to requests for proposals; prepare supporting data for master schedule change reviews, negotiations, audits, and fact-finding.
Assist in resolving MRP and planning discrepancies.
Mass-create, release, and maintain discrete manufacturing jobs in Oracle ERP/MRP.
Align customer demand, business priorities, capacity, and labor-hour availability to develop executable production schedules.
Provide capacity planning, labor forecasting, and backlog analysis to support business objectives and revenue targets.
Maintain backlog accuracy by updating Schedule Ship Dates (SSD) and production commitments.