Master Scheduler

ZF Group•Garrett, IN

12d

About The Position

About the team: The ZF Garrett team supports packaging and light assembly of braking, electronics, and steering products for the automotive service distribution. What you can look forward to as Master scheduler: Analyzes customer demand data to support Operational capacity for short term and long-term planning. Monitors production schedule to satisfy customer demand including making recommendations for overtime or temporary relocation of manpower. Monitors and tracks customer actual demand vs planned demand for comparison to provide decision making data to Operational management. Tracks and provides metric reporting for daily, weekly, monthly Operational KPI reporting /Communicates within department or other functional areas potential problems which may impact production or customer delivery including late arriving components, stock outs, production delays. Adjusts production schedule as necessary for short lead time customer orders including creation of manual shop orders / Works with Customer Service team or production clerk to reallocate on hand inventory for production orders on shared components. Provides data for and assists with implementation of continuous improvement projects. Complies with all TS-16949 and ISO-14001 policies and standards.

Requirements

Minimum experience of 1 year in production control, production scheduling, or material planning.
Intermediate level PC based software, spreadsheet, and data analysis skills.
Intermediate to advanced MS Excel skills required. (Pivot tables, cross data, advanced formules)
Experience with utilizing ERP systems (SAP and BPCS nice to have)
Ability to effectively communicate with others to obtain data, follow up, and drive closure to projects/operational plans.
Self-starter with excellent problem-solving abilities. Able to assist in problem resolution and decision making.
Able to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities and multiple tasks.

Nice To Haves

Nice to have experience with macros.
Nice to have Power BI skills.

Responsibilities

Analyzes customer demand data to support Operational capacity for short term and long-term planning.
Monitors production schedule to satisfy customer demand including making recommendations for overtime or temporary relocation of manpower.
Monitors and tracks customer actual demand vs planned demand for comparison to provide decision making data to Operational management.
Tracks and provides metric reporting for daily, weekly, monthly Operational KPI reporting /Communicates within department or other functional areas potential problems which may impact production or customer delivery including late arriving components, stock outs, production delays.
Adjusts production schedule as necessary for short lead time customer orders including creation of manual shop orders / Works with Customer Service team or production clerk to reallocate on hand inventory for production orders on shared components.
Provides data for and assists with implementation of continuous improvement projects.
Complies with all TS-16949 and ISO-14001 policies and standards.