Master Scheduler

Astronics•Redmond, WA

11d•$102,687 - $154,031•Onsite

About The Position

Astronics Advanced Electronic Systems is hiring an onsite Master Scheduler based in Redmond, Washington. The role serves as a mentor to other production controllers, represents the team in cross-functional projects, provides business-trend data, and makes recommendations to senior leadership. It operates in an advisory capacity, offering guidance and recommendations to departments across the company. The Master Scheduler develops production schedules, plans, forecasts, inventory strategies, and capacity plans for multiple programs and product groups. The role analyzes demand, historical and forecasted data, schedule adherence, inventory, and business metrics to support customer commitments, operational goals, and on-time delivery. It develops and maintains scheduling processes and ERP data, coordinates responses to schedule delays, and facilitates monthly SIOP, supply-and-capacity, and alignment reviews with operational and product-group leadership. The position requires a high school diploma or equivalent and typically at least eight years of direct experience in the essential functions. A bachelor’s degree and APICS or related certification are preferred. The base salary range is $102,687–$154,031, with a midpoint of $128,359. The role is onsite and may involve lifting items weighing around 25 pounds on occasion. A valid driver’s license may be required to support other AES sites and outplant facilities. Employment is contingent on passing a background screening and drug test. Access to export-controlled items may require authorization under applicable law.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Typically eight or more years of direct experience in the essential functions of the position.
Demonstrated experience as a Master Scheduler or in a comparable production planning role.
Direct experience in mixed-model cell environments across multiple settings and life cycles, partnering with Engineering, Operations, and Program Management to validate and refine plans.
Experience scheduling and building stocking plans for Engineering Development and NPI programs in coordination with Supply Chain.
Experience collaborating with product groups to assess and provide input to demand planning.
Experience designing and monitoring planning metrics, including schedule adherence and related standard KPIs.
Experience developing SIOP/SOP data and metrics, aligning Operations, Supply Chain, and Sales, and using the information to develop recommendations, alternative plans, and tactical actions.
Excellent communication and diplomacy skills, including the ability to challenge data and leadership assumptions constructively while maintaining stakeholder trust.
Comfort operating with ambiguity and incomplete information and using sound independent judgment to drive decisions.
Strong analytical and bottleneck-assessment skills, including the ability to develop and evaluate alternative planning scenarios.
Hands-on expertise in manual capacity model creation, demand-driven planning, EPEI and PFEP development, Heijunka scheduling, and kanban systems.
Experience with database user-interface and query software.
Experience with enterprise resource planning (ERP) and material resource planning (MRP) software.
Expert knowledge and skills with Office Suite software.
Ability to lift heavy items, typically around 25 pounds, on occasion.
May require a valid driver’s license to support other AES sites and outplant facilities.
Employment is contingent on successfully passing a background screening and drug test, including screening for cannabis use.
Authorization to access export-controlled items may be required under applicable law.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree.
APICS or related certification.

Responsibilities

Mentor other production controllers by providing guidance and best practices.
Represent the team in cross-functional projects, provide data on business trends, and make recommendations to senior leadership.
Develop master production schedules and production plans for multiple programs and product groups.
Review excess inventory quarterly to evaluate items for scrap.
Create inventory health strategies and formulas for manufactured parts; participate in developing kanban programs, markets, and ABX/XYZ strategies for manufactured-parts inventory.
Evaluate changes in forecasts and demand to determine required stock levels.
Create standard work and update ES documents for Master Scheduling processes.
Analyze historical and forecasted data for program management to determine how best to support customers.
Work with Production Control and Master Scheduling to create EPEI and PFEP data.
Produce revenue projections and forecasts for multiple programs and product groups in alignment with the monthly SIOP cycle.
Prepare supply-and-capacity review data and materials and host monthly review meetings for NPI and Production.
Create, collate, and present alignment data and materials, and host monthly alignment review meetings with Director-level product-group leadership.
Respond to requests for sales commitments of parts inside and outside lead time by coordinating with Supply Chain and other functional groups.
Document and monitor turnaround time (TAT) for requests and update processes as needed to support business objectives.
Conduct root-cause analysis of schedule delays with Procurement, Engineering, and Quality; provide recovery schedules and serve as the focal point between Operations and product groups.
Produce monthly product-group sales forecasts related to OP log updates and maintain the ERP system in accordance with company policies.
Enter and maintain sales forecasts and IDs related to Engineering and Program activities, and provide monthly data analysis to product groups for evaluation.
Monitor schedule adherence and inventory levels weekly to reach and maintain on-time delivery goals.
Produce human and labor resource capacity plans for the Manufacturing floor and work with VSM to determine appropriate resource levels based on volume.
Create and execute production schedules three to eighteen months out, and act as a focal point for customer and internal audit support.
Lead SIOP supply-and-capacity review meetings for Production and NPI.
Lead SIOP alignment meetings for Program Office leadership.
Present sales commitment TAT data at the monthly Operations Leadership KPI review.