Master Scheduler

Safari Land•Jacksonville, FL

17d

About The Position

The Master Scheduler leads and coordinates planning activities related to the master production plan. The role develops and maintains production schedules and capacity plans to meet sales, inventory, service-level, customer, and operational goals while supporting plant efficiency and delivery performance. It maintains long-range schedules for business planning and budgeting, drives material requirements planning, and coordinates scheduling decisions with Plant Management, Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Shipping, and other internal and external stakeholders. The position also contributes to forecasting, production and supply-chain projects, new product launches, and business-unit planning and strategy.

Requirements

Five to seven years of experience in production planning.
At least five years of planning experience in a manufacturing industry.
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Logistics, or a related field.
MFG/OPS experience desired.
Ability to use judgment based on practice and precedent, select and evaluate appropriate information sources, and resolve complex issues independently.
Ability to apply conceptual and innovative thinking, including in complex or new situations.
Ability to affect the quality and timeliness of results, planning, revenues, or budgets, and contribute to the professional or technical direction and strategy of a business unit.
Developed communication skills for exchanging complex information and influencing stakeholders.
Ability to communicate sensitive information concisely and effectively with key stakeholders and leadership.
Ability to negotiate within a project or team, at higher levels, and occasionally with external relationships.

Nice To Haves

APICS certification.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain master schedules for finished-goods production to meet established sales, inventory, and service-level goals.
Revise schedules daily to optimize plant efficiency and maintain delivery performance.
Maintain long-range master schedules that support site business plans and operational budgets.
Develop and update capacity plans, identify bottlenecks, and recommend recovery actions.
Create production plans that optimize plant capacity and drive the material requirements planning system.
Develop realistic master schedules that meet internal and contract customer requirements.
Supply work-order documentation to Manufacturing and Shipping.
Monitor material availability and production progress, and review factors that may affect schedules.
Monitor and act on MRP prompts for work-order planning.
Negotiate alternative manufacturing and delivery dates based on current capacity with Plant Management, Sales, and Marketing.
Monitor backlog and the rolling production plan for accuracy, ensuring daily updates and MRP system integrity.
Maintain communication with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Shipping about schedule changes to support component inventory requirements.
Plan work orders and purchase orders to meet internal requirements.
Coordinate engineering-change implementation dates with the Operational team.
Validate bills of material and labor routings as needed.
Participate in new product launches and other production and supply-chain projects.
Develop and maintain cross-functional relationships with internal and external customers across multiple facilities.
Provide input to site budgeting and forecasting processes.
Validate purchase-order accuracy and alignment with business needs.
Analyze data and communicate potential risks and resolutions effectively to business leadership and key stakeholders.