Master Scheduler

Rohrer Corporation • Huntley, IL

24d

About The Position

The Master Scheduler serves as a primary point of contact and liaison with Customer Care, Logistics, and manufacturing departments. This role collaborates with these departments to establish schedules and plans that allocate available resources to best serve client or customer needs. The position involves periodically comparing current and anticipated orders with available inventory of raw materials, using judgment to anticipate demand and acquire additional supplies as needed. The Master Scheduler integrates sales orders with the master schedule, coordinating the availability of raw materials, supplies, equipment, and staff to meet delivery dates. This role also maintains the master distribution schedule for all facilities, revising it as needed and alerting appropriate staff of changes or delays. Additionally, the Master Scheduler collaborates with Customer Care and Operations to forecast monthly revenue for assigned sites and participates in periodic forecasting meetings, leading additional planning meetings with various departments. The role uses overall plant performance to expected metrics to monitor scheduling sequence improvement and investigates production issues, working with plant operations to develop and execute action plans. A key aspect of this role is to implement process improvement, methods improvement, and problem-solving activities to improve productivity and reduce costs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field required.
• At least five years of related experience required.
• Strong computer skills.
• Thorough understanding of the business and supply chain.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work within all levels of the organization.

Nice To Haves

• Professional certification by the American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) preferred.
• Proficient in MS Office, with advanced knowledge of Excel and Power BI preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a primary point of contact for and liaison with Customer Care, Logistics, and manufacturing departments.
• Collaborates with these departments to establish schedules and plans that allocate available resources to best serve client or customer needs.
• Periodically compares current and anticipated orders with available inventory of raw materials; uses judgment to anticipate demand for and to acquire additional supplies as needed.
• Integrates sales orders with master schedule; coordinates availability of raw materials, supplies, equipment, and staff as needed to meet delivery dates.
• Maintains master distribution schedule for all facilities; revises as needed and alerts appropriate staff of schedule changes or delays.
• Collaborate with Customer Care and Operations to utilize the production schedule to forecast monthly revenue for assigned sites as part of the monthly Flash process.
• Participate in periodic forecasting meetings with sales, marketing, and other related departments; leads additional planning meetings with sales, production, shipping, purchasing, and customer service staff.
• Use overall plant performance to expected metrics as tool to monitor scheduling sequence improvement performance.
• Investigate production issues as they arise; work with plant operations to develop and execute action plans for resolution.
• Work to implement process improvement, methods improvement, and problem-solving activities to improve productivity and reduce cost (Raw Materials, WIP, and Finished Goods to minimum levels).

Benefits

• Compensation for this position can be up to $90,000 per year.
• Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors.
• We are committed to fair and equitable competition practices.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level