About the position
This role manages the block production plan for both special making and make-to-stock orders across paper making resources at a SNA manufacturing site. This role equates to the master scheduler for products on a given paper machine or through the required papermaking process route.
Responsibilities
- Optimizing machine resources through design and implementation of a Master Production Scheduling (MPS) process, managing supply orders through the planned, fixed, and frozen for release process steps.
- Management of scheduling / production bottlenecks by maintaining PM blocks for web and sheet products.
- Steering manufacturing requests to most cost effective (manufacturing and distribution) resources and to most cost effective time slots.
- Minimize 'lost orders' and controlling order feasibility (meet the required delivery-time and volume).
- Insuring synchronization of APO and MICS to support Available To Promise (ATP) Process.
- Securing scheduled capacity to achieve inventory service targets.
- Block creation and monitoring from forecast to mill transition with appropriate product mix, profitability and maintaining mill direct program commitments.
- Provide analysis and reporting for Mill Operations Planning including any metrics, KPIs, and identification of improvement initiatives.
- Regular communication with all members of Inside Sales, Sales Operations, Mill Planning, Distribution and Operations Planning to monitor backlogs and order status as appropriate.
- Working with Inventory Planners and Supply Chain leadership to identify, design and implement more efficient and effective inventory service for stock items the Operations Planner supports.
- Participation in and leading Mill and Operations Planning process improvements.
- Provide and participate in department cross training.
- Participate in specific customer action team efforts.
- Support and participate in corporate Lean Six Sigma improvement efforts.
Requirements
- 1 to 3 years of production scheduling experience in a manufacturing environment preferred.
- Experience in Supply Chain is a plus.
