Planificateur principal / Master Scheduler

Allegion•Longueuil, QC

11d•CA$74,000 - CA$82,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Master Scheduler leverages excellent communication and analytical skills to develop and maintain Unicel Architectural's master manufacturing/production schedule in Longueuil, Quebec. This role is crucial for ensuring production objectives, initiatives, and projects align with team goals and performance indicators. The Master Scheduler will manage and effectively communicate schedules, deadlines, and project progress using capacity planning tools, with schedules potentially varying from daily to long-term project plans. They will gather progress information from production supervisors to identify constraints that could lead to delivery delays or late project starts. The position involves formulating recommendations for load balancing through strategic planning of work cells, resources, operators, work hours, and project flow to ensure more balanced labor resource utilization. A key responsibility is to review and develop a recovery plan for any project that misses its planned start date or appears to be falling behind schedule. The Master Scheduler will communicate daily workload priorities to supervisors and team leads, forecast and establish appropriate stock levels, and identify material, labor, and machine needs for work cells. They will also review order constraints for any outstanding orders or late items and inform the purchasing department, plan and schedule shipments based on project number, dollar volume, customer expectations, and production goals, and maintain detailed documentation of all shipments and freight with appropriate identification and arrival information. The role includes managing operational performance indicators, keeping data updated for each department, and contributing to the development of standard practices, SOPs, procedures, production tools, and techniques to improve operational efficiency and quality. Additionally, the Master Scheduler will review all Customer Service Incident (CSI) related projects and determine their impact on the schedule, review projects awaiting validation and/or transfer to Work In Progress (WIP), and validate or remove them from the schedule/capacity planner as needed. They will also gather and reconcile competing schedule needs from project managers and develop the optimal scenario in the production capacity planner.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Operations Management (GOP) or equivalent required.
Proficiency in English and French.
At least 5 years of planning/scheduling experience in the manufacturing or construction sector.
Advanced skills in reading technical drawings/plans (product design level), modifying and managing Bills of Materials (BOM), and supporting the production team on product-specific issues not supported by the system.
Advanced skills in coordination and prioritization; ability to plan in a non-linear environment where simply assigning dates based on system capacity is insufficient.
Experience with Lean methodologies, 5S, Balanced Scorecard, and process improvement.
Strong organizational and project management skills, with a high attention to detail.
Attentively monitors processes and organizes filing systems.
Adheres to detailed procedures and ensures accuracy of documentation and data.
Ability to adapt quickly to new, different, or changing requirements.
Strong leadership skills, with the ability to manage a significant workload and prioritize multiple tasks.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Genius and Microsoft Dynamics 365 is an asset.

Responsibilities

Coordinate and monitor production schedules to ensure production objectives, initiatives, and projects align with team goals and performance indicators.
Manage and effectively communicate schedules, deadlines, and project progress via the capacity planning tool, with schedules potentially being daily, weekly, monthly, or longer-term depending on project plans.
Gather project progress information from production work cells from production supervisors to identify constraints that could lead to delivery delays or late project starts within a work cell.
Formulate recommendations for load balancing through strategic planning of work cells, resources, operators, work hours, and project flow to ensure more balanced labor resource utilization.
Review and develop a recovery plan for any project whose planned start date has not been met within a work cell or appears to be falling behind.
Communicate (to supervisors and team leads) priorities within the daily workload schedule.
Forecast and establish appropriate stock levels, and identify work cell needs for materials, labor, and machines.
Review order constraints for any outstanding orders or late items, and inform the purchasing department.
Plan and schedule shipments based on project number, dollar volume, customer expectations, and production goals.
Maintain detailed documentation of all shipments and freight, with appropriate identification and arrival information.
Manage operational performance indicators and maintain updated data for each department.
Contribute to the development of standard practices, standard operating procedures (SOPs), procedures, production tools, and techniques to improve operational efficiency and quality.
Review all Customer Service Incident (CSI) related projects and determine their impact on the schedule.
Review projects awaiting validation and/or those awaiting transfer to Work In Progress (WIP), and validate or remove them from the schedule/capacity planner as needed.
Gather and reconcile competing schedule needs expressed by project managers, and develop the optimal scenario in the production capacity planner.