Planner/Scheduler

Enovis•Houston, TX

20d•Onsite

About The Position

The Planner/Scheduler is responsible for creating and maintaining daily and weekly finite-capacity production schedules for Enovis’s Houston Machine Shop in a high-mix machining and discrete manufacturing environment. The role converts demand and supply requirements into executable plans by balancing customer demand, inventory, material availability, tooling, machine capacity, work-order priorities, outside processing, and downstream constraints. It supports stable production flow and ensures parts are available to meet customer and business commitments. The position also owns supply planning and production scheduling for NPI, product launches, manufacturing transfers, and CAPEX initiatives. It develops an integrated production roadmap and back-schedules requirements through the complete manufacturing flow to support production readiness and on-time execution. The Planner/Scheduler coordinates across Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Procurement, Operations, and Program Management, and provides visibility into capacity, constraints, risks, and necessary actions. Success is measured by schedule attainment, on-time delivery, service level, machine utilization, inventory performance, production stability, and on-time launch readiness. The role is based at the Houston Plant and involves working in both office and manufacturing environments.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, Operations Management, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
4–5 years of progressively responsible experience in production planning, master scheduling, supply planning, manufacturing operations, or a related discipline.
Demonstrated experience scheduling production in a finite-capacity manufacturing environment, including hands-on work-order management and outside-processing coordination.
Working knowledge of MRP and ERP systems for production planning, inventory management, and work-order execution; experience with NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, or a comparable ERP system.
Working knowledge of Power BI or a comparable BI platform, including the ability to develop and interpret operational dashboards and reports.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Ability to prioritize competing requirements, identify risks, and coordinate resolution across departments.
Ability to sit and stand for long periods of time.
Ability to work in an office and manufacturing environment.
Applicants must already have full-time work authorization in the United States, now and in the future, without requiring employment visa sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Experience with NetSuite; NetSuite is preferred.
Experience in medical device or other FDA-regulated manufacturing, including GMP and Device History Records.
Understanding of machining setups, changeovers, cycle times, routings, machine capabilities, and production constraints.
Experience with Power BI data modeling and connecting BI tools to ERP or manufacturing data.
Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma training or certification.
Experience in a high-mix, low-to-medium-volume discrete manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

Build, maintain, and adjust daily and weekly finite-capacity production schedules based on machine capacity, material availability, work in process, and operational constraints.
Sequence work orders according to demand, due dates, customer priorities, inventory requirements, machine capabilities, tooling, materials, changeovers, and downstream capacity.
Balance competing priorities and resolve production constraints through resequencing, load leveling, changeover optimization, overtime, outsourcing, or other approved strategies.
Release, monitor, and maintain work orders in NetSuite, ensuring quantities, routings, statuses, priorities, and completion dates are accurate.
Monitor schedule adherence, identify deviations, and lead adherence discussions with Manufacturing, Quality, and Engineering.
Escalate material, capacity, quality, tooling, equipment, or labor constraints that threaten committed dates, and communicate recovery actions.
Review MRP outputs, exceptions, shortages, and rescheduling recommendations, and determine appropriate scheduling actions.
Balance service-level requirements with WIP and finished-goods inventory objectives; identify and reduce stockouts, excess inventory, aging WIP, and unnecessary schedule disruptions.
Create and manage outside-processing purchase orders within the production schedule; coordinate timing, priorities, and status, follow up on delays, and develop recovery plans.
Maintain visibility of parts through downstream operations and adjust priorities when constraints threaten customer or launch commitments.
Own supply planning and production scheduling for NPI product launches and CAPEX initiatives.
Partner with the PMO to translate committed launch and build dates into detailed production requirements and executable schedules.
Back-schedule launch requirements through the complete manufacturing and product flow so parts are available in finished goods in time for builds.
Maintain an integrated production roadmap combining existing demand with launches, manufacturing transfers, and capacity expansions.
Assess program impacts on capacity, materials, tooling, outside processing, inspection, labor, and customer demand; identify schedule conflicts, capacity gaps, and material risks.
Coordinate launch readiness with Engineering, Quality, Procurement, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Operations.
Track launch-part status and communicate risks, recovery actions, and expected completion dates to the PMO and leadership.
Monitor machine loading, utilization, bottlenecks, queue times, and current and projected capacity relative to demand.
Identify short-, medium-, and long-term capacity gaps and recommend schedule changes, overtime, outsourcing, or other approved mitigations.
Use ERP data, data modeling, and Power BI to produce actionable operational insights; present KPI performance, risks, trends, and recommended actions to stakeholders and leadership.
Identify and drive improvements in scheduling accuracy, production flow, changeover performance, capacity utilization, and on-time delivery.
Support Lean, Six Sigma, and other operational excellence initiatives as appropriate.
Perform other related duties as assigned to meet business needs.