Production Scheduler

International Paper•Tracy, CA

6d•$60,200 - $80,300

About The Position

The Production Planner / Scheduler plans production schedules in a sheet or sheet feeder facility, balancing customer service with facility productivity. The role schedules shipment dates, quantities, grade, finish, and trim, and communicates production-planning status daily to order services, sales, and facility production personnel. It identifies potential schedule problems, recommends solutions, and advises management on scheduling and production processes and needs. The position schedules machine operations and coordinates production activity with sales, sales service, and shipping to ensure orders are handled properly. Using KIWI computer systems, the planner schedules corrugator and finishing work according to job priorities, paper size, and related specifications. The role works closely with customer service and manufacturing to communicate production status and coordinate resources, overruns, shortages, shipping, and delivery dates. It reschedules workflow in response to machine breakdowns, productivity slowdowns, customer-order changes, or material shortages, while maximizing plant throughput and balancing customer requirements with manufacturing capability. The planner also manages roll-stock forecasts and works with Customer Service, Containerboard, and roll-stock vendors to purchase needed roll stock in alignment with sales forecasts. This is a salaried, non-exempt, full-time position based in Tracy, California.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Three to five years of manufacturing or production-planning experience in the corrugated industry.
Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks and conflicting priorities.
Action oriented.
Customer focus.
Drives results.
Functional/technical skills.
Instills trust.
Manages complexity.
Plans and aligns.
Resourcefulness.
Time management.

Responsibilities

Plan production schedules in a sheet or sheet feeder facility, balancing customer service and facility productivity.
Schedule shipment dates, quantities, grade, finish, and trim.
Communicate production-planning status daily to order services, sales, and facility production personnel.
Identify potential problems meeting schedules and recommend solutions.
Consult with and advise management on scheduling and production processes and needs.
Schedule machine operations and coordinate production activity with sales, sales service, and shipping to ensure orders are handled properly.
Use KIWI computer systems to schedule corrugator and finishing work according to job priorities, paper size, and related specifications.
Work with customer service and manufacturing to communicate production status and manage required resources, overruns, shortages, shipping, and delivery dates.
Reschedule workflow when machine breakdowns, productivity slowdowns, customer-order changes, or material shortages occur.
Maximize plant throughput while balancing customer requirements and manufacturing capability.
Manage roll-stock forecasts and work with Customer Service, Containerboard, and roll-stock vendors to purchase needed stock in alignment with sales forecasts.