Production Scheduler/Planner (Manufacturing)

Southern Company•Durham, NC

55d

About The Position

Job Summary: This individual will be responsible for planning, organizing, and maintaining the Shop Floor Schedule (SFS). The SFS is a planned production assembly schedule, in weekly capacity-constrained sections, that is derived from the Master Production Schedule (MPS). The goals of the Production Scheduler are production efficiency, velocity, and on-time completion of Shop Operations and Shop Orders to Original Customer Promise (OCP). The Production Scheduler works together with the Master Scheduler to ensure plant loading that results from the SFS neither under (passing up capacity) or over loads available capacity (causing late deliveries to OCP). The Production Scheduler also works together with Manufacturing Engineering, Purchasing, and Material Analysts to ensure plant loading from the SFS takes into consideration material availability.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree preferred.
3-5 years of planning experience preferred.
Individual must be a highly organized, open-minded & motivated self-starter.
A high level of communication skills (verbal & written) is required.
A "hands-on" approach to monitoring production processes versus the SFS is required - including frequent interactions with floor level supervisors, production managers, materials analysts, buyers, and senior management.
A proactive problem-solving methodology - acting as a catalyst for bringing to right team members together to resolve issues that create risk of shipment to OCP, before results are missed.
Ability to report findings and KPI's to Production Control Manager.

Nice To Haves

APICS - CPIM certification is preferred or willing to obtain.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain the Shop Floor Schedule (SFS), with the goal of achieving 90%+ on-time shipment to OCP.
Drive high accuracy into the SFS for a rolling 4-week time period, to ensure plant capacity is effectively utilized to meet aggressive business growth goals.
Develop an SFS that specifies the timing and sequence of shop operations and shop orders based on multiple inputs - Master Production Schedule (MPS), material availability, labor capacity, and project priority.
Develop and maintain (in IFS) a clear view of plant demand/loading by Work Center (based on current scheduled SO loading and hours in routings).
Monitor workflow and plant production areas to ensure on time delivery while reducing downtime, changeovers and hours worked.
Setup and maintain a strong communication system with Work Center leads and Manufacturing Engineering to ensure hours in routings accurately reflect the time needed to do the work. Identify areas where estimates and actual hours differ and coordinate with Manufacturing Engineering to update templates to ensure future accuracy.
Develop work process/procedure to utilize current IFS functionality to improve the accuracy and efficiency of scheduling new work and balancing Work Center loading. Load new SO's based on open capacity.
Supply work bills and other paperwork required to complete the scheduled work (Kitting).
Identify, own, and deliver revisions made to Bill of Material that impact manufacturing.
Proactive communication in the event of under or over load situations to enable adjustments in shop operation/order schedules to ensure on-time performance is maintained for business-critical projects.
Maintain KPI's for Shop Order and Shop Operation on-time completion to (original) schedule.
Additional responsibilities and objectives will be added as needed based on business and area of needs.