Production Scheduler

Wonderbrands•Kitchener, ON

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Our team is looking for a new Materials Planner! Reporting to the Bakery Leader, this position focuses on scheduling and optimizing bakery production based on central planning guidelines while adapting to disruptions like equipment issues, labor shortages, or material delays. It involves maintaining accurate scheduling data, releasing production orders, tracking performance metrics, and ensuring high inventory accuracy for finished goods. The position also supports cross-functional coordination, issue escalation, and serves as backup for material planning when needed.

Requirements

A bachelor’s degree or diploma in Materials Management, Industrial engineering or equivalent
Strong communicator and team builder
Demonstrated ability to work in a fast paced & multitask environment
Possess strong understating of Production Scheduling
Ability to learn fast, ambitious, and come up with new innovative
Naturally curious and strong desire to learn and grow
Possess excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent time management skills and have sense of urgency
Flexible to work different work schedules when needed
Must have strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Microsoft Excel.
Positive attitude and a results-oriented mindset
Bright, driven and clear about your future career goals
Roll up your sleeves mentality with a whatever it takes mindset to get the job done

Nice To Haves

SAP experience is considered an asset
Programming skills are considered an asset

Responsibilities

Schedule production at the bakery based on guideline from the central planning team and optimize production runs
Adjust schedules in response to unplanned events such as machine breakdowns, labor shortages, raw material delays, or increase demand
Escalation of issues, when necessary, e.g., materials discrepancies higher than the tolerance, process discrepancies within the bakery, production shortages etc. to Central planning team
Accountable for ensuring scheduling files are maintained and up to date with new changes
Responsible for releasing process orders for production
Help Supply planning team to have visibility on PPW generated out of the bakery
Track and report key scheduling KPIs such as service fill rate, on-time completions
Ensuring Cycle counts of Finished Goods completed bi-weekly and responsible for addressing Finished goods discrepancies
Improve inventory accuracy at the bakery to 98%+ (FG, SFG)
Ensuring that the bakery production team maintains up-to-date and accurate information on the reporting system and escalating the issue when necessary
Act as backup for Material Planner as required
Other duties as required