Production Scheduler

Tenneco • Greenville, MI

11d • Onsite

About The Position

The Production Scheduler owns the plant demand-to-delivery execution loop, converting customer demand and releases into a credible production schedule, controlling daily build execution, optimizing work-in-process (WIP) and finished goods, protecting shipment commitments, and leading the plant sales and operations execution (S&OE) cadence. Under P3 Integrated Supply Chain, the role creates an aligned view of demand, capacity, materials, inventory, risks, and recovery priorities.

The scheduler manages customer forecasts, releases, orders, lead times, requirements, scorecards, and demand volatility; builds executable schedules that balance customer priorities, capacity, changeovers, materials, labor, inventory, and flow; and releases and monitors production orders. The role tracks build performance against schedule, identifies constraints, coordinates recovery, and aligns ERP data with shop-floor execution.

The position owns backlog, shipment attainment, OTD/OTIF, scorecards, and recovery commitments, escalating risks early and communicating clearly with customers. It leads daily and weekly reviews that connect demand, supply, production, inventory, logistics, and customer actions, with clear owners and due dates. The role is based in Greenville, Michigan.

Requirements

• Experience with forecasts, releases, orders, customer requirements, backlog, and scorecards.
• Experience creating finite schedules, sequencing and releasing orders, tracking attainment, and managing recovery.
• Experience setting WIP and finished-goods targets, monitoring coverage and turns, and reducing excess inventory.
• Experience leading daily and weekly execution reviews with clear decisions and accountability.
• Strong ERP/APS, Excel, and BI skills used to drive fast, fact-based decisions.
• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, operations, engineering, business, or a related field.
• Working knowledge of ERP/APS, Excel, and BI or customer-planning tools.
• Strong customer orientation, communication, prioritization, and decision-making capability.
• Fluency in English and the local plant language, as required.

Nice To Haves

• APICS CPIM or CSCP certification.
• Lean certification.
• Six Sigma certification.

Responsibilities

• Manage customer forecasts, releases, orders, lead times, requirements, scorecards, and volatility; maintain accurate data and challenge exceptions before delivery is affected.
• Build executable production schedules balancing customer priorities, capacity, changeovers, materials, labor, inventory, and flow.
• Control schedule changes and make tradeoffs visible.
• Release and monitor production orders, track build versus schedule, expose constraints, coordinate recovery, and align ERP with shop-floor execution.
• Control backlog, shipment attainment, OTD/OTIF, scorecards, and recovery commitments; escalate risks early and communicate clearly with customers.
• Lead daily and weekly S&OE reviews connecting demand, supply, production, inventory, logistics, and customer actions, with clear owners and due dates.
• Provide customers and commercial teams with credible commitments, early risk visibility, and disciplined recovery communication.
• Provide production teams with a stable, prioritized, executable schedule, clear constraints, and recovery logic.
• Translate the schedule into time-phased material requirements and shortage priorities for Supply Planning.
• Provide plant leadership with a fact-based view of delivery, backlog, attainment, inventory, and execution risk.
• Establish a reliable process from customer signal through production schedule, build, shipment, and scorecard.
• Improve schedule stability, adherence, and recovery speed when constraints occur.
• Improve customer delivery performance, reduce surprises, and ensure accountability for missed commitments.
• Align WIP and finished-goods inventory targets to demand, service, flow, and working-capital expectations.
• Resolve constraints, align functions, and close actions through an effective short-horizon S&OE decision forum.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package designed to support well-being.
• Opportunity to work and learn in a fast-paced environment while shaping the P3 Integrated Supply Chain operating system.
• Hands-on exposure to Lean, ERP, analytics, cross-functional problem solving, and plant transformation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level