Production Scheduler

Kettle Cuisine•Everett, WA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Production Scheduler creates and modifies production schedules to ensure 100% on-time shipment of customer orders and identifies opportunities to improve factory efficiency. This role involves daily scheduling for maximum throughput, customer satisfaction, and on-time performance, planning finished goods using planning software based on customer orders and commercialization needs, and adjusting plans to maintain proper inventory levels. The scheduler also balances the plan with allergen cleaning sequences and line constraints, reviews and adjusts stock plans, identifies priorities for shipping needs, and communicates them to the team. They reconcile plans, coordinate with various departments, integrate jobs into the system, and manage the Master Production Schedule. Additionally, the role involves producing and publishing daily schedules, interfacing with value chain functions, adjusting plans in response to production needs or material availability, providing guidance on priorities, communicating plant attainment and yield issues, reviewing aged FG reports to mitigate risk, and driving process improvements. The position also includes participation in physical inventory and project-related tasks.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED required.
Requires one - three years of experience
Must be proficient with MS Office programs, specifically Excel and Outlook.
Broad knowledge of manufacturing, production, and inventory control functions
Must display a high level of organizational skills and attention to detail and accuracy
Must be able to problem solve and think independently due to the speed and rate of change occurring in this manufacturing environment
Ability to multi-task

Responsibilities

Schedule jobs daily for maximum throughput, customer satisfaction and on-time performance
Plan finished goods in planning software accordingly based on customer orders and commercialization needs
Check FG inventory and adjust plan when needed to maintain a proper inventory par level
Balance the plan in planning software and in the weekly report with use of allergen cleaning sequence and line constraints / capabilities
Review and adjust stock plan to ensure adequate inventory on hand or proper production scheduled
Identify priorities from daily plan to cover shipping needs, and communicate to the team
Reconcile Everett Plan to ensure all levels’ jobs match before publishing schedule
Coordinate with Procurement / Production / Maintenance / PD with any plan changes
Integrate jobs from planning software into Ross and then run transactions after as needed
Run and maintain Master Production Schedule, and distribute to procurement team
Manage jobs in ross by creating, amending, and deleting when needed based on plan changes
Produce, publish, and release Daily schedule consisting of bulk, retail, stock and distribute to production team
Interface with all value chain functions such as manufacturing, purchasing, customer service, and plant
Adjust production plan at any moment in response to production needs or excess/lack of materials
Provide guidance to several teams on priorities throughout production
Communicate with the team about plant attainment, yield issues, any potential schedule changes
Review aged FG report daily / weekly and work with customer service / QA / Sales / Shipping to mitigate risk where possible
Innovate and drive changes in established processes, methods, and procedures
Participate in physical inventory activities
Assist with various project related tasks as needed
Other duties as assigned