Production Scheduler

EMIT Technologies, Inc.•Sheridan, WY

2d•$70,000 - $90,000

About The Position

The Production Scheduler owns production planning in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations (D365 F&O), ensuring that production aligns with sales demand. The role translates sales forecasts, customer orders, and inventory positions into a realistic production schedule that covers demand while balancing workload across departments and avoiding overproduction or idle capacity. The scheduler firms and releases planned orders based on actual need, monitors capacity and order status, and adjusts planning parameters and future plans as needed. This position serves as the main scheduling contact between Sales, Production, and Operational Excellence, maintains planning dashboards and reports, participates in demand and supply reviews, and communicates schedule changes and risks. The role reports to the Operational Excellence Manager.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
At least 3 years of production planning, master scheduling, or materials planning experience, ideally in manufacturing.
Hands-on experience with an ERP/MRP system.
Solid understanding of MRP concepts, including lead times, safety stock, lot sizing, and capacity planning.
Strong Excel and reporting skills.
Detail-oriented, with analytical and problem-solving skills.
Clear communication skills and ability to work across Sales, Production, and leadership to keep stakeholders aligned.

Nice To Haves

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations (D365 F&O) experience.
APICS/ASCM certification, such as CPIM or CSCP.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain the master production schedule in D365 F&O, ensuring planned production covers sales order demand across departments.
Translate sales forecasts, customer orders, and inventory positions into accurate, achievable planned orders.
Monitor and adjust planning parameters, including lead times, safety stock, and lot sizing.
Compare scheduled workload with available capacity to prevent departments from being over-scheduled.
Partner with Production Managers to rebalance workload across departments and shifts when bottlenecks arise.
Identify capacity conflicts early enough to address them before delivery commitments are affected.
Review, firm, and release planned orders in D365 F&O, ensuring quantities and timing reflect actual demand.
Monitor open planned and production orders to prevent overproduction, excess work in process, and unnecessary inventory buildup.
Reconcile planned orders against actual consumption and adjust future planning runs to align output with demand.
Serve as the main scheduling point of contact between Sales, Production, and Operational Excellence.
Maintain D365 F&O scheduling dashboards and reports showing demand coverage, schedule adherence, and capacity utilization.
Participate in demand and supply review meetings and proactively communicate schedule changes and risks.