Production Scheduler

Green Thumb•Rock Island, IL

3d•$80,000 - $100,000

About The Position

The Production Scheduler owns the day-to-day and week-to-week production schedule, turning demand and supply plans into executable schedules while balancing labor, materials, inventory, quality, safety, and compliance. The role works across a high number of SKUs and changing priorities, requiring flexibility and the ability to respond when plans change. It is central to minimizing inventory risk, ensuring regulatory compliance, and enabling profitable growth. The Production Scheduler is the central decision-maker for production sequencing and connects Sales, Supply Chain Planning, Procurement, Operations, Quality, and Compliance. The position maintains the Master Production Schedule and converts monthly plans into detailed weekly and daily schedules. It incorporates cannabis regulatory requirements, inventory and material readiness, demand and capacity constraints, labor planning, quality and release timing, and scheduling-system data. The scheduler participates in planning discussions, makes tradeoff decisions, escalates schedule changes, and uses performance data to identify issues and improve operations.

Requirements

Minimum of 5 years of experience in a production environment as a Production Supervisor, or similar supply chain and procurement experience.
Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
Initiative-taking, self-directed, innovative, and able to work independently or in teams with sound judgment, common sense, and resourcefulness.
Excellent organizational and multitasking skills, with a commitment to quality work.
High attention to detail and due diligence.
Ability to adapt and thrive in a demanding, fast-paced environment.
Excellent verbal, non-verbal, and written communication and people skills, with the ability to build relationships at all levels internally and externally.
Ability to understand and comply with state and local rules and regulations and Green Thumb policies and procedures.
Professionalism and integrity, including when handling confidential information.
Ability to anticipate needs, find alternative solutions, and proactively achieve desired outcomes.
Strong project management skills, including the ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects.
Must pass all required background checks.
Must remain compliant with all legal or company regulations for working in the industry.
Must possess a valid driver’s license.
Must be at least 21 years of age.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Tableau and state tracking systems such as METRC, BioTrack, and MJ Freeway.

Responsibilities

Own and maintain the Master Production Schedule across all product categories.
Convert monthly production plans into detailed weekly and daily schedules by department and process.
Sequence production to optimize throughput, minimize changeovers, and protect quality outcomes.
Continuously adjust schedules for demand changes, labor availability, material constraints, QA release timing, and regulatory limitations.
Establish and maintain routings, run rates, batch sizes, and standard hours for all unit operations.
Balance line loading across departments and shifts, including overtime planning and resource reallocation.
Integrate state and company regulatory requirements into schedules, including batch size limits, lot and genealogy dependencies, mandatory QA hold and testing timelines, quarantine, and remediation scenarios.
Coordinate production timing with state traceability systems such as METRC or equivalent.
Schedule around state inspections, audits, reporting deadlines, and compliance-driven process constraints; proactively identify and mitigate related production timing or sequencing risks.
Monitor and manage work-in-process and finished-goods inventory in line with shipment velocity and sales forecasts.
Build and maintain input allocations based on inventory availability, demand priorities, and shelf-life considerations.
Confirm material readiness before schedule release and escalate shortages or risks against the 90-day inventory schedule plan.
Partner with Inventory and Finance teams to reconcile available-for-sale inventory with state systems.
Review demand forecasts and identify when plans do not match capacity or constraints.
Help leadership understand tradeoffs among service-level agreements, inventory, labor cost, and compliance risk.
Participate in S&OP and planning discussions as the voice of production reality.
Own schedule changes and escalation when plans break.
Build and maintain capacity models by department and process.
Identify bottlenecks and work with Operations to improve flow.
Use historical performance to improve schedule accuracy and labor planning.
Help translate staffing plans into executable schedules.
Coordinate schedules with QA for sampling, testing turnaround, and release timing.
Adjust production plans when quality outcomes change.
Support continuous improvement tied to yield, quality, and efficiency.
Act as a key owner of scheduling-related systems, including ERP, traceability, and reporting tools.
Maintain clean, accurate scheduling data across systems.
Track and report schedule adherence, plan attainment, inventory accuracy, changeover efficiency, production efficiency impacts, and labor utilization.
Use data to identify issues early and drive improvements.
Perform other duties as assigned.