Production Scheduler

Celanese International Corporation•Washington, WV

22d•Onsite

About The Position

Celanese’s Engineered Materials business is seeking a Production Scheduler (Specialist, Scheduling) to support business objectives, customer expectations, and compliance with global processes and business rules. The role develops and maintains finite production schedules to ensure product availability and achieve targeted service levels across the business. The position is on-site at the Washington Works facility in Washington, West Virginia. The scheduler works closely with production, planning, customer service, manufacturing, raw material, warehouse, and logistics teams to monitor inventories and production progress, respond to alerts and exceptions, and support efficient operations.

Requirements

4–5 years of related experience in a manufacturing operations and/or supply chain planning role.
1–2 years of finite scheduling experience, such as scheduling raw materials, deployment from plant to warehouse (finished goods), and execution.
Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
Good communication and networking skills.
Strong systems knowledge and competence with supply chain tools, including Excel.
Ability to think in scenarios and manage uncertainty.
Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Industrial Engineering, or a related field preferred.

Nice To Haves

Experience with SAP MRP scheduling.
APICS certification.
Experience with advanced planning or scheduling solutions, such as JDA/Blue Yonder.
Experience in a chemical compounding environment.
Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.

Responsibilities

Convert the weekly level master production plan into a daily production schedule and optimize the production sequence to meet defined objectives.
Collaborate with manufacturing to optimize the schedule, handle execution-level changes, and align on future maintenance plans, calendars, and specific manufacturing requirements.
Conduct scenario management based on exceptions and constraint violations.
Collaborate with planning to mitigate unplanned plant interruptions and handle rush supply requests.
Analyze scheduling metrics, conduct root cause analysis, and report schedule performance.
Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including Supply Planner/Master Production Scheduler, Warehouse/Logistics teams, Customer Service, and Plant Operations Management, to mitigate supply-related risks.
Maintain scheduling-related master data in SAP and the Advanced Planning System (Blue Yonder), such as SKU-machine mappings, changeover matrices, run rates, and minimum run sizes, in accordance with governance.
Support local and global scheduling-related projects and Blue Yonder tool improvements.
Monitor material inventories and track production progress.
Lead daily meetings with production teams and collaborate with planners in weekly alignment meetings.
Manage and respond to production alerts.
Maintain close communication with customer service, manufacturing, and raw material teams to support efficient operations.