Production Scheduler

Perfecto Staffing Texas•Garland, TX

1d•$65,000

About The Position

The Production Scheduler is responsible for the accuracy and timeliness of the production process. This role has a specific focus on the materials and goods required in the production phase, ensuring the working space is properly maintained for optimal performance. The Production Scheduler will also plan production schedules to meet delivery commitments, organize and monitor production progress, identify risks, and communicate them to management. This role involves confirming all open production Jobs are addressed, updated, and changed according to current reporting and priority levels, as well as researching and resolving issues on Jobs/work orders that are projected to be past due. The Production Scheduler will communicate with Customer Service, Sales, Purchasing, Shipping, and Production teams, provide detailed commitments for new orders, input information into the computer system, and prepare management reports as required. Additionally, this role will analyze material usage variances, ensure the Production Order life cycle is completed to established goals, manage inventory plans to established targets, provide backup support to the production planning team, and conduct rough cut capacity planning. The Production Scheduler will act as an internal educator and consultant on scheduling issues, identify, negotiate, and resolve conflicts related to material and capacity availability, and maintain planned scheduling parameters. Establishing a strong line of communication with all company functions and informing management when demand cannot be met are also key responsibilities. Other tasks may be assigned.

Requirements

5+ years of related manufacturing experience in an MRP/ERP environment
ERP experience required
In depth understanding of routings, multi-level bills of material, lead times, and Supply Chain concepts
Ability to conceptualize supply chain/inventory flow
Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to supervisors and other employees of the organization
Excellent organizational and Customer Service skills
Strong leadership abilities
Excellent computer skills
Must have MS Office skills including Access, Excel, Word, and PP
Ability to make effective decisions, seek to find solutions to problems, work independently and investigate inquiries and respond in a timely manner
Attention to detail with ability to act & think analytically and use mathematics to meet job requirements
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Team skills with sense of urgency and ability to meet schedule requirements

Nice To Haves

Degree preferred but equivalent relevant experience will be considered
PLEX experience a plus
APICS training a plus

Responsibilities

Plan production schedules to meet delivery commitments
Organize and monitor production progress to schedule via the dispatch lists
Identify risks and communicate to management
Monitor future delivery commitments and communicate release of Jobs into WIP as appropriate
Confirm all open production Jobs are addressed, updated and changed according to current reporting and priority level in the dispatch lists
Research and resolve issues on Jobs/work orders which are projected to be past due
Communicating with Customer Service, Sales, Purchasing, Shipping, and Production teams
Provide detailed commitments for new orders
Input information into computer system
Prepare management reports as required
Analyze material usage variances
Ensure Production Order life cycle is completed to established goals
Manage inventory plans to established targets
Provide backup support to production planning team
Conduct rough cut capacity planning prior to publishing a dispatch list in which significant changes have occurred
Act as internal educator and consultant on scheduling issues, providing education and training throughout the company to improve company-wide understanding of scheduling functions
Identify, negotiate, and resolve conflicts with respect to material and capacity availability and order-promising integrity
Maintain planned scheduling parameters, such as lead times, lot sizes, safety stocks, delivery times, and order file data for all scheduled items
Establish a working line of communication with all company functions
Inform management when demand cannot be met and recommend alternatives on how the requested demand could be satisfied
Other tasks as assigned