Scheduler Department

Textron•Wichita, KS

21h•Onsite

About The Position

The Scheduler is responsible for utilizing MRP/ERP and other interdepartmental systems, processes, and documents to manage and control various scheduling-related issues, situations, and requirements within an assigned work area. This role involves coordinating production schedules, ensuring schedule compliance, managing work center loads, staging orders, reducing past due conditions, resolving line shortages, and providing achievable commitment dates. The Scheduler will also work with MRP and Operations to identify and mitigate shortages, conduct capacity reviews, monitor work center queues, and maintain system data integrity through various system functions and transactions. Participation in continuous improvement activities and assisting supervisors with material disposition or bottleneck analysis may also be required.

Requirements

Must have a high school diploma, an equivalent certificate, or a bronze level WorkKeys certification.
Minimum of 2-years in scheduling, expediting, or planning background.
Must have MRP / ERP system experience and be keyboard proficient.
Strong oral and written communication skills required.

Nice To Haves

Ability to interpret shop documents preferred.

Responsibilities

Working from a variety of systems and reports as applicable to the facility, coordinates the production schedule/ weekly plan in assigned work area to assure schedule compliance and level loads at work centers to support production and spares orders.
Schedules and stages production and aftermarket orders, parts, kits, material, and tools thru the shop area based on dispatch, capacity and lead time.
Works to reduce past due conditions, eliminate line shortages, and provide achievable commitment dates. With operations, identifies aging orders and resolution.
Works with MRP and Operations to identify, mitigate, and resolve shortages owed to and owed from assigned area. Maintains shortage system and communicates barriers to achieving due dates. Prioritizes orders in systems and provides commitment dates within system for orders in area. May serve as POC in shortage meetings as assigned by leadership.
Works with MRP and Operations to conduct capacity reviews. Monitors work center queue to support schedule loading. Monitors input and output capacity. May release orders as queued by analyst.
May participate in area team walks, area team meetings, and continuous improvement activities as required.
Performs a variety of system functions to maintain system data integrity and assure order, requirement, and inventory accuracy. Performs scrap and shop loss transactions. Provides system updates for WIP as required.
Participates in open order inventory.
May assist supervisor with disposition or impact of rejected material, order completion activities, analyzing bottleneck issues, and machine or tool rework problems.
May guide and instruct lower grade personnel in providing accurate status and availability of parts to keep production lines operating.