Planner OME

ND Paper • Langhorne, PA

24d • Onsite

About The Position

The Scheduler translates the plant’s order book into daily corrugator and converting schedules that maximize corrugator utilization, minimize setup churn, and meet customer commit dates. The position works at the intersection of customer demand, corrugator capacity, and converting line availability. ND PKG operates a 110-inch BHC corrugator with full converting lines. The Scheduler reports to the Plant Manager and coordinates daily with Customer Service, Production, and Shipping.

The role owns schedule release, order commit-date visibility, expedite evaluation, production scheduling data integrity in KIWI, and reporting on utilization, setups, run length, schedule attainment, and related measures. The Scheduler also coordinates roll-stock ordering, temp requests with General Manager approval, planned maintenance windows, and daily shipping priorities.

The role is based at the plant in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. The work environment is an office within or adjacent to the plant, with regular floor presence to verify schedule execution and identify production issues. Day shift is primary; an early start may be required to release the corrugator schedule before shift startup. Minimal lifting of up to 20 pounds occasionally is expected. Safety glasses and steel-toed footwear are required on the production floor.

Formal KPI targets will be established after a 60–90 day baseline collection period. First-year success includes establishing schedule ownership and cross-functional touchpoints, collecting and reporting baseline metrics, identifying scheduling-fragmentation drivers, and developing a proactive scheduling process with approved KPI targets.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of production scheduling experience in corrugated, folding carton, or a comparable sheet-fed or web manufacturing environment.
• Working understanding of corrugator operations, including flute profiles, liner and medium combinations, setup types, and how scheduling affects utilization and waste.
• Demonstrated ability to manage a dynamic schedule in real time, including downtime, quality holds, and expedites.
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to identify scheduling patterns, quantify their impact, and propose sequencing improvements.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and advanced Excel skills for scheduling analysis and reporting.
• Clear, direct communication skills, including the ability to convey capacity constraints to Customer Service and Sales without unnecessary alarm or false confidence.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with KIWI or a comparable corrugated scheduling or ERP system.
• Familiarity with corrugator board-combination optimization and waste-minimization principles.
• Experience scheduling multiple converting lines simultaneously with interdependent constraints.
• Bilingual English and Spanish.
• Exposure to lean scheduling concepts, including run-length discipline, sequence optimization, and changeover reduction.

Responsibilities

• Build and release the daily corrugator schedule with sufficient lead time for shift preparation, targeting release before shift startup.
• Sequence corrugator orders to maximize run length, minimize setups, and optimize board combinations across flute profiles, liners, and mediums.
• Manage corrugator capacity against order demand and alert the General Manager to constraints before they cause delivery misses.
• Balance short- and long-run orders across the week to prevent setup fragmentation on any shift.
• Adjust schedules in real time for downtime, quality holds, and order changes, and promptly communicate changes to Production and Customer Service.
• Coordinate reworks into the production schedule.
• Schedule converting lines in coordination with corrugator output and converting capacity; sequence jobs to minimize changeovers and maintain flow to finished goods.
• Align converting schedules with customer ship dates, Shipping’s daily load plan, carrier pickup windows, and line availability.
• Own the commit date for every order in the system; identify at-risk dates and proactively escalate them.
• Coordinate daily with Customer Service on new orders, expedites, and customer-driven date changes; provide realistic lead times based on capacity and backlog.
• Escalate orders that cannot meet current commitments, presenting options to the General Manager.
• Assess expedite feasibility before Customer Service commits to the customer, identify schedule displacement, and notify affected parties.
• Track and reason-code expedites by customer, quality, downtime, or carrier cause, and report expedite volume and drivers weekly to the General Manager.
• Track corrugator utilization, setup count, average run length, and schedule attainment daily; maintain a weekly report for the General Manager on utilization trends, expedite rate, and schedule stability.
• Analyze scheduling fragmentation and its causes, and provide data to Quality and Production for waste-reduction efforts.
• Maintain accurate order information in KIWI, including ship dates, quantities, specifications, and board combinations; keep production status current and identify system issues.
• Own roll-stock ordering and request temporary workers as needed with General Manager approval.
• Participate in daily production standups and communicate schedule priorities, anticipated constraints, and changes.
• Coordinate planned maintenance and repair windows with Maintenance and incorporate them into the schedule.
• Support waste reduction by optimizing run sequencing to reduce setup waste and trim loss.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed