Scheduling Coordinator

Vibrantz Technologies Inc.•Houston, TX

15d•Onsite

About The Position

Vibrantz Technologies is a leading global provider of specialty chemicals and materials solutions whose purpose is to bring color, performance, and vibrancy to life. Every day, our employees, the products we make, and our valued customer partnerships are inspired by this purpose. Serving over 13,000 customers, Vibrantz’s technologies are trusted in a variety of advanced materials, color solutions and performance coatings applications and consumer products. Our key competencies in particle engineering, glass and ceramic science and color technology enable product benefits we all know and value, like more durable vehicles and batteries, easier-to-clean appliances, energy efficient roof tiles and bricks, stronger and more decorative glass, and eco-friendly paints. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Vibrantz has 65 manufacturing facilities and sales offices on six continents, and we employ 5,000 individuals. We are building a strong, shared culture that is rooted strongly in our six core values that focus on safety, our people, customers, excellence in all we do, environmental stewardship and integrity, ethics, and trust. And we are intent upon fostering a workplace that engages not only employees’ heads and hands and - uniquely - their hearts. Vibrantz is owned by American Securities, a leading U.S. private equity firm that invests in market-leading North American companies with annual revenue generally ranging from $200 million to $2 billion and/or $50 million to $200 million of EBITDA. American Securities and its affiliates have approximately $23 billion under management and are based in New York with an office in Shanghai. For more information, please visit www.vibrantz.com and www.american-securities.com. Reporting into the Plant Manager, the Materials & Scheduling Coordinator will be based out of Houston, TX and will be responsible for producing the Master Production Schedule for operations and aligning the Raw Material purchasing plan with the Master Production Schedule.

Requirements

High School Diploma required, Bachelor’s Degree preferred
Minimum 2-3 years of relevant operational experience in either manufacturing or logistics or supply chain planning
Proficiency in an ERP system
Manufacturing or metals industry experience preferred

Nice To Haves

Manufacturing or metals industry experience preferred

Responsibilities

Management of the master production schedule that balances network demand, inventory and supply capacity
Manage hard demand requirements coming to the network and balance them against available capacity
Manage exceptions in demand and capacity imbalance and optimize the schedule as needed
Work with Sales, customer service, operations, procurement and operations to manage supply disruption and optimization efforts
Utilizing knowledge and information from the Master Plan and S&OP, support occasional strategic supply development requests regarding warehouse footprint and strategic raw material requirements
Perform ad hoc analysis to inform distribution network alignment with customers and suppliers to improve performance and/or reduce cost
Accountable for development and management of Engineered inventory levels across the supply network
Make changes to inventory targets and explain inventory shifts in addition to performing root cause analysis on unexpected variances
Reconcile daily/weekly/monthly cycle count results against system inventories and investigate discrepancies.
Provide expertise and feedback to support system improvements
Responsible for validation and update of planning assumptions in IFS