Supply Chain Master Scheduler

Sika AG•Lyndhurst, NJ

5h•Onsite

About The Position

With more than 100 years of experience, Sika is a worldwide innovation and sustainability leader in the development and production of systems and products for commercial and residential construction, as well as the transportation, marine, automotive, and renewable energy manufacturing industries. Sika is a specialty chemicals company with a globally leading position in the development and production of systems and products for bonding, sealing, damping, reinforcing, and protection in the building sector and industry. Sika has subsidiaries in 103 countries around the world, produces in over 400 factories, and develops innovative technologies for customers worldwide. In doing so, it plays a crucial role in enabling the transformation of the construction and transportation industries toward greater environmental compatibility. Approximately 33,000 employees generated CHF 11.20 billion in sales in 2025. The Supply Chain Master Scheduler will analyze demand and supply at various levels, identify imbalances, and recommend actions. This role involves collaborating with sales, marketing, and manufacturing to reduce lead-times and conducting rough-cut capacity planning to align with SI&OP commitments. The Master Scheduler will oversee S&OE commitments, resolve material and capacity conflicts across the manufacturing network, and create master schedules that balance customer demand with workload leveling and resource optimization. Key responsibilities also include maintaining scheduling parameters, monitoring schedule implementation, assessing risks, and proactively resolving potential conflicts or bottlenecks. The position requires close collaboration with Production, Purchasing, Engineering, Product Management, Quality, and Sales teams to ensure realistic schedules aligned with business objectives. Additionally, the role involves evaluating and adjusting schedules for inventory and capacity constraints, communicating changes to stakeholders, reviewing upcoming projects for complexity and resource requirements, and identifying areas for process improvement within the scheduling function.

Requirements

5+ Years in Supply Chain leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.
Proficient in ERP systems, advanced Excel skills, and experience with scheduling software (MRP etc)

Nice To Haves

BA/BS in Supply Chain Management, Business Management, or a related field is preferred.
SAP Preferred

Responsibilities

Analyze demand and supply at the item, customer, and master schedule levels, determine out of balance conditions, identify alternative and recommend actions for approval.
Collaborate with sales, marketing, and manufacturing to understand and reduce internal and customer lead-times.
Conduct rough-cut capacity planning prior to publishing master schedule to ensure alignment with SI&OP commitments.
Oversee S&OE commitments within the sites to ensure efficient detailed scheduling and utilization of capacity.
Identify, negotiate, and resolve conflicts with respect to material and capacity availability and order-promising integrity across the manufacturing network.
Create a master schedule that satisfies customer demand while leveling workload released to manufacturing, and optimization of inventory levels and resource utilization.
Maintain scheduling parameters, such as lead-times, lot sizes, and cycle times.
Monitor the implementation of schedules and evaluate their success as well as assess and mitigate risks that may impact the schedule
Proactively identify potential scheduling conflicts or bottlenecks and work with relevant departments to resolve them.
Collaborate closely with Production, Purchasing, Engineering, Product Management, Quality and Sales teams to ensure that the schedule is realistic and aligns with overall business objectives.
Evaluate and adjust schedules to account for inventories and capacity constraints.
Communicates schedule changes to correspondent stake holders as changes occur.
Review upcoming projects for complexity, special build requirement, line and capacity requirements, manpower allocation, etc.
Identify areas for process improvement within the scheduling function and implement changes to meet stated lead times.