Senior Master Production Scheduler

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:

• The position will plan and control all scheduling activities supporting assigned plants. They will balance production and inventory levels with demand to support targets consistent with customer service levels, inventory turns goals and capacity utilization.
• The role will plan the supply of Finished Goods, utilize capacity planning tools, level load production, identify corrective actions (overtime, adding equipment, expediting, etc.) and coordinate with the Sourcing group and manufacturing plant to review and suggest key planning parameter changes.
• This position will participate in meetings to review Sales Forecasts, Manufacturing, Planning, New Product Introductions, Line Fill rates, Metrics and other potential related Supply Chain issues.
• This role will work closely with Demand Planners and Marketing to review New Product Introductions, events and regional promotions to ensure the Supply Chain can support and execute all program requirements.
• The position will develop feasible weekly bucketed schedules by sku to manufacturing; work to install and measure a compliance metric to measure performance and lead Lean and Continuous Improvement Projects.
• This role will analyze, develop, and test programs and user interfaces required for implementations or enhancements for our Supply Chain systems. They are responsible for troubleshooting any system issues and working with users to gather requirements for new functionality and model enhancements.

• Responsible for master scheduling up to 2 manufacturing plants.
• Schedules production for up to 40MM gallons per plant.
• Directly impacts 200+ million gallons and or 375 million units of inventory.
• Manage Inter-Facility Freight of up to $2MM.
• Paint and Coatings Raw Material Average Inventory $97MM.
• Raw Material Inventory Turns

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree or 4 years of experience
• 2+ years of experience in Supply Chain, Demand Planning, Customer Service, Sales, or Operations

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s degree in a Supply Chain related field
• APICS CPIM Certification
• Blue Yonder Solutions, Business Objects-DSF & SCIS, MES, QAD, REACH, AOM, IVAN