Job Title:

Production Scheduler (Asset Planner) - Master Scheduler

Summary:

Join our dynamic team at Momentive where you'll play a pivotal role in driving excellence across regional and cross-functional teams. In this role, you'll spearhead initiatives to enhance planning, service, and inventory management, ensuring that our supply chain operates at peak efficiency to meet and exceed customer expectations.

You will be responsible for optimizing production planning and scheduling, managing raw material procurement, and ensuring that we consistently fulfill customer demands. Your strategic oversight and execution will be key in aligning our operations with growth objectives and delivering exceptional service.

If you're a forward-thinking professional with a knack for improving processes and achieving results, this is your opportunity to make a significant impact within our supply chain and drive Momentive’s success.

Responsibilities Include:

• Follow-up on execution (distressed orders, Production & replenishment planning, logistics concerns, Customer emergency……)

• Ensure planning is aligned with business demand global strategy to drive improvements.

• Identify and escalate PSI balances, cross-business-function-region concerns and mid/long-term country/regional allocation/analysis as needed

• Identify, communicate and help problem solve with constrained planning

• Master data maintenance and optimization

• Schedule in accordance with inventory targets/internal service requirements and Operational limitations

• Plan/Manage Raw Materials and Cross Pole/Plant Requirements.

• Provide Weekly Plan and Raw Material Requirements based on agreed schedule with Operations

• Control exception messages to continuously improve schedule Inventory Management

• Work Closely with Operations Team to manage costs and inventory to develop most optimal production strategy.

• Utilize systems (SAP, MiMi) to plan production by asset thru demand for orders, safety stock and forecast

• Communicate changes, delays and lead collaborative effort to resolve with both short term and long-term approach

• Execute and deliver a production schedule that support high service levels (OTIF), cost effectiveness and performance within production (POTIF) and asset optimization   

• Accountable to minimize backorders

• Accountable to ensure adherence to SIOP policy and processes

• Completes other duties as assigned

Travel:

• Less than 10%

Qualifications:

The following are required for the role

• 3+ years of relevant experience in supply chain role or operations role

• Strong analytical, decision and strategic thinking skills with an attention to detail

• Demonstrated ability to influence key stakeholders in a matrix environment

• Outstanding interpersonal skills with ability to develop relationships and communicate effectively at all levels of the organization globally.

• Highly motivated and energetic with ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously

• Demonstrated project management and/or time management skills

The following are preferred qualifications:

• Associates or higher degree preferably in business, engineering, management, operations, or supply chain

• Capability to coordinate cross-country teams.

• Experience / working knowledge of silicones or chemical operations

• Working knowledge of SAP, Zemeter, and advanced scheduling software

• APICS and Lean Six Sigma black belt certifications

PHYSICAL DEMANDS / WORK ENVIRONMENT    

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Regularly required to sit, talk, and hear, use hands to type, handle or feel. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. Visual acuity to use a keyboard, prepare and analyze data and figures, transcribe, view a computer terminal, and do extensive reading. May require ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to visit other locations; or the ability to stand, walk, lift, carry, and move a light to medium weight. Requires good hand-eye coordination, and arm, hand, and finger dexterity,