We are global, we are impacting the lives of millions every day, we are making a difference!  

At Amcor we are inspired to change the packaging industry and are taking on the aspirational challenge to make all our products recyclable or reusable by 2025. Through our products and global footprint, we are in a unique position to truly make a difference in the packaging space. Our products impact the lives of millions of people across the globe every day from food, beverage, pharmaceutical, medical, home- and personal-care, and other essential products. Amcor is a thriving S&P 500 organisation listed both on the NYSE (AMCR) and ASX (AMC) with US$13 billion in sales. We have a proud history dating back to the 1860’s and come a long way from a single paper mill based in Melbourne to becoming the global leading packaging company. Today, Amcor is an international organisation empowering its 50,000 employees in over 40 countries and across 250 sites.   

Will you be next to join our journey towards a more sustainable future? At Amcor we are always looking for talented and passionate individuals who are motivated to make a difference. Working at Amcor means you will have a unique opportunity to be a part of an organisation that is committed to providing sustainable packaging solutions. To find out more about our commitment to sustainability and about Amcor, visit www.amcor.com.  

Job Description

This position is responsible for creating and maintaining a schedule that will efficiently utilize the available manufacturing resources to meet customer demand and to maintain optimal inventory levels. The production scheduler will utilize MRP as well as knowledge of the manufacturing processes to anticipate and resolve problems and enhance customer service. The position requires the incumbent to communicate clearly and openly with both operations personnel regarding production schedules and the supply chain group regarding capacity and material issues. The incumbent must actively participate in problem solving and process improvements with operations, team members and customer service.  The senior planner will provide mentorship and back-up coverage for other roles within the department including material planning and other process scheduling.

WHAT YOU GET TO DO

• Create and maintain production schedules for each operation to successfully meet customer demand while also optimizing inventory and minimizing machine changeovers.
• Analyse and create operating schedules that support maximizing machine and labor efficiency and efficiently utilize material and storage space resources while meeting customer requirements.
• Manage scheduling and confer with department leads to evaluate production schedule status.
• Communicate daily with internal and external customers as to status of all open orders/jobs.
• Provide management visibility over work-in-progress, material availability, and potential production issues, ensuring that personnel, equipment, tools, materials and services are available as needed.
• Work with internal customers to coordinate schedules and establish priorities when required to prevent customer service issues.
• Make or recommend revisions to planned production schedules as necessary when schedules cannot be met, including preparing back-up schedules.
• Provide solutions, creative and logistical, to problems concerning production, shipments, shortages, changes and cancellation of orders.
• Manage the volume of work orders issued to the floor. Ensure work orders are issued to the floor with both available raw stock and/or capacity available. Utilize a combination of created and released work orders to manage the flow of work sent to production while maintaining a short-term finite schedule.
• Provide mentorship and back up coverage for material planners and production schedulers.
• Lead projects or project steps within a broader project related to capital or customer mix changes.

WHAT WE VALUE

• Strong interpersonal skills to effectively communicate with other functional areas in order to build trusted relationships.
• Solves complex problems; takes a new perspective on existing solutions
• Ability to handle frequent interruptions, meets tight deadlines, and handles conflict in an effective manner.
• Strong analytical skillset; Demonstrated ability to organiz