Scheduling Supervisor - Production

Job Type: Full-time

Duration of role: Permanent

Reporting to: Production Control Manager

Location: Pocahontas, Arkansas

About Us

At Tate we are passionate about everything we do. As an independent brand operating within Kingspan Group, a global plc group of companies, Tate has been recognized worldwide as an industry leader in the development and manufacture of data center infrastructure solutions and commercial office raised access floors, for over 60 years. With revenues of over $420m and growing, Tate plays a pivotal role in offering expertise in cutting edge design engineering in order to craft solutions, by working collaboratively with clients as a trusted partner.

Tate continues to grow and expand, operating multiple manufacturing and commercial sites across the US, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. We are excited about our fresh, dynamic, and inclusive team of experts working on new innovations and forward-thinking designs, as we remain a market leading player within our industry. We continue to invest heavily in the best available manufacturing tools and equipment needed to adhere to Tate’s world class standards and in keeping with our Planet Passionate sustainability strategy, our focus is on having minimal climate impact.

We are excited by potentially welcoming you as part of our team as we continue to grow on a worldwide scale.

About the Role

The Scheduling Supervisor - Production is responsible for developing and implementing production plans, manpower requirements, and projected inventory levels that best meet the sales forecast while considering various manufacturing constraints and company objectives.

What You’ll Do

• Analyzes monthly forecasts to establish or modify production levels 6 months into the future.

• Plans product mix in Master Production Schedule to accommodate monthly forecasts.

• Plans production levels to minimize inventory levels while assuring material availability for manufacturing.

• Coordinates scheduling activities to ensure consistency with Master Scheduling and inventory objectives.

• Rebuilds and reconciles Master Production Schedule weekly.

• Maintains requirements in MRP for components of master scheduled items.

• Analyzes current workload in individual departments to determine need for corrective measures regarding capacity matters.

• Acknowledges customer orders and revisions.

• Provides Customer Service with product availability information.

• Creates schedules and capacity planning tools for new product lines.

• Identifies and initiates corrective actions for production and vendor problems prohibiting on-time customers order completions.

• Reconstructs daily production and shipment tracking report.

• Provides daily, weekly, and monthly shipping performance to schedules.

• Acknowledges customer orders with dates which fall within the company standard for acceptable lead time.

• Ensures normal plant capacity is not over-committed without prior approval of all associated personnel.

• Ensures that various production departments are provided with enough work to fully utilize planned capacity.

• Maintains awareness of individual contribution to and impact of the quality, safety, environmental, and product compliance policies and activities; reports all quality issues, unsafe acts, and unsafe conditions to the proper personnel.

Additional Expectation

• Remain compliant with the Code of Conduct and Policies which includes the