Production Scheduler

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways: 

• Production Scheduling: You’ll plan and establish production schedules to meet customer demand. This involves aligning sales forecasts, plant capacity, and employee availability to optimize production efficiency.
• Raw Material Optimization: You’ll work with Material Planners to align raw material stocking strategies. Ensuring efficient stock levels for production is crucial.
• Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE): Reporting any work-related incidents or hazards, complying with HSE standards, and engaging in safety training contribute to a safe work environment.
• Quality Assurance: Following standard work procedures and collaborating with Quality to address non-conforming materials promptly ensures product quality.
• Delivery Management: Creating realistic production schedules for designated products or lines, adjusting as needed, and minimizing risks (like downtime or material shortages) are essential for meeting customer needs.
• Problem Solving: Collecting data to identify bottlenecks, routing issues, and other problematic areas allows you to suggest improvements and optimize production flow.
• Team Collaboration: Effective communication within your team and across support teams fosters collaboration. Completing training and personal development aligns with business goals.
• Accountability & Improvement: Taking ownership of schedule delivery and participating in improvement projects (quality, safety, process, etc.) contribute significantly to overall success.

 

Key Responsibilities:

Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) Reports any work-related injury, illness, incident or hazard. Complies with HSE standards, policies, procedures & regulations. Engages in HSE training. Quality Follows applicable standard work, process documentation, and quality procedures. Performs quality checks on system planning parameters (min/max inventory level, re-order point, upper/lower tracking signals, segments, etc.) taking action to support Plan for Every Part (PFEP). Delivery Performs supply and demand analysis, highlighting areas of concern for the next 12 months. Assists others in gathering and compiling information through primary and secondary research. Runs planning parameter setting changes in the simulation environment to analyze the impact to KPIs, and provides executive and detailed report of results. Monitors signals indicating abnormal demand and/or stock levels feeding the supply schedule. Makes adjustments to the planning parameter settings if approved. Enters approved forecast adjustments at the detail level to align with the aggregate demand plan. Takes ownership and accountability for the disaggregate demand plan, supply plan, and inventory plan that supports end Customer needs. Demonstrates the target level of proficiency in core competencies. Remains flexible and performs other miscellaneous duties, as required, to meet business goals. Teamwork Communicates effectively within the assigned team and with all support teams. Completes training and personal development in line with business requirements and career goals. Participates in improvement (quality, safety, process, material flow, etc.) projects.

• To be successful in this role you will need the following: 
   
• Effective Communication:
  • Develop and deliver multi-mode communications tailored to different audiences.
  • Ensure clarity in conveying unique needs and requirements.
• Customer Focus:
  • Build strong relationships with customers.
  • Deliver solutions that prioritize their needs and satisfaction.
• Results-Driven Approach:
  • Consistently achieve results, even in challenging situations.
  • Maintain focus on meeting goals and objectives.
• Accountability:
  • Hold yourself and others accountable for commitments.
  • Ensure timely delivery and follow-through.
• Complex Problem Solving:
  • Navigate complex, sometimes contradictory information effectively.
  • Analyze root causes and find practical solutions.
• Materials Planning System Utilization:
  • Leverage materials planning systems for supply and demand management.
  • Address exceptions and alerts proactively.
• Part Change Control Management:
  • Evaluate and implement engin