Master Scheduler

About This Role

The Master Scheduler is a critical role responsible for establishing and meticulously managing the master production schedule within our dynamic manufacturing environment. This position requires close collaboration with various internal teams to proactively ensure that all projects are prepared for initiation and are completed according to established timelines. The Master Production Scheduler plays a key part in optimizing our production flow and meeting customer expectations. This is a full-time position.

What You’ll Be Working On

• Master Production Schedule Management: Create and diligently maintain the master production schedule to ensure continuous and efficient plant operations across multiple manufacturing locations. This schedule shall have details down to daily activities production forecast across all facilities and extrapolate out 12 weeks.
• Resource and data analytics: Analyze resources, determine production rates and crunch data to ensure accurate resource allocated production schedules.
• Report Generation: Create insightful scheduling reports to readily identify material shortages, potential customer shipment issues, and labor requirements.
• Production Schedule Communication: Communicate the 3 week, and 12 week master schedule clearly and effectively with the Production Manager, Production schedulers and Project Managers. This includes leading production schedule review meetings, providing project status updates, and communicating any potential delays.
• Proactive Issue Identification: Review the schedules and proactively identify potential workforce, materials, and shipping issues, communicating these to the leadership team.
• Process Improvement: Continuously monitor, identify, and manage areas for improvements to the overall scheduling process.
• Issue Resolution: Proactively help identify critical paths, resolve resource conflicts, address material availability challenges, and troubleshoot manufacturing issues
• MRP System Analysis: Interface with MRP data (currently acumatica) to incorporate production rates, material availability and project timelines into the master schedule.
• Cross-Departmental Collaboration: Drive strong cross-departmental cooperation between the procurement, materials management, and production departments to ensure the accuracy of lead times, current inventories, and warehouse levels to optimize order fulfillment.

What You’ll Bring to the Team

• Educational Foundation: Bachelor’s degree in engineering, data analysis, manufacturing, business or related field
• Production Planning Experience: 7+ years of demonstrable experience in production planning/scheduling.
• Data Analytical and Time Management Skills: Strong analytical, time management, and organizational skills. This job will demand the ability to consume large amounts of data and produce concise schedule reporting.
• Code scripting: Ability to hard code into data programs such as google sheets using the Script application.
• Communication Skills: Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Computer Literacy: Solid computer literacy in MS Office and Google products (specifically Excel/Sheets) with a strong ability to learn new software applications quickly.
• Scheduling program experience: Efficient in scheduling programs such as MS Project, Primavera P6, or similar.
• MRP/ERP Experience: Experience with software related to schedule and demand planning, preferably with Material Requirements Planning (MRP) or Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems (e.g., Acumatica, Oracle ERP, SAP, SAGE, Infor).
• Learning Agility: Eagerness to learn with strong listening, critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities.
• Self-Motivation: Highly motivated self-starter who consistently demonstrates professionalism and a willingness to take on additional responsibilities as needed.
• Team Player Mentality: A strong team player who consistently demonstrates a positive attitude towards teammates and actively strives for continuous improvement in processes and delivery.
• Manufacturing Knowledge: Proven manufacturing experience (ideally in metal or electrical manufacturing) with a solid understanding of material flow principles.
• Physical Capabilities: Requires the ability to lift, lower, push, and pull merchandise of all sizes up to 50 lbs. Requires the ability to stand, walk, stoop, and bend for 8 hours or more daily. Requires constant use of arms, hands, fingers, eyes, legs, and back.
• Safety and Compliance: This position is designated a safety-sensitive position and/or is located in a safety-sensitive facility. Drug and alcohol program participation is required. Must be able to pass a background check.

Bonus Points

• Experience with Arena Simulation or other Industrial Engineering software programs.
• Experience with automation programs such as MS Power Automate to automate time consuming tasks between programs.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity packages
• Restricted Stock Units
• Paid time off, paid holidays & leave of absence programs
• Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance
• Employer contributions to HSA account
• Paid parental leave
• Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
• Professional development & tuition reimbursement
• Mental health & wellness support
• Commuter benefits (parking & transit)
• Cell phone stipend
• 401(k) Retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary
• Volunteer time off
• Global travel insurance & emergency assistance
• Daily meals allowance
• Additional perks & programs specific to location

Compensation Range

Compensation will be paid in the range of up to $99,000 -$114,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicants knowledge, education, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.