Production Scheduler

About the role

Help turn production priorities into reliable plans that keep operations moving. Are you energized by solving scheduling challenges and collaborating across teams? Do you want to innovate for good? Apply today and make an impact at Essity.

About the Role

As a Production Scheduler at our Dover, DE manufacturing site, you will develop and maintain short-term production schedules that balance operational priorities, available capacity, materials, trials, and projects.

You will join a collaborative production planning team and work closely with Operations, Supply Planning, Material Planning, and other manufacturing support functions. By reviewing production performance and responding quickly to changing conditions, you will help ensure that production priorities are clearly communicated and effectively executed.

What You Will Do

• Production Scheduling: Develop and maintain detailed short-term schedules by day, shift, and production line, covering a planning horizon of up to nine weeks.
• Schedule Management: Review the production plan daily and make timely system adjustments based on capacity, performance, material availability, and changing operational requirements.
• Performance Monitoring: Evaluate schedule attainment and communicate variances, risks, and priorities to Operations, Supply Planning, and Material Planning.
• Cross-Functional Coordination: Partner with planning teams and manufacturing stakeholders to share site information, align priorities, and resolve scheduling issues.
• Materials Alignment: Coordinate with Material Planning to support the ordering, storage, staging, and availability of production materials and work-in-process inventory.
• Systems and Data: Maintain accurate production orders and capacity calendars using SAP or a comparable enterprise planning system, while using Excel to analyze data and extract reports.
• Operational Support: Participate in daily operations meetings and project, trial, and planning discussions, prioritizing work throughout the day and providing occasional after-hours support when necessary.

Who You Are

• You have a bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, operations, or a related field, or significant relevant manufacturing and planning experience.
• You bring at least three years of production scheduling, finite scheduling, material planning, replenishment planning, or closely related experience in a manufacturing environment.
• You have experience with SAP or another large enterprise planning system, along with strong Excel skills for data analysis and report extraction.
• You are analytical, organized, and solutions-focused, with strong written and verbal communication skills. You can work independently, manage changing priorities, and collaborate effectively across functions in a fast-paced environment.
• You demonstrate a continuous-improvement mindset and a commitment to safe, efficient, and reliable operations.

What We Can Offer You

• Our purpose, Breaking Barriers to Well-being, provides meaning to everything we do.
• Join us to improve well-being for people and drive positive change for society and the environment.
• At Essity, you'll feel valued, empowered to grow, and challenged to achieve business results in a collaborative and open atmosphere.

Benefits

Expected Compensation: Competitive annual salary + annual incentive bonus + benefits:

Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors such as knowledge, skills, and experience.

Benefits

Along with competitive pay you will be eligible for the following benefits:

• United Healthcare PPO / EyeMed Vision Insurance / Delta Dental Insurance
• Wellness program provided through Rally
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• 401(k) with employer match and annual employer base contribution
• Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance
• PTO offering with Paid Holidays
• Scholarship program for children of Essity employees.

Innovate for Good | Excel Together | Be You with Us

More About Dover, DE

• This is a hybrid, primarily day-shift position connected to Essity's Dover, DE manufacturing site.
• The role requires regular collaboration with site-based teams and may involve up to 10% travel, primarily for occasional visits to other Essity locations.
• Personal protective equipment is required when working in designated manufacturing areas.

Additional Information

Together, we are improving lives, every day

Working at Essity is not just a career; it is a chance to directly make the world a healthier, more hygienic and safer place. With impactful innovations coupled with sustainable solutions, we strive to reach more people every year with the necessary and essential solutions for well-being.

Application End Date

Job Requisition ID: Essity266662