Production Scheduler

Responsibilities

When you work at Daktronics, you’ll be part of something amazing. We design, engineer, manufacture and support bold, eye-catching digital LED and LCD video displays and audio systems.

Our products bring excitement to professional, college and high school games. They attract customers for businesses around the world, and even provide direction for people as they travel, work and play.

As part of the Daktronics team, you’ll have interesting, impactful work with flexible opportunities. You can learn and grow at a company that provides competitive compensation and meaningful benefits – and the people are second to none.

Learn more About Daktronics!

Where is this opportunity located?  

Position located in Brookings, South Dakota.  

What will the work look like for me?   

Work as a member of the Live Events Manufacturing Fulfillment Team to help us build the right parts and at the right time to meet our customer’s expectations.   

• Develop working relationships with internal customers (production, production supervisors, master scheduler). 
  • Communicate production plan with these groups. 
  • Work on improvement projects with these groups.   
• Analyze exception reports to build the right parts, at the right time, in the right quantities. 
  • Learn from shortages and escalations to continuously improve planning methods. 
  • Update item attributes as needed. 
  • Follow PFEP item attribute standards. 
• Update and maintain production schedule. 
  • Create work orders as needed. 
  • Clear parts for the “next job.” 
    • Escalate shortages to Buyer and Supply Supervisor. 
• Run Horizontal reports as assigned to keep track of demand/supply for make items. 
• Update tier boards with assigned metrics. 
  • Help determine what is a green versus red status. 
  • Provide explanations and action plans to move from red to green status. 
• Work effectively as a team member, helping when and where needed, make, and implement suggestions for process improvement.  
  • Use lean process improvement initiatives. 
• Manage and adjust the daily production schedule. 
  • Handle prioritizing of items based on Supply Supervisor, Master Scheduler, or Fulfillment Team Manager requests. 
  • Note deviated work orders and process accordingly. 
• Participate in quarterly review of items that appear to have excess. 
  • Determine if/why it is excess. 
  • Make consumption plan. 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Math, Business Economics, or comparable degree required. 
• Material/production control or logistics experience preferred. 
• Good written and verbal communication skills required. 
• Good computer skills required. Software includes Glovia, Amdocs and Microsoft Office package. 
• Demonstrated ability to work well with others. 
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimum supervision. 
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to prioritize in addition to being able to adapt to change. 
• Previous work experience demonstrating participation as a member of a team. 
• Previous work experience working with minimal supervision and exercising discretion and independent judgment. 
• Physical requirements include the ability to lift and carry up to 45 pounds. 
• Fluent in English, both written and verbal. 
• Applicant must be 18 years of age or older.  
• Daktronics does not sponsor, renew, or extend immigration visas for this position. 

Daktronics is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, genetics, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or citizenship status. If you would like more information on your EEO rights under the law, please click here.