Master Production Scheduler

Essential Job Functions:

The Master Scheduler drives results in a fast-paced environment, overseeing the generation, maintenance, analysis, and verification of the site's manufacturing asset production schedule while ensuring manufacturing readiness. This role is accountable for aligning with Quality compliance, process requirements, timelines, and revenue commitments, including asset availability, to maximize efficiency and utilization. The Master Scheduler is responsible for designing, maintaining, and reporting key performance metrics (KPIs) for scheduling, execution, and capacity and coordinating associated readiness activities. Working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, this position fosters information exchange across sites and global functions to manage KPIs, report outputs, and resolve issues promptly. The role demands superior leadership behaviors and a strong focus on ensuring manufacturing readiness throughout all stages of production planning.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Developing and managing production schedules to ensure optimal productivity and efficiency
• Coordinating with different departments to understand their scheduling needs and requirements
• Creating detailed reports on production plans, progress, and any changes to the schedule
• Analyzing production specifications and plant capacity data and performing mathematical calculations to determine manufacturing processes, tools, and human resource requirements
• Resolving issues that could impact schedule adherence and order fulfillment.
• Identifying and implementing process improvements to improve scheduling efficiency
• Monitor material inventories, track production progress, and review factors that affect schedules.
• Communicating with management and stakeholders about the status of production schedules
• Ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations
• Forecasting and managing a budget for production scheduling

Requirements:

• BS/BA in business administration, engineering, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Operation Research
• 5 years of Master Scheduling and Inventory Control experience required.
• Proven experience as a Scheduler in the BESS assembly process industry.
• Proficient in MS Office and ERP systems
• SAP experience preferred.
• Excellent communication abilities and team player
• Understanding of quality standards and health & safety regulations
• Knowledge of performance evaluation and budgeting concepts
• Generates, manages, and analyzes the master manufacturing schedule for the site in alignment with all cross-functional and workflow inputs.
• Ensures efficient management of all communication processes to disseminate and share critical information.
• Provides feedback for financial forecast based on capacity and current schedule.
• Creates, maintains, and reports performance metrics for scheduling adherence, capacity, and outputs.
• Evaluate and communicate asset capacity to support new business opportunities and strategic planning across functional groups.
• Facilitates Production Staging Meetings, prioritization, and follow-up of action item lists.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with manufacturing, analytical, and project management departments to track all batch readiness items, ensuring production schedule adherence. This includes monitoring batch record documentation, material availability, specifications, sample documentation, and placing necessary orders for materials and supplies.
• Actively monitor the status of open purchase orders, place new orders as needed, and ensure on-time delivery of all materials.
• Promptly identify and resolve issues, communicate potential problems, and implement mitigation strategies to prevent future disruptions in the supply chain.
• Contribute to developing and monitoring procurement controls, including requisitions and approvals.
• Place orders proactively, execute associated Purchase Orders on time, and continuously refine the ordering process to improve efficiency and reduce lead times.
• Collaborate with procurement and production teams to monitor and manage key materials, including APIs and controlled substances, ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Other duties as assigned.

Travel Expectations:

• Up to 10% domestic travel.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to frequently stand, walk, sit, talk or hear; use hands to finger, handle or feel. The employee is required some of the time to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally needed to climb or balance and taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. There is no special vision requirement for this job. The employee may occasionally work near moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, and toxic or caustic chemicals.

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