What are the responsibilities and job description for the Master Scheduler position at Livetrends Design Group LLC?
Description
About LiveTrends Design Group
LiveTrends Design Group (LTDG) is the leading design company within the global home décor industry. At LiveTrends we deliver inspiration and joy to over 10 million homes a year by combining two timeless forces, Nature and Art, into unforgettable home decor. Through constant innovation, creativity, and exceptional design we provide retail market leaders across North America and Europe with products and services that are changing the industry. All three of LTDG brands (LiveTrends, Urban Jungle, BeYou) are currently available at retailers such as Lowe’s, Kroger, Target, Costco, Trader Joe’s, Wegmans, and many more.
POSITON OBJECTIVE:
Primary responsibilities are to coordinate all LiveTrends production capabilities to fulfill obligations to customer orders. The person chosen will be intimately involved in the Production Scheduling for internal and external production facilities, monitoring inventory and personnel requirements, and communicating companywide production and labor capacities.
Requirements
SPECIFIC ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Creates and publishes master schedule for all production centers based on capacity, materials, and shipping dates
- Serves as the central key organizer of all functions (sales, supply chain, production, shipping) in order to accommodate weekly production schedules
- Participate in meetings weekly to properly plan weekly assembly centers for production
- Ensures orders are completed on time and fulfilled to customer expectations
- Identifies delays, problems, and reports to assembly center operations/production managers the issues and possible solutions
- Communicates with all interested departments (sales, production, supply chain, logistics) when handoff occurs for the execution of all aspects of production assembly
- If orders cannot be produced according to the planned schedule, makes all necessary communications and adjustments to ensure the orders are completed as soon as possible to meet sales order demand
Manages labor capacity and works with sales/ops team to create an efficient and manageable flow of sales orders/work orders
- Monitors Net Requirements reporting, inventory, and all other sources of production information for any order changes and adjusts supply chains plans accordingly
- Responsible for monitoring the supply chain of all assembly supplies needed to meet production scheduled needs for all assembly locations, including 3rd party
- Tracks production against production plan/schedule
- Develops and prepares production reports
Specific Skills & Requirement
- BA/BS
- Planning and Scheduling experience in a manufacturing/assembly setting
- Understanding of Production and Supply Chain issues and challenges
- Previous MRP/ERP experience and strong Excel skills
- Strong Communication skills, must be able to communicate with all levels of organization
- Strong attention to detail
Benefits:
- Competitive pay structure
- Matching 401k
- Medical insurance and additional health benefits
- Paid time off and paid holidays throughout the calendar year
- Onsite gym
- Sabbatical
To Apply: https://recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/jobs/Details/3037222/Livetrends-Design-Group-LLC/Master-Scheduler
LiveTrends is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit-based factors, or any other protected categories protected by federal, state, or local laws.
In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.
LiveTrends does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or any other vendor services. Any unsolicited resumes will be considered property of LiveTrends and no fee will be paid in the event of a hire.
Disclaimer: “We do not advertise, recruit nor hire via Google Hangout. We do not request confidential information via email.” Any and all correspondences will come from an official “@livetrends.com” e-mail and that all candidates in any recruitment process will complete an in-person interview at our corporate office in Central, FL.
