What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Scheduler position at Structure Medical?
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS :
- Coordinates and expedites flow of material, parts and assemblies within or between departments as well as finished goods shipments in accordance with production and shipping schedule or department priorities
- Maintains the Material Requirements Planning (MRP) system data to ensure timely delivery of products; reviews MRP reports to ensure all required actions are taken; creates work orders
- Establishes lead-times (quotes and orders) and lot sizes
- Monitors demand, production, and inventory to help provide timely production alternatives and makes necessary schedule changes to fulfill customer demand; monitors backorders of all assigned parts while communicating backorder information to internal departments
- Analyzes progress of production and outside processing; reviews factors which affect the product delivery schedule to identify bottlenecks; recommends actions for resolution
- Plans production based on sales forecast, current inventory levels, and outstanding purchase orders; adjusts for variations that occur
- Reviews the production schedule and verifies that required materials are available and approved by the Quality department
- Evaluates suppliers based on price, quality, availability, service support, reliability and selection
- Discusses defective goods with inspection or quality control personnel, suppliers, and others to determine the origin and take corrective action
- Determines when work orders need to be released to the production floor
- Creates and updates a weekly machining schedule and a daily secondary schedule
- Produces order confirmation forms
- Schedules Production Review meetings and provides follow up tasks to the team; attends new product introduction meetings
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS :
High school diploma or GED; bachelor's degree in related field preferred; supplemented by five or more years' material planning experience; or an equivalent combination of education, certification, training, and / or experience.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES :