Production Scheduler II

Summary:

Reporting to the Customer Relations Manager, the Production Scheduler II is responsible for planning and establishing the production schedule based on sales forecasts, plant and employee capacity and new business opportunities to meet customer demands.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

This list of duties and responsibilities is not all inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities as management may deem necessary from time to time.

• Second of three levels of production scheduling with responsibility for the clerical aspects of scheduling and forecasting materials.
• Develop forecasted production plan by assessing customer demand, manufacturing capacity, and resource availability.
• Analyze manufacturing capacity to determine outsourcing needs, as required.
• Prepare and distribute the weekly/monthly production schedules and communicate deviations to the appropriate teams.
• Create and improve processes and procedures to ensure accuracy and consistency in the schedules released to manufacturing.
• Maintain long-term forecasting tools to review capacity versus demand trends.
• Work closely with Customer Service Representatives to communicate schedule change requests.
• Review internal scheduling change requests and evaluate raw material availability to coordinate implementation with the appropriate teams.
• Assist in resolving production and raw material supply conflicts.
• As part of the AROW Global team you will need to understand the AROW Business System policy and objectives and how you affect conformance to them.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of an associate degree or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of two years of previous production planning or scheduling experience.
• Experience using an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system; knowledge of IFS is preferred.
• Highly proficient working in Microsoft Office programs (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excels at being a part of a team.
• Self-motivated and looks for opportunities for improvement.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or touch objects, tools, or controls. The employee is frequently required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, talk, or hear.

The above statements reflect the general details necessary to describe the principle functions of the occupation described and shall not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be inherent in the occupation.

AROW is an Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Employer and complies with Federal and State/Provincial regulations at all U.S. and Canadian locations.