Description

Job Summary:

The Master Scheduler will coordinate schedules and inventories to ensure efficient and effective operation of the assigned department or facility.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Serves as a primary point of contact for and liaison with sales, logistics, and manufacturing departments.
• Collaborates with these departments to establish schedules and plans that allocate available resources to best serve client or customer needs.
• Periodically compares current and anticipated orders with available inventory of raw materials; uses judgment to anticipate demand for and to acquire additional supplies as needed.
• Negotiates with outside supply vendors; ensures accurate and timely delivery of orders.
• Integrates sales orders with master schedule; coordinates availability of raw materials, supplies, equipment, and staff as needed to meet delivery dates.
• Maintains master distribution schedule for the assigned facility; revises as needed and alerts appropriate staff of schedule changes or delays.
• Participates in periodic forecasting meetings with sales, marketing, and other related departments; leads additional planning meetings with sales, production, shipping, purchasing, and customer service staff.
• Performs other related duties, as required.
• Reviews the customer requests for quotes and verifies time availability within the production schedule. Recommends a course of action to either give the customer the order as it was requested or to give the earliest possible date by which the order could be manufactured with current resources; 
• Monitors/Audits the scheduling system for traceability, flow of work and efficiency of system; 
• Oversees the entire scheduling department and directs how to schedule based on market and shipment projection data that has been analyzed and approved by upper management;
• Creates “what if scenarios” for estimating purposes and analyzes the corporate effect of the estimate to the company if rewarded;
• Releases orders to manufacturing, verifying that all necessary materials, fixtures, tools, etc. are available. Interfaces with purchasing to determine shortage status;
• Interfaces with Material Control ensuring that all material and hardware are issued and staged prior to operation start date;

Supervisory Responsibilities:  

Directly supervises all employees within the Production Control/Inventory Control department. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Requirements

Skills and Experience:

High school diploma or GED. Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent; or seven (7) years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. CPIM, APICS certification is preferred. Five (5) years formal training or experience in traffic and material control systems. Exhibits strong communication skills (both written and verbal) so as to work in a team environment. Excellent analytical ability. Ability to understand complex flow of materials and processes and ability to interface with all departments and/or customers. Need to have the ability to motivate others. Two (2) to four (4) years experience as a Production and Inventory Control Manager. Knowledge of manufacturing control systems a plus.

Physical Demands/Work Environment:

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 the job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit and occasionally required to stand, walk, and use hands to finger, handle or feel. Job responsibilities demand exposure to the production floor. Company lifting limitations will be enforced. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.