Company Overview

Hostess Brands, LLC, is a large packaged food company focused on developing, manufacturing, marketing, selling and distributing fresh baked sweet goods in the United States such as Ding Dongs®, Ho Hos®, Donettes® and Fruit Pies, in addition to Twinkies®, Coffee Cakes, Cupcakes, Voortman’s Cookies and Wafers.

Job Overview

The Production Scheduler efficiently schedules production lines to approved headcount routing standards. This position is also responsible for preparing and tracking production personnel training and the attendance control records.

Responsibilities

• Ensures that the weekly production line staffing schedules conform with production bake sheet schedule and that all departments are staffed at approved routing headcount numbers.
• Tracks all training records including monthly mandatory safety training, quality training and functional training.
• Ensures that training leads and trainers’ complete daily evaluation on all employees for first ten days, then weekly evaluations during probationary period.
• Submits weekly requests for training pay to Line Supervisors for approval and submission to HR every Friday (or as otherwise designated).
• Reviews time sheets daily for missing punches, vacation, sick days, floating holidays, and bereavement time.
• Logs all messages to Employee Call-In Line and reports tardiness and absences to appropriate supervisor.
• Maintains records and issues required discipline documents under the Attendance Control Policy, including points balance, sick day balance and vacation balance.
• Issues annual vacation bidding calendars for annual December vacation bidding.
• Interfaces with Production and Human Resources to identify staffing needs and open positions.
• Maintains mandatory Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) annual training requirements.
• Maintains and ensures all operator annual training review documents are signed.
• Maintains and updates plant cross training matrix.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required with a minimum of three years of scheduling experience
• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of two years of relevant experience are preferred
• Experience in the Consumer-Packaged Goods industry is preferred
• Experience with food manufacturing facilities and personnel scheduling is preferred
• Ability to use computer software systems
• Strict adherence to confidentiality
• Ability to read and interpret analytical reports
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and tasks in a work environment that has frequent interruptions
• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.