Master Scheduler

Primary Location :

BOLINGBROOK, Illinois, United States of America

At Solina, our community of close to 5,000 people share a passion for food and live our entrepreneurial culture.

We design customised savoury solutions for our clients operating in the food industry, food service, butchery and nutrition markets. With sustainability at the heart of our business model, we aim to produce food that is good in every sense of the word: delicious, nourishing, affordable, sustainable and convenient.

Solina is a fast-growing business, with around 50 production sites and R&D laboratories present in more than 19 countries mainly in Europe and North America.

By constantly rethinking culinary solutions, we make food matter for people and the planet.

If you're ready for a new adventure in a dynamic, expanding, passionate, international company, join us !

The Master Scheduler leads the company’s production scheduling function across all facilities, overseeing a team of schedulers responsible for five manufacturing plants. This high-impact role ensures that production plans align with customer demand, capacity, and inventory strategies while driving system efficiency and continuous improvement. The Master Scheduler is the central link between Operations, Customer Service, Sales, and Supply Chain to balance service, cost, and efficiency across the network.

While this role provides leadership, analytical insight, and strategic planning, the Master Scheduler will occasionally perform direct scheduling activities to support team coverage.

Key Responsibilities

• Leadership & Oversight
• Manage and develop a team of schedulers across multiple plants, ensuring consistency in scheduling processes and best practices.
• Serve as the escalation point for complex scheduling and capacity issues.
• Production Planning & Capacity Management
• Maintain and optimize the master production schedule across facilities, ensuring alignment with demand forecasts, capacity, and materials availability.
• Conduct regular capacity and resource analyses to identify constraints and propose solutions.
• Collaborate with plant operations to balance workloads and optimize line utilization.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Partner with Customer Service, Sales, and Operations to ensure customer commitments are met while maintaining efficient production flow.
• Work closely with Logistics to align finished goods production with shipping and warehousing capacity.
• System & Process Optimization
• Act as a key user and subject matter expert for the ERP and scheduling systems; ensure data accuracy and process integrity.
• Lead or support system improvement projects and ERP enhancements related to production planning and scheduling.
• Develop tools and dashboards for visibility into capacity, inventory, and performance metrics.
• Continuous Improvement
• Drive process standardization, scheduling efficiency, and communication across all scheduling teams.
• Lead initiatives focused on reducing changeovers, minimizing downtime, and improving schedule adherence.
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, or related field preferred.
• 8 years of experience in production planning or scheduling in a food manufacturing or process manufacturing environment.
• Minimum of 3 years in a leadership or multi-site coordination role.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing capacity planning, MRP principles, and inventory control.
• Proficiency with ERP and scheduling tools (specific system experience not required).
• Advanced Excel and data analysis skills; experience with BI or reporting tools preferred.
  
  

The salary range for this position is $100,000 - $115,000 annually.

We are open to talents of all backgrounds. Our recruitment process is based on competences, and we openly welcome all candidates of all types according to our DEI Commitment