What are the responsibilities and job description for the Master Scheduler position at Tranzonic?
Company Overview:
The Hospeco Brands Group is the hub for a strategic collection of manufacturing and sales companies that lead the way in multiple categories — from personal care and protection to textiles, from cleaning products to contamination control — to empower its distributor partners into the future. Their cohesive approach promotes operational efficiency and fuels innovation, while equipping its varied businesses to tackle the toughest challenges across industrial and manufacturing, healthcare and life sciences, food service, hospitality, transportation, and many other dynamic market segments. Hospeco Brands Group rapid growth, both organic and via acquisition, is powered by its team of driven, innovative problem-solvers and a culture of integrity and respect.
Locations: Candidate can be located in Knoxville TN, Enfield CT or Philadelphia PA. Onsite presence required.
Position Summary:
The Master Scheduler is responsible for developing, maintaining, and optimizing the master production schedule across multiple manufacturing sites. This role ensures that production plans align with demand forecasts, inventory targets, capacity constraints, and material availability. The Master Scheduler works cross-functionally with Demand Planning, Production, Procurement, and Logistics to balance customer service, cost, and operational efficiency.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
- Develop and manage the Master Production Schedule (MPS) across multiple sites, translating demand plans and customer orders into feasible, time-phased production schedules.
- Own the constrained production plan, ensuring alignment across capacity, materials, and inventory policies.
- Analyze capacity constraints and identify bottlenecks; drive scenario analysis and recommend trade-offs to optimize service and utilization.
- Coordinate production allocation and load balancing across sites to maximize throughput and efficiency.
- Serve as the central liaison between Demand Planning, Procurement, Production, and Commercial teams to align priorities and resolve supply-demand imbalances.
- Partner with Commercial teams to communicate supply constraints, confirm prioritization, and provide clear recovery timelines.
- Ensure alignment between the master schedule, material availability, and supplier commitments in coordination with Procurement.
- Maintain and optimize planning parameters and item coverage settings within Microsoft Dynamics 365 to support accurate scheduling outputs.
- Monitor and drive performance against KPIs, including schedule adherence, on-time delivery, and capacity utilization.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives, including planning process standardization and system enhancements across sites.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or a related field.
- 5 years of experience in supply planning, procurement, or supply chain management.
- Experience supporting multiple manufacturing sites strongly preferred.
- Strong knowledge of ERP and supply planning systems (e.g., Dynamics 365, SAP, Oracle, Kinaxis, NetSuite).
- Strong Excel and data analysis skills; experience with Power BI or similar tools.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking.
- Strong communication and collaboration abilities across cross-functional teams.
- Ability to travel to manufacturing facilities as needed