Description

JOB SUMMARY

This position has responsibility for planning/scheduling all day-to-day manufacturing operations. Plans and establishes production schedules. Monitors materials inventories, tracks progress of production, and reviews factors which affect schedules. The position contributes to achieving the plant's sales objectives through coordination of workflow and product quality.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE POSITION:

• Strong planning and scheduling production mix: Labor needs/cost, machine capabilities, material availability to meet customer requirements and satisfy the current planned level of sales or forecasts
• Coordinating production workflow for multiple products over multiple lines of production
• Decisive making skills around recommendations that have a substantial daily impact on operations and performance
• Excellent follow-up ability in assuring maximum schedule performance
• Assist with monitoring of materials inventory to effectively determine production schedules
• Maintain a master production schedule, and material resource planning systems
• Highly skilled at making last minute changes and motivated to keep all production departments/employees and customers looped in
• Continuous improvement background for production scheduling processes and information flow

Qualifications

WORK ENVIRONMENT and PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

The work environment characteristics and physical requirements described herein are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the functions of this job.

• Environment
  • Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts
  • Noise level in the work environment is generally loud
• Physical Requirements
  • Regularly required to stand, walk, and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
  • Regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Education, Skills and Experience

• High school education, GED equivalent required, Bachelors degree in related course of study preferred

• At least 2 years of experience in the corrugated industry
• Knowledge of KIWI Software preferred
• Experience working on the production floor with a cross-functional team
• 2 years of planning/scheduling/supply chain and distribution management experience preferably with MPS and MRP systems
• Supervisory experience managing a team of planners/schedulers a plus
• Strong forecasting/labor overtime requirements
• Team oriented with excellent interpersonal communication skills. Able to develop and give presentations to direct reports, peers, etc., on operational topics
• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to organize and manage multiple priorities
• Exceptional oral and writing communication skills

Other Duties

Note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of all activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this position. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.