Overview
Join our dynamic manufacturing team as a Production Scheduler, where your organizational skills and strategic planning will drive operational excellence! In this vital role, you will coordinate production schedules to ensure seamless manufacturing processes, optimize resource utilization, and meet customer demands efficiently. Your expertise in ERP systems and demand planning will empower our supply chain to operate smoothly and responsively. This position offers an exciting opportunity to influence production flow, improve lean manufacturing practices, and contribute to our company’s growth and success.
Duties
- Create, maintain and adjust production schedules in the MRP/ERP system to meet customer and plant requirements.
- Ensure accuracy of production orders and customer EDI transmissions daily, correcting discrepancies as they arise
- Communicate to internal and customer contacts on scheduling conflicts or non-standard orders
- Verify ERP schedule and modify or reschedule as necessary to accommodate customer and/or plant changes (scheduling of jobs for components, parts and assemblies at work cells); applies working knowledge of inventory management to inform scheduling decisions
- Resolve conflicts with the schedule both internally and externally.
- Manage long range forecasts from customers for changes.
- Manage/control empty bin, tote and packaging inventories.
- Manage/control inventory levels in the plant.
- Manage/control inventory valuation.
- Support shipping activities and assist with material movement using a forklift as required.
- Split time approximately 50/50 between office-based scheduling work and the production floor to stay close to real-time plant conditions.
- Apply critical thinking to resolve day-to-day scheduling and production issues in a manufacturing environment.
- Trigger BOM (Bill of Materials) changes as required to reflect production reality through team members.
- Responsible for Past Due reporting.
- Manage Delivery Performance scores with customers.
- Organize non-standard freight.
Initial Qualifications for Hire:
- College Diploma
- Manufacturing experience and production scheduling exposure, including customer EDI's (Electronic Data Interchange)
- 5 years' experience with ERP/MRP systems in a manufacturing environment; working knowledge of inventory management
- Strong computer literacy, including intermediate Excel skills (pivot tables)
- Forklift experience an asset; shipping experience preferred
- Strong critical thinking skills
- Comfortable splitting time evenly between office and production floor
Pay: $65,000.00-$70,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Employee assistance program
- On-site parking
Work Location: In person
