Master Scheduler

General Requirements

Function as an integral member of a Supply Chain Management team to support Research and Development, Product and Process Engineering and Manufacturing by sourcing, planning, procuring, handling and storing material, goods and services on a timely basis to meet their requirements; support Sales and Marketing by managing Supply to meet Customer’s required and promised ship dates, support manufacturing & PPE by balancing supply and demand; and accomplishing the above with World Class inventory turns.

Working knowledge of World Class Enterprise Resource Planning processes, techniques, and integrated operating systems is helpful.

Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment and utilize progressive people skills as well as compliance with all company policies, procedures, and directives, existing and future is required.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop a working knowledge of the company’s products and processes to ensure optimal master schedule stability, order creation, rescheduling, load-leveling etc.
• Analyze the demand and supply balance at the product family and master schedule levels, determining out- of- balance conditions, identifying alternatives, and recommending action for approval.
• Work with sales, marketing, and manufacturing to better understand competitive lead times for master scheduled items. Seek ways to reduce internal lead times as well as lead times to the customer.
• Challenge current manufacturing strategies for all product lines to be sure that the best and most customer-oriented strategy is being used. Look for ways to move the company to make-to-order manufacturing,
• Summarize daily and weekly master schedules for released and firm planned orders and compare these to the production plan to ensure that the master schedule is within S&OP policy.
• Identify, negotiate, and resolve conflicts with respect to material and capacity availability and order-promising integrity.
• Maintain a master schedule following the company policy of permitting no MPS item to have a released or firm planned order date less than the current date (no past dues at the master schedule level).
• Create a monthly financial summary of over planned stock to ensure that it is within budget. Integrate master scheduling with other company functions.
• Create a master schedule that satisfies customer demand with optimum inventory levels and resource utilization as dictated by company policy.
• Ensure that a common master schedule is used to drive all company priorities in manufacturing, marketing, sales, engineering, and finance.
• Assist demand management in setting priorities when demand outstrips the company’s supply of products or the resources necessary to build the requested product.
• Inform management when demand cannot be met and recommend alternatives on how the requested demand could be satisfied

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree with minimum 10 years relevant experience or equivalent experience
• Demonstrated planning and organization skills; attention to details critical
• Well-developed analytical and communications skills