Master Production Scheduler

Whitefish Search Partners has been retained to help our client identify a Planning & Scheduling Director. This position will report to the COO and will lead a team of 4-5 direct reports. The manufacturing team is comprised of about 400 people in total. This company has a very down to earth culture. They are rapidly growing as well! Our client is working on the job description however below is an example of similar duties and responsibilities. Job Summary: The Master Planner and Scheduler will balance supply and demand at the mix level specializing in implementing best practices. Responsible for creating, executing, and monitoring a scheduling management system. Job Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

1. Serves as a primary point of contact for and liaison with sales, engineering, manufacturing, and logistics
2. Collaborates with these departments to establish schedules and plans that allocate available resources to best serve customer needs
3. Schedule demand based on the product mix and provide accurate lead times to sales department
4. Assemble master schedule reporting regarding performance to the business plan, the shipment plan, the inventory plan, and the production plan
5. Manage load leveling and bottlenecks for more accurate scheduling
6. Analyze and report production hours through work centers
7. Establish, measure, monitor and adjust capacity levels to execute all manufacturing schedules
8. Determine available capacity before planned orders are released
9. Engage in capacity management during sales and operations planning and forecasting
10. Collaborates with purchasing to periodically compare current and anticipated orders with available inventory of raw materials; uses judgment to anticipate demand for and communicate additional supplies needed
11. Integrates sales orders with master schedule; coordinates availability of equipment and staff as needed to meet delivery dates
12. Alerts appropriate staff of master schedule changes or delays
13. Participates in periodic forecasting meetings with sales and other related departments; leads additional planning meetings with sales, purchasing, production, and shipping
14. Assists with capacity requirements during the annual operating plan
15. Plans/recommends changes in capacity to hit target levels
16. Sets up and maintains work center and work groups in ERP system
17. Reports on-time delivery
18. Performs other related duties, as required