Master Scheduler - Supply Chain
Illinois Tool Works
- Eden Prairie, MN
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Responsible for using sales, project, and service order data to develop and maintain the master schedule and production plan.
- Communicate daily/weekly implementation plans to production planners and manufacturing managers and track KPIs for adherence to plans.
- 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 work center and master schedule levels, determining out-of-balance conditions, identifying alternatives, and recommending action for approval.
- When significant changes in the master schedule occur, conduct rough cut capacity planning prior to publishing a master schedule.
- Communicate and follows up on issues related with component and assembly availability. Identify, negotiate, and resolve conflicts with respect to material, capacity availability, and order-processing integrity.
- Assist production management with the implementation of the production schedule.
- Ensure planners carry out necessary rescheduling and follow-up to assure customer's requirements.
- Prepare reports, presentations, and graphs with monthly operating summaries for planning and execution of meetings.
- Provide delivery promises on incoming orders as required and analyzes and interprets marketing forecast reports.
- Communicate production planning issues to relevant areas including global supply chain, marketing, production control, customer service, etc.
- Develop and monitor strategic performance improvement measures for master schedules and production plans.
- Follow set objectives to ensure that department goals are met effectively, efficiently, and timely.
- Implement and support programs and policies of organization.
- Other accountabilities/duties as assigned
- Bachelor's degree in business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or related field
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in supply chain, materials management, or related field
- Experience with ERP/MRP systems
- Experience with SAP