
Sr. Master Scheduler
- Auburn Hills, MI
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Plan and control all scheduling activities supporting assigned departments and value streams.
- Balance production and inventory levels with demand to support target consistent with 99% customer service levels, inventory turn goals and capacity utilization/staffing requirements.
- Develops Sales & Operating Plan summaries for assigned product families and selected part numbers including demand, inventory and production data.
- Develops feasible, 12-month master production schedules for finished goods and component items based on capacity requirements. Calculates resulting requirements for raw materials, purchased parts and packaging supplies based on MRP methodology.
- Provides daily-bucketed schedules by part number to manufacturing
- Participates on SAP design teams and leads site installation effort for new system; eliminate the use of off-line spreadsheets and processes for scheduling.
- Support efforts to install standard processes for the Material Department.
- Develop valid, feasible production schedules for finished goods and component items based on equipment, labor and raw material availability.
- Interact frequently with sales and manufacturing personnel to balance supply and demand.
- Maintain understanding of rolling 12-month demand, production and inventory summaries at required S&OP meetings
- Coordinate supply of finished goods, assembled components and parts to intercompany and distribution centers. Correspond with manufacturing plants, and international affiliates concerning requirements.
- Achieve target customer service levels and inventory turn levels based on forecast error and bias trends, manufacturing capacity/flexibility and customer service and inventory turn goals. Review monthly.
- Use capacity planning tools to determine if production will be constrained in future periods; load level production plan, and identify potential corrective actions such as: working overtime, adding equipment, outsourcing or expediting.
- Review new product introductions to ensure that Supply Chain can support all program requirements.
- Issues monthly update of quarter-end inventory investment and turn projections for finished goods. Provide unit and dollar value figures along with analysis of significant changes.
- Issues actual versus scheduled production metrics weekly and ensure that 95% compliance to schedule is achievable.
- Participate in meetings, and keep up to date on issues related to Sales Forecast, Manufacturing, Planning, New Product introductions, Line Fill Rates, Metrics, and other related Supply Chain issues.
- Resolve issues by presenting various alternatives for decisions
- Identify materials with no further use, recommend disposition.
- Coordinate production of assigned subcontractor(s) and movements of materials/product to/from this subcontractor(s).
- Manage daily order volume fluctuations to ensure customer Scorecard targets are achieved. Work closely with preferred logistics partners to determine best cost material transportation
- Implement and manage cycle count systems to ensure accuracy of inventory transactions throughout the entire inventory value stream.
- BA/BS degree - Business or Technical
- APICS certification desirable
- 5+ years' experience in Manufacturing and/or Materials management, including at least two years in materials management.
- Experienced user of computer systems including MS Office suite of products
- SAP experience desirable
- Value Others
- Inspire Innovation
- Grow Responsibly
- Win Together