About the Role
As our Master Production Scheduler, you orchestrate how work moves from design through shipment. You balance labor and machine capacity, materials, and design readiness so customer dates are met without compromise. You will tune the plan daily, keep our ERP pristine, and lead the continuous improvement that reduces inventory and accelerates flow.
Job Title: Master Production Scheduler
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A Day in the Life
Morning starts by reviewing new orders and confirming that labor hours, machine capacity, material availability, and design release can support every promise date. You refresh the schedule, reconcile production variances, and adjust plans to protect throughput. By mid-morning, you’re syncing with Operations to align on performance metrics and priorities. In the afternoon, you dig into root causes behind plan variances, update ERP transactions to keep inventory and material usage accurate, and issue work orders that drive MRP. Before end of day, you publish future capacity reports—flagging heavy loads, new product impacts, and potential material risks—and coordinate with Purchasing to ensure raw material plans support the business outlook.
What You Will Do
- Continuously review new demand to verify labor/machine capacity, materials, and design readiness can meet requested ship dates.
- Update and interpret production variances; revise the schedule for optimal outcomes.
- Maintain transactional accuracy in ERP for inventory control and material consumption.
- Perform detailed root-cause analysis on deviations from plan; drive process improvements to reduce inventory and optimize product flow.
- Communicate regularly with Operations to review the plan and performance metrics.
- Manage production work orders that define the plan and feed MRP for Purchasing.
- Maintain and analyze planning metrics: on-time start, on-time completion and delivery, lead-time adherence, aged work orders, and labor/material variances; surface issues and drive resolution.
- Provide forward-looking capacity reports using standard labor hours and demonstrated efficiency; highlight heavy loads, NPIs, and material concerns.
- Act as Master Scheduler, meeting weekly with Purchasing to align on longer-term demand and ensure raw material supply plans support business objectives.
- Integrate New Product Introductions into the plan; coordinate cross-functionally to align launch timelines.
- Own ERP item master data: keep product attributes, BOMs, and planning parameters current; maintain lifecycle status and obsolete items appropriately.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s in Business Administration, Operations Management, or related field; or equivalent experience.
- 3–6 years in Supply Chain or Production Planning/Scheduling.
- Deep understanding of data flow across the manufacturing lifecycle—from design through shipment.
- High proficiency with Excel and data analysis tools.
- Experience or training in Lean and Visual Factory practices.
Core Competencies
- Proven effectiveness on cross-functional teams, in both lead and participant roles.
- Process discipline with the ability to identify, implement, and sustain improvements; results-driven through process.
- Strong analytical capability, problem-solving, and learning agility.
- Clear, concise communication across all organizational levels.
- Understanding of diverse business models and their impact on supply chain design, planning, and execution.
Preferred
- APICS CPIM or CSCP certification.
- Experience in regulated, lot-controlled, or clean room manufacturing.
Work Environment
You may be required to work in a clean room and must follow all cleanroom guidelines and rules.
What We Offer
Learn more at www.IRCO.com.