High school diploma or equivalent required.
Must have previous production planning, scheduling, materials planning, or supply chain in a manufacturing environment.
Experience creating and maintaining production schedules for multiple production lines, machines, or work centers.
Working knowledge of MRP/ERP systems, production planning systems, and inventory/material requirements planning.
Strond understanding of capacity planning, material availability, lead times, production constraints, and supply-and-demand balancing.
Ability to analyze sales demand, forecasts, inventory, capacity, and production data to identify potential shortages, bottlenecks, backlogs, and scheduling conflicts.
Strong computer skills, including proficiency with Microsoft Excell.
Ability to organize, analyze, and interpret large amounts of production and scheduling data.
Ability to develop, maintain, and report production planning and scheduling metrics/KPIs.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to evaluate competing priorities and make sound scheduling decisions in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Ability to respond effectively to changing customer requirements, equipment availability, labor constraints, material shortages, and other production disruptions.
Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple work orders, deadlines, and production priorities simultaneously.
Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate scheduling requirements, changes, risks, and exceptions to Sales, Operations and Program Managers.
Ability to work collaboratively with Buyers/Planners, Production Managers, Sales, Quality, Maintenance, and Management.
Experience in identifying opportunities for and participating in continuous improvement of planning, scheduling, and production-control processes.
Ability to work with incomplete or changing information and help develop standardized processes, tools, and systems to improve data accuracy and scheduling effectiveness.
Must be dependable, detail-oriented, and capable of maintaining a high level of accuracy when working with production schedules, material requirements, and capacity information.