Job Description

Position Summary

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
Reports to Material Manager and/or Operations Manager

Essential Functions

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. 
 
Education/Experience

BA/BS degree - Business or Technical
APICS certification desirable
5-8 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.