Master Scheduler

Join an industry leader in recycled plastic food packaging solutions at their newly opened plant in West Columbus, OH.

  • Columbus, OH
  • $90,000 - $100,000
  • Managed by Jobot Pro: Dan Asher
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A bit about us:

Our client is a privately-owned recycled plastics packaging company in growth mode! Join an industry leader in food packaging solutions at their newly opened plant in West Columbus, OH.

Why join us?

Comprehensive medical/dental/vision benefits
401k with company match
Vacation/Sick Time
Growth Opportunities

Job Details

Summary:
The Master Scheduler works closely with the thermoforming, extrusion, warehouse, purchasing and customer service departments. This position is responsible for the overall output of all production lines. The successful candidate will consistently perform duties in the most efficient and professional manner, meet production goals and standards, foresee production delays that impact customer orders, and act to avoid late or incomplete order fulfillment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:
▪ Coordinate production workflow for all products.
▪ Plan and prioritize operations to ensure maximum performance and minimum delay.
▪ Determine equipment and raw/packaging materials needed to cover production demand.
▪ Communicate needs of materials such as boxes or bags to buyer to ensure they are ordered and delivered when needed.
▪ Assign priority to different work centers within thermoforming and extrusion.
▪ Schedule the different jobs for thermoforming and extrusion, based on customer orders and forecasts.
▪ Communicate production schedule with production team and ensure it is being followed.
▪ Maintain customer forecasts to help determine quantities for production runs.
▪ Maintain and update “shortage report” to communicate expected completion times of customer orders to customer service and sales representatives.
▪ Monitor jobs to ensure they will finish on time and within budget.
▪ Address issues when they arise aiming for minimum disruption.
▪ Obtain output information (number of finished products, percentage of defectives etc.)
▪ Prepare and submit status and performance reports.
▪ Keep paperwork organized.
▪ Perform physical inventories of necessary items (boxes, rolls, bags, etc.) needed to complete scheduled production runs, as necessary.
▪ Create, maintain and or update Bills of Materials (BOMS) to ensure all material usages are correctly deducted in the system, as necessary.


Qualifications:
▪ Proven experience in Master Production Scheduling (MPS)
▪ Excellent knowledge of production planning and quality control principles.
▪ Experience in MRP II (Manufacturing resource planning) or similar software
▪ Working knowledge of MS Office and ERP systems.
▪ Good at math and statistics.
▪ Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
▪ Strong sense of commitment and urgency.
▪ Excellent communication abilities.
▪ High School diploma: Further education or certification is preferred.
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Job Details
Managed by Jobot Pro
Location
Columbus, OH
Job Type
Permanent
Compensation
$90,000 - $100,000