Production Scheduling Manager

Job Title: Scheduling Manager

Shift: Days (onsite)

FLSA Status: Exempt

SUMMARY

The Scheduling Manager is a key member of our supply chain and production team, responsible for coordinating and optimizing our manufacturing processes to meet customer demand while maintaining high-quality standards. This role involves collaborating with various departments to ensure efficient production scheduling, resource allocation, and timely order fulfillment.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

- Production Scheduling: Develop and manage production schedules that ensure timely order delivery, minimize downtime, and optimize resource utilization. - Capacity Planning: Monitor and assess production capacity, identifying constraints and opportunities for improvement. Adjust production schedules as needed to meet demand. - Collaboration: Work closely with the production, demand planning, and procurement teams to align scheduling with customer requirements, available materials, and production capabilities. - Team Supervision: Lead, supervise, and develop production schedulers responsible for primary and secondary processes, ensuring effective coordination, accurate scheduling, workload distribution, and adherence to production priorities and business objectives. - Data Analysis: Utilize data analysis, forecasting and planning tool to make informed decisions about inventory levels, lead times, and order prioritization. - Quality Assurance: Ensure that production schedules maintain the highest quality standards and meet all customer specifications. - Resource Allocation: Coordinate labor and equipment resources to meet production goals efficiently, considering employee availability and equipment maintenance requirements. - Continuous Improvement: Identify and implement process improvements to increase production efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance on-time delivery performance. - Communication: Communicate production schedules and changes effectively to all relevant stakeholders and respond to any production-related inquiries promptly. - Reporting: Generate reports on production scheduling performance, key performance indicators, and future capacity planning needs.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES: The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. - Knowledge of glassware manufacturing processes. - A proactive, detail-oriented, and organized approach to work. - Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and adapt to changing priorities. - Demonstrated leadership and team management skills.

EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE

- Bachelor's degree in business, operations management, or a related field preferred. - At least 5 years’ experience in management of production, scheduling, or supply chain within a fast-paced manufacturing setting. - Proficiency in production scheduling software and data analysis tools (SAP, Scheduling app, excel, …). - Any equivalent combination of education, experience, and training that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

- Office/manufacturing environment

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

- APICS CPIM certification is a plus.