Production Scheduling Manager - Hager Companies

Job Summary:

Responsible for coordinating, planning, scheduling, and supervising products throughout their production process or cycle.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Participates in recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and training new staff in the department.
• Oversees the daily workflow of the department.
• Provides constructive and timely performance evaluations.
• Handles discipline and termination of employees in accordance with company policy.
• Serves as a primary point of contact for and liaison with sales, logistics, and manufacturing departments.
• Collaborates with these departments to establish schedules and plans that allocate available resources to best serve client or customer needs.
• Coordinates with supply chain to negotiate with outside supply vendors; to ensure accurate and timely delivery of orders.
• Participates in SIOP meetings with supply chain, sales, marketing, and other related departments.
• Development, preparation, and maintenance of production schedules.
• Guide the production scheduling activities and resources to achieve maximum efficiency and meet output and timeline objectives.
• Collaborate with internal teams to assess and incorporate materials, inventories, resource availability, and delivery commitments into schedules.
• Monitor production progress and develop revised scheduling responsive to changes in flow of materials, designs, equipment, or other resources.
• Utilize ERP systems, planning and scheduling software, or other database tools to develop and maintain master schedules.
• Design and implement the production schedule plan considering all aspects of production including low cost, timeliness, and effectiveness.
• Monitor the materials inventory, track progress of production, and review factors which affect production targets.
• Work together with other employees to make sure that all issues that are related to scheduling are properly handled and resolved.
• Rectify and/or reconcile differences and inaccuracies that have to do with inventory levels and associated variances.
• Make sure schedules are given to employees in a timely fashion and that any discrepancies in the company's schedule are accounted for.
• Coordinate the collection and assimilation of data for various projects, i.e., tracking of error metrics, claims, process rates, etc.
• Ensure that every employee involved in the production process has a clear understanding of what is required to meet the order and needs of customers.
• Maintain documents related to inventory (cycle counts/discrepancies), etc.
• Manage day-to-day performance of department staff.
• Ensures that project/department milestones/goals are met and adhering to approved budgets.

Education/Knowledge: Bachelor's degree in a related field required. Professional certification by the American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) preferred.

Experience: At least five years of related experience required.

Skills: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Organizational skills and attention to detail. Thorough understanding of the business and supply chain. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Extremely proficient with production planning systems, such as Microsoft Dynamics. Must be proficient in Microsoft Suite. Utilizing data analytics tools such as Microsoft Power BI.

Physical Requirements: Normal office environment which requires the ability to sit, stand, walk, talk, hear, and see. May involve the ability to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects of up to 15 to 20 pounds, occasionally. Ability to be active in a manufacturing environment, if required.

Affirmative Action/EEO statement: Hager Companies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Work authorization/security clearance requirements: Hager Companies does not offer work authorization visa sponsorship for this position. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire and maintain work authorization throughout the employment term. If you have questions regarding this, please contact Human Resources.