Production Scheduler

**Your Career Begins at Timken**
If you're ready for a challenging career that provides you with the ability to advance personally and professionally, look to Timken. Our associates make the world more productive by improving the efficiency and reliability of the machinery that keeps industry in motion.

**Purpose and Scope**

This position is responsible for creating a detailed production schedule using SAP to meet customer demand requirements while minimizing inventory investment and maximizing capacity utilization and productivity. The scheduler must ensure that components are on-hand and available when needed to meet the production schedule.

**Responsibilities**
- Work with corporate supply chain to receive production orders and assign, schedule, maintain, and load the schedules that flow through assigned MRP controllers to meet customer demand.
- Analyze material delivery and move orders in to customer request where possible.
- Follow up on expedites that flow through assigned MRP controllers.
- Work closely with shipping and/or stockroom associates through day to day administration, proper documentation, timeliness, and customer service.
- Address MPS exception messages in SAP.
- Measure and monitor the schedule attainment process. Participates in the daily TMOS meetings.
- Participates in the weekly supply meeting.
- Performs capacity evaluations and leveling.
- Makes recommendations on changes to work center availability, utilization and rates.
- Technically complete production orders and troubleshoot confirmation issues between SAP and shop floor.
- Review excess inventory reports and takes appropriate action.

**Technical/Functional Skills**

Experience with production planning processes in a manufacturing facility.

Strong analytical and computer skills with knowledge of SAP.

Strong knowledge of warehousing processes.

**Education / Experience**
- Preferred - Bachelor Degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering or Manufacturing with 3+ years’ experience in Production Planning, SAP or Supply Chain area.

All qualified applicants shall be treated equally according to their individual qualifications, abilities, experiences and other employment standards. There will be no discrimination due to gender or gender identity, race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran/military status or any other basis protected by applicable law.