Master Scheduler

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Job Summary

Job Description

SUMMARY OF ROLE

Responsible for planning, scheduling, coordinating, and monitoring products through the complete production cycle. 

Point of contact for all schedules within the company.

Senior responsibility for maintenance of the 'Plan' and Customer Lead Times.

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SPECIFIC JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Develop Master Production Schedule in company system to prepare requirements for purchased and manufactured parts, in alignment with S&OP.

Responsible for the timely reporting of the effectiveness of the Master Schedule and ideas and action plans for improvements.

Head responsibility to ensure production schedules reflect customer's orders, finished goods inventory whilst taking into account materials and plant capacity.

Ownership and 'sign-off' of the Production Plan and Sub-contractor schedules.

Ensure timely and accurate MPS into ERP system.

Calculate and publish Planning Mix, to ensure completion of Unit Plan and Level Loading of production.

Prepare and maintain all production orders.

Lead and direct regular Operations meeting to review sales demand, fill rates and production capacity.

Review requests of new sales order and provide practical promise dates to client service prior to promised orders.

Monitor and manage independent demand forecasts, sales orders and manufacturing capacity to level load manufacturing operation.

Head responsibility to manage inventory levels to assure sufficient availability of product, support CELT and inventory days are aligned to company targets.

Develop, implement and manage performance metrics directly pertinent to Master Planner function.

Provide regular reporting on the CEM performance including OTD, premium freight charges incurred, obsolete and excess risks.
 

Additional Job Details

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Education and Qualifications

Essential

- Degree qualified

Desirable

– Business or Manufacturing/Engineering Degree

Experience

Essential

5 years in a production control or planning environment

Knowledge or Experience of Planning in a manufacturing environment

Understanding or Experience of working with ERP packages

Project participation or project management experience

Previous success in New Model introduction

Understanding of a manufacturing environment

Ability to work with Microsoft packages to an advanced level, particularly Excel

Good knowledge of supply chain and manufacturing constraints

Appreciation of Bill of Material structures and how they work in MRP

Good working knowledge of ERP systems

Able to work to tight deadlines

Good attention to detail

Responsive to change

Communicative

Able to work in challenging situations in a fast paced environment

Desirable

Six sigma or LEAN experience

Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action at Nidec
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