Scheduler/Planner

Job description

The Scheduler/Planner is accountable for both short term, tactical KPI’s as well as longer term strategic KPI’s to deliver quarterly and annual results. The role will focus on Production Scheduling, and monitoring of work centers along with improvements to processes and preparing reports, graphs, and charts of data to ensure overall efficiency. In addition, the Scheduler/Planner prepares business-related analyses and research for Supply Chain, Materials Management, and Logistics, prepares forecasts, analyzes trends related to Planning or Scheduling, and uses the analyses to compile reports and optimize production efficiency.

Responsibilities

Production Scheduling & Operational Oversight: Captures production schedules, master schedules, operational schedules, shop work orders, material processing, requisitioning, work center monitoring, line-level associate guidance, and inter-scheduler coordination on specifications and timelines.

Capacity Planning & Strategic Analysis

Captures capacity modeling scenarios, peak season planning, forecasts, comparative analyses, and trend, distribution, and network studies for inventory, delivery times, and fill rates.

Stakeholder & Business Unit Liaison

Captures the primary Jersey finishing liaison role, policy/procedure interpretation, and customer, vendor, and subcontractor interfacing.

Continuous Improvement & Quality (ELS)

Captures process effectiveness initiatives, lean concepts, ELS problem-solving tools (A3 Thinking), continuous improvement, product/process quality, waste reduction, and rework elimination.

Safety, Housekeeping & General Operations

Captures health & safety adherence, safe work practices, record maintenance, and departmental housekeeping/waste removal (including assisting other areas).

Team Collaboration & Project Support

Captures cross-functional team goal alignment, shared team decision-making, facility support, and special project requests.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree required (Business, Logistics, Finance or Supply Chain Management preferred) and 3+ years previous scheduling, planning, or Supply Chain experience. General Supply Chain, Materials Management, and Logistics knowledge with familiarity in process documentation and improvement. Excellent analytical, mathematical, organizational, verbal and written communication, critical thinking, negotiation, project management, prioritization, and problem-solving skills amid ambiguity.

Proactive, collaborative, and results-oriented style with a sense of urgency, ownership, flexibility, high customer focus, and ability to interface across all levels of management and cross-functional groups. APICS certification, ELS certification and/or Green Belt preferred.