Production Scheduler: Lean Planning for Impact

Gea Group; Hudson; On-site; ARS 91,725,000 - 137,587,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision coverage

12 paid holidays and 136 hours PTO

401(k) with employer match (7%)

Tuition reimbursement

Wellness incentive program

Employee Assistance Program

Health Savings Account

Job summary

GEA Group is seeking a Scheduler to manage production, work, and shipment schedules within our United States operations. You will forecast capacity, optimize resources, and coordinate with shop floor management to improve manufacturing efficiency.

The ideal candidate has strong organizational and analytical skills, experience with ERP systems, and a background in supply chain or production planning. This role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, continuous improvement, and data-driven

Qualifications

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate.
• Ability to work cross functionally with other leaders in the department to meet customer needs
• Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
• Basic understanding in Lean and continuous improvement tools and processes and ability to lead these types of processes/projects is a must
• Self-Motivated and high ability to work independently with minimal supervision

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain production, work, and shipment schedules.
• Maintain production capacity schedule and forecast
• Prioritize work orders to ensure an optimization of resources
• Confer with department supervisors to determine progress of work and completion dates.
• Assist in solving production problems.
• Interact with shop floor management daily to resolve issues regarding manufacturing efficiencies.
• Provide additional information as requested from Manufacturing and Project Managers.
• Compiling status and performance reports and submitting them to management in a timely manner.
• Works with supply chain for timely delivery of materials to the shop floor.
• Develop and achieve department/company goal and controls.
• Actively identify and drive areas of cost reduction, processes, quality and productivity improvements (lean initiatives)
• Promptly informing the relevant departments of changes to the planned production schedule.
• Evaluate staffing needs to accommodate current and future production workflows.
• Create and implement new tracking measures to improve workflows and efficiencies.
• Participate and support Production excellence data gathering and input into global systems for reporting
• Leads daily status update meetings to the workshop team

Skills

Communication

Organization

Time management

Analytics

Delegation

Cross-functional collaboration

MS Office

Lean/continuous improvement

Independent work

Strategic goals

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management

High School Diploma or equivalent with 10+ years experience

Tools

ERP system

Job description

GEA Group is seeking a Scheduler to manage production, work, and shipment schedules within our United States operations. You will forecast capacity, optimize resources, and coordinate with shop floor management to improve manufacturing efficiency.

The ideal candidate has strong organizational and analytical skills, experience with ERP systems, and a background in supply chain or production planning. This role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, continuous improvement, and data-driven