Food Production Scheduler - Fast-Paced & Impactful

Intelligent Foods; Morgan Hill (CA); On-site; USD 31,684 - 35,817; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

HSA/FSA options

Employee assistance program

Employee discount

401(k) with match

Paid holidays

Floating holidays

Paid time off

Farmer's Market access

Job summary

Intelligent Foods in Morgan Hill, CA is seeking a Production Scheduler for our West Coast distribution center. This full-time role collaborates with production teams to monitor schedules, coordinate materials, and maintain throughput at the facility.

The ideal candidate has 2+ years in food manufacturing or warehousing, strong Excel/Office skills, and the ability to stay calm under pressure in a refrigerated environment. We offer comprehensive benefits including health, retirement and PTO.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of related experience in food handling, procurement and vendor management, warehousing or materials management in a manufacturing environment.
• Intermediate Microsoft Office knowledge (Outlook, Excel, Word, etc.) and other Google applications (Gmail, Sheets, etc.).
• Excellent communicator both verbal and written.
• Ability to work calmly under pressure, multi-task and adapt to continuous change.
• Ability to work in a refrigerated environment (-9º-42º Fahrenheit) for 8 or more hours.
• Ability to work in fast‑paced, deadline‑oriented environment.
• Knowledge of agriculture, produce and raw materials.

Responsibilities

• Monitors daily production activities, materials flow and transactions to ensure that production schedules are met which involves verification and confirmation of materials.
• Confirms and releases work orders.
• Ensures job progress to schedules, reporting of status and removal of bottlenecks and related problems.
• Reviews reports generated from the automated production tracking system.
• Confers with department supervisors to determine status of assigned projects at the program level.
• Reports delays in assembly or availability of materials to management.
• Visits the production areas to ascertain production status.
• Confers with department supervisors to determine status of assigned work orders.
• Reports delays in production assembly or the availability of materials to management prior to production.
• Interfaces with other departments to ensure smooth flow of required materials.
• Notes errors in production flow and scheduling, e.g. incorrect status, and brings these to the attention of the supervisor.
• Works with department supervisors to correct discrepancies and eliminate fundamental causes of problems.
• Initiates corrective actions to expedite the flow of work.
• Follow and enforce all GMP/PPE and safety guidelines.

Skills

Verbal Communication

Written Communication

Calm under pressure

Adaptability

Documentation

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Google Sheets

Outlook

Microsoft Word

Job description

Intelligent Foods in Morgan Hill, CA is seeking a Production Scheduler for our West Coast distribution center. This full-time role collaborates with production teams to monitor schedules, coordinate materials, and maintain throughput at the facility.

The ideal candidate has 2+ years in food manufacturing or warehousing, strong Excel/Office skills, and the ability to stay calm under pressure in a refrigerated environment. We offer comprehensive benefits including health, retirement and PTO.