Lead Master Scheduler: Own Plant Schedule & KPIs

MS Companies; Leeds (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

First-shift schedule

Relocation considered

Lead a team of five schedulers

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

MS Companies is recruiting a Lead Master Scheduler for a confidential manufacturing client in Leeds, AL. The plant builds engineered electrical equipment for utility and industrial customers in a make-to-order / engineer-to-order environment.

This role owns the full-facility production schedule and leads five schedulers. Day-to-day work includes order review, past-due recovery, backlog forecast, SAP planning, and KPI reporting to the Materials Manager.

Qualifications

• Experience scheduling production lines in discrete manufacturing.
• Hands-on SAP/MRP: PP and MM required; WM preferred.
• Experience leading planners or schedulers and coaching teams.
• Forecasting, capacity planning, and schedule ownership.
• Advanced Excel and KPI presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the entire plant production schedule and lead five schedulers.
• Review new sales orders and schedule additions daily; keep shipment dates current.
• Work past-due orders and SAP exception messages; implement recovery plans.
• Build and maintain the production forecast from planned units, backlog, and safety stock.
• Recommend changes to committed dates and lead times when material/capacity risks arise.
• Review SAP master data and propose corrections when plant data is inaccurate.
• Deliver monthly KPIs to the Materials Manager: schedule attainment, on-time delivery, forecast accuracy.
• Support cross-functional schedule meetings and plant continuous-improvement forums.

Skills

Discrete manufacturing scheduling

Leadership of schedulers

Forecasting and capacity planning

Advanced Excel & KPI presentations

Data-driven decision making

Onsite availability

US work authorization

Tools

SAP PP

SAP MM

WM

MRP

Job description

MS Companies is recruiting a Lead Master Scheduler for a confidential manufacturing client in Leeds, AL. The plant builds engineered electrical equipment for utility and industrial customers in a make-to-order / engineer-to-order environment.

This role owns the full-facility production schedule and leads five schedulers. Day-to-day work includes order review, past-due recovery, backlog forecast, SAP planning, and KPI reporting to the Materials Manager.