Master Scheduler

Giesecke & Devrient GB Ltd.; Bolingbrook (IL); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401K with match

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Giesecke+Devrient ePayments America, Inc. seeks a Senior Master Scheduler to lead production planning across multiple lines and shifts. You will balance forecast accuracy, inventory and costs, collaborating with Sales, Operations and IT to optimize MPS and ERP reliability.

The role reports to the Director of Supply Chain and Master Data Management, offering a comprehensive benefits package and annual bonus eligibility. This is an on-site position in Bolingbrook, IL.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or Engineering required.
• 10+ years of experience in supply chain and manufacturing.
• 5+ years SAP experience within past 10 years.
• Capacity planning experience in a constrained manufacturing environment.
• Experience with scheduling software tools or applications.
• Understanding of material forecasts and inventory management in Made-to-Order environments.
• Advanced Excel skills; data-modeling and dashboards preferred.
• Attention to detail with multiple priorities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• APICS certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning/scheduling team and manage forecast and inventory for finished goods.
• Develop and set the Master Production Schedule (MPS) and establish ship dates balancing capacity and labor.
• Create and deploy tactical scheduling plans for production schedulers.
• Analyze MPS vs capacity to identify bottlenecks and overloads.
• Collaborate with Regional Production Planning for inter-company load balancing.
• Monitor MRP accuracy and ERP data integrity; troubleshoot issues.

Skills

SAP experience

Capacity planning

Excel advanced

Data dashboards

APICS cert

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business or Engineering

Tools

Scheduling software

Job description

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The Master Scheduler will be responsible for setting, and managing the schedule for the production environment consisting of multiple production lines in a multiple shift environment ensuring that the Plan is executed in a manner balancing production/planning parameters, service, safety, inventory and costs.

The role reports to the Director of Supply Chain and Master Data Management. This role interacts regularly with Sales, Client Services, Production Managers, Machine operators, Engineers and Quality.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Lead the planning/scheduling team with monitoring production execution and maintaining forecast and inventory levels for a variety of finished goods.
• Develop and set the Master Production Schedule (MPS). Establish ship and production completion dates by balancing capacity and labor availability through collaboration with operations.
• Create and deploy tactical scheduling plan for use by department production schedulers. Provide feedback to production schedulers and material planners on changes as needed.
• Analyze MPS requirements versus capacity and identify potential bottlenecks and overloads.
• Work closely with Regional Production Planning to support inter-company load balancing as required.
• Research variance between sales forecast and material plan forecast against actuals.
• Collaborate across multiple business units (Product Development, R&D, Finance, Sales, Operations, Purchasing and Engineering to obtain the best manufacturing strategy to meet customer demand and company targets.
• Create and maintain production and scheduling KPIs and dashboards to support operations planning, production execution and schedule attainment.
• Establish & maintain metrics and dashboards against forecasting, capacity planning and inventory models.
• Ensure MRP accuracy in ERP and partner with production schedulers to correct discrepancies.
• Monitor and request updates to material master attributes in ERP which impact MRP calculations.
• Support, resolve and troubleshoot ERP application (MRP/MPS) issues.
• Regularly monitor multi-level component inventory levels and aging inventory to optimize average inventory and identify potential excess and obsolescence through coordination with the planners/schedulers.
• Coordinate inventory concerns with organization and support monthly excess & obsolete inventory review with executive management.
• Support, develop and execute forecast management and long-range capacity planning within Order Backlog Tool. Partner with development teams on updates and changes as needed.
• Key contributor to S&OP process - by providing reports, data extracts and analysis.
• Support and coordinate the transition from S&OP to the production master schedule.
• Manage and support the Product life-cycle and End of Life (EOL) process.
• Engage IT support for future business enhancements within our applications. Identify gaps and propose changes that will improve MPS.
• Data mine and format information from multiple software applications.
• Provide updates to Client Services on the production schedule and identify issues or delays that require customer notification.

Qualifications & Skills:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Engineering is required.
• 10+ years of experience in a supply chain and manufacturing environment
• 5+ years of SAP experience and usage within past 10 years
• Capacity planning experience in a constrained, manufacturing environment
• Experience with scheduling software tools or applications.
• Understanding of material forecasts and inventory management, preferably in a Made-to-Order (MTO) manufacturing environment.
• Advanced knowledge of Excel is required (i.e. Pivot Tables, Formulas, Macros). Experience in data-modeling and dashboards is preferred.
• Attention to detail and accuracy with the ability to manage multiple objectives and priorities concurrently.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• APICS certification is preferred.

The pay range for this position is $100,000-$120,000 and is eligible for an annual bonus. Benefits offered to eligible employees include, medical (PPO and HDHP with HSA), dental, vision, paid time off, paid holidays, 401K w/ employer match, short/long term disability, life insurance, healthcare and dependent care flexible spending, EAP, commuter benefits, education assistance, pet insurance, legal, and more.

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Giesecke+Devrient ePayments America, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity