Master Scheduler

Vacuum Process Engineering, Inc.; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

VPE Thermal in Sacramento, CA is seeking a Scheduler to develop and fully implement the transition of an ERP system. You will collaborate with key stakeholders to support ERP engagement processes, tune output reports with scheduling, and data mine to supplement standard ERP reports.

The role requires 5+ years in manufacturing scheduling, AA degree, and strong coordination across Sales, Production and Quality to ensure materials and capacity meet production milestones.

Qualifications

• AA degree in Business or related field; two to five years Scheduler experience.
• Minimum five years’ experience in Manufacturing.
• Minimum eight years’ experience in scheduling.

Responsibilities

• Identifies and reports conflicts with material and capacity availability and order-promising integrity.
• Daily status department schedule demands against commitments and milestones; maintain ERP schedules and identify bottlenecks.
• Schedules for raw materials, component purchases, and services according to demand and release dates.
• Plans, schedules, and releases Production WIP travelers according to time allocations and available resources.
• Provides delivery dates to support sales, order acknowledgement, and project start-up; signals over allocated work centers.
• Fosters reports and clear communication between Sales, Production, and Quality to maintain milestones.
• Works with sales and operations to provide timely feedback regarding schedule change requests.
• Establishes a working line of communication with all company functions.
• Reviews, identifies, and resolves material shortages and notifies the party responsible.

Skills

Scheduling

Production planning

Capacity planning

Education

AA degree in Business or related field

Tools

ERP software

Spreadsheet software

Word processing software

Job description

Develop and fully implement transition of ERP system. Collaborate with key members to support the implementation of the ERP system including producing ERP engagement processes and procedures. Collaborate with scheduling to tune the desired ERP output reports. Data mine and maintain spreadsheets as appropriate for those areas where standard ERP reports are insufficient. Collaborate with project managers to make certain that all materials are ready for production on assigned jobs per schedule information. Provide resource demands for Production work centers.

Pay Range: 90-120k

Essential Functions

• Identifies and reports conflicts with respect to material and capacity availability and order-promising integrity
• Daily status department schedule demands against commitments and milestones, Maintain current ERP system schedules with identified bottlenecks. Early detection.
• Schedules for raw materials, component purchases, and services according to demand and scheduled product release dates.
• Plans, schedules, and releases Production WIP travelers according to time allocations and available resources.
• Provides deliveries dates to support sales, order acknowledgement, and project start-up according to current workload within the defined lead time and signals over allocated work centers.
• Fosters reports and clear communication between Sales, Production, and Quality Departments to maintain work center, production and delivery milestones.
• Works with sales and operations to provide timely feedback regarding all schedule change requests so as to impact schedule risk on existing commitments.
• Establishes a working line of communication with all company functions
• Reviews, identifies, and resolves material shortages and notifies the party responsible.

Other Functions

• Updates WIP schedules due to Engineering, supplier, customer changes, resource, and out of scope inputs.
• Provides project status to Business Development and customers as appropriate.
• Collaborates with project stakeholders to mitigate and minimize disruptions to schedule demand.

OTHER DUTIES

Other Duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

None

Education and/or Experience

AA degree from two-year college or university with a major in Business or related field and two to five years related experience as Scheduler.

Language Skills

Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

Computer Skills

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of ERP software; Spreadsheet software and Word Processing software.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

Current Driver’s License

Desired Requirements

• Minimum five years’ experience working in Manufacturing
• Minimum eight years’ experience in scheduling
• Understanding dynamics of low volume, high mix Manufacturing

About us

VPE Thermal is a world-renowned leader in compact heat exchanger design and manufacturing. Our company serves a wide range of industries with commercial products including power generation, chemical processing, oil/gas, nuclear and renewable energy with state-of-the-art heat exchangers. In addition to commercial products, we maintain a strong culture of internal R&D with exciting projects using cutting edge manufacturing technology and design/analysis tools to invent the heat exchangers of tomorrow.