Production & Distribution Scheduler (Expeditor)

MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORP; United States; On-site; USD 52,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Milwaukee Tool is seeking a Distribution Scheduler Expeditor to plan, prioritize, and expedite production schedules across departments, balancing equipment, labor, customer demand and inventory to ensure on-time delivery. The role involves cross-functional interaction and strict attention to detail.

You will develop schedules for freight types and orders, complete wave builds in the WMS, update wave sheets, allocate orders, release work to fulfillment, and monitor loads to meet ship dates.

Qualifications

• Requires education equivalent to four years of high school; two year degree preferred.
• Ability to navigate a WMS system.
• Must have 5 years direct or indirect experience in a distribution center scheduling role.
• Solid communication skills, both written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Develop production schedules for all freight types and customer orders based on equipment, labor, customer priority and inventory availability.
• Completes the wave builds in the warehouse management system.
• Updates the wave sheets and communicates to distribution supervisors when work is ready to be released.
• Allocates orders and releases work to distribution for the fulfillment associates to pick and consolidate.
• Schedule loads in customer TMS and monitor to meet expected ship dates.
• Schedule loads per shipping capacity.
• Communicate and collaborate with various operations departments to ensure timely release and completion of production orders.
• Achieve target customer service levels.
• Actively participate in daily or weekly production meetings to review priorities, capacity constraints, and discuss current/future production.
• Allocates product in inventory to outbound orders.
• Responsible for overall organization and cleaning of area.

Skills

WMS navigation

MS Office

Distribution scheduling

Communication

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Time management

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Two-year degree preferred

Tools

WMS software

MS Office suite

Job description

Milwaukee Tool is seeking a Distribution Scheduler Expeditor to plan, prioritize, and expedite production schedules across departments, balancing equipment, labor, customer demand and inventory to ensure on-time delivery. The role involves cross-functional interaction and strict attention to detail.

You will develop schedules for freight types and orders, complete wave builds in the WMS, update wave sheets, allocate orders, release work to fulfillment, and monitor loads to meet ship dates.