Production Expediter

Gilder Search Group; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

FabrinetWest is seeking a Production Scheduler to coordinate WIP flow, materials and information across departments to keep schedules on track in Santa Clara, CA. The role interfaces with planning, manufacturing, and purchasing to prevent delays and ensure kit availability for weekly plans.

The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of manufacturing and supply chain, with excellent communication and organizational skills. High school diploma or equivalent required.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of manufacturing and supply chain.
• Excellent communication tools.
• Organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Reviews manufacturing systems to ensure material delivery due dates align with manufacturing required dates.
• Interacts with IC to ensure kits are available to match weekly plans.
• Works with planning to attain 100% on-time deliveries.
• Helps implement process improvements.
• Facilitates communication between production, Inventory Control, and planning to respond to conflicts affecting schedules.
• Interfaces with material handling, requirements planning and purchasing to identify material shortages.
• Provides WIP status in meetings and gathers schedule information when required.
• Runs MES WIP Matrix reports as required.
• Performs MES to physical check at set times during shift.
• Ensures WIP integrity between MES, SAP and physical counts.
• Liaises with planning and manufacturing to agree schedules for work areas using scheduling tools.
• Positions WIP and raw materials to meet schedules.

Skills

Manufacturing & supply chain

Communication

Organization

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

PURPOSE

Individual will ensure production schedules are met by coordinating the flow of Work In Progress; materials and information between departments to prevent delays.

PRINCIPLE ACCOUNTABILITIES/DUTIES

• Reviews the manufacturing systems to ensure material delivery due dates are in line with manufacturing required dates.
• Interacts with I.C. group to ensure kits are available to match weekly plans that have been established.
• Works with planning to attain 100% on time deliveries.
• Continues to help implement process improvements.
• Facilitates communication between production personnel, Inventory Control. group and planning to quickly react to conflicts and issues affecting production schedules.
• Interfaces with material handling, requirements planning and purchasing to quickly identify material shortages impacting production.
• Attends meetings to provide WIP status and to gather program schedule information when required.
• Runs MES Wip Matrix report as required.
• Performs MES to physical check at specified time throughout shift.
• Ensures WIP integrity between MES, Sap & physical count.
• Liaises with planning & manufacturing to agree schedule for work area using scheduling tools and systems.
• Works with planning & manufacturing teams to position wip, raw material to meet schedule.
• Reports shift by shift performance against plan.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong understanding of manufacturing and supply chain.
• Excellent communication tools.
• Organizational skills.

Education or Training

• High school diploma or equivalent.

FabrinetWest including its subsidiaries, is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.