Production Scheduler 3

RR Donnelley; Illinois; On-site; USD 56,000 - 84,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Parental leave

Tuition assistance

Employer/partner discounts

Job summary

RR Donnelley schedules and loads work on manufacturing equipment across Prepress, Press, and Bindery/Finishing to meet customer delivery dates. The role reviews daily/weekly forecasts and provides essential production updates to keep operations aligned.

The onsite position in St. Charles, IL requires candidates to support second shift and manage schedules with strong organizational and communication skills. Proficiency in MS Office is important for daily reporting.

Qualifications

• HS Diploma or equivalent with 5 years of relevant administrative/operational support in manufacturing operations or office environment.
• Advanced knowledge of technology including MS Office or MAC word processing and spreadsheets.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills with ability to meet deadlines and manage workload.
• May provide oversight of work and assist in training junior staff.
• Ability to apply policies, procedures, regulations, and program objectives.

Responsibilities

• Review daily/weekly production schedules and sequence/load equipment to run in Prepress, Press, Bindery/Finishing.
• Optimize workflow by aligning equipment capabilities to customer work specifications.
• Ensure preflight files, plating, materials, and components are ready to begin a job.
• Coordinate with departments to enable jobs to run.
• Provide daily production updates to align with forecasted workloads.
• Re-schedule work to different slots/equipment during unplanned issues.
• Provide guidance for other schedulers and plan for multiple departments.
• Provide daily reports to coordinate materials and staffing with forecasted workloads.
• Verify materials, staffing, and logistics are in place for runs.
• Coordinate with vendors/resources to meet scheduled run times.
• Assist with long-term planning and facility work plans.
• Perform other related duties and participate in special projects.

Skills

Advanced technology

Excellent communication

Strong organizational

Policy understanding

Education

HS Diploma or equivalent

Tools

MS Office

MAC Word processing

Spreadsheets

Job description

Company Description

RRD is a leading global provider of marketing, packaging, print, and supply chain solutions that elevate engagement across the complete customer journey. The company offers the industry’s most trusted portfolio of creative execution and world-wide business process consulting, with services designed to lower environmental impact. With 22,000 clients, including 93% of the Fortune 100, and 32,000 employees across 28 countries, RRD brings the expertise, execution, and scale designed to transform customer touchpoints into meaningful moments of impact.

Job Description

Schedule work to run on manufacturing equipment for one or more of the following areas: Prepress, Press, Bindery/Finishing. Review daily production output and make adjustments/updates to daily/weekly forecasted schedules. Move work around as needed while maintaining customer delivery dates. Provide daily reports/updates that are used by the production departments to run work and plan staffing, materials etc.

Shift information: Varies - usual start time is 8AM but you must be present for the second shift which starts at 2PM. Hiring manager will discuss flexible scheduling during second interview.

Must be able to commute to the St Charles, IL location

Fully Onsite Position

Responsibilities

• Review daily/weekly production schedules and sequence/load equipment to run primarily in one/or more of the following areas: Prepress, Press, Bindery/Finishing.


• Optimize workflow by matching the equipment capabilities closely to the specification of the customer work. Typically plan for equipment and jobs that are more complex in nature.


• Ensure that preceding requirements needed to begin running a job such as the preflight of the customer files, plating, raw materials, components are in place.


• Coordinate with the appropriate departments to ensure jobs will be able to run.


• Review daily production output and make adjustments/updates to daily/weekly schedules.


• May engage with Planners or management when issues arise and work needs to be moved around to resolve issues.


• Re-schedule work to different slots/equipment in the event of unplanned situations such as equipment failures, missing components or raw materials etc.


• May provide guidance or templates for other Schedulers to use/reference. May plan for multiple departments or equipment groups.


• Provide daily reports/updates to manufacturing operations so materials and staffing are coordinated with the forecasted workloads and that sales/customer service are updated on customer projects.


• Verify that materials, staffing, and logistics are in place in time for scheduled production runs.


• Coordinate with vendors and/or internal resources producing components to ensure that delivery will meet the scheduled run time for the customer project.


• May perform tasks related to long term planning and building of facility work plans.


• Performs other related duties and participates in special projects as assigned.

Qualifications

• May possess additional education certification in this level.


• Requires excellent knowledge of functional area(s) related to the job or good knowledge related to a professional field of work.


• Able to consistently apply applicable policies, procedures, regulations, and program objectives when carrying out the duties of the job.


• May provide oversight of work conducted by junior level staff and/or review/audit work for accuracy.


• Must have advanced knowledge of technology to include computers and software programs such as MS Office or MAC word processing, spreadsheets or other programs specific to the job in order to complete job duties successfully.


• Must have excellent oral and written communication skills to communicate effectively across departments when completing assignments.


• Must have strong organizational skills with ability to manage deadlines and prioritize workload and make adjustment to meet business needs.


• Additional job knowledge, skills, and/or abilities specific to a department may be listed on the staffing requisition.


• HS Diploma or equivalent with 5 years of relevant administrative/operational support in manufacturing operations or office environment directly related to the duties of the job.


• EPS Platform experience preferred.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

RRD's current salary range for this role is $55,700 to$83,600 / year. The salary range may be adjusted based on the applicable geographic location of the hired employee, and the range may change in the future. At RRD, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions may vary based upon, but not limited to education, skills, experience, proficiency, performance, shift and location. Depending on the role, in addition to base salary, the total compensation package may also include participation in a bonus, commission or incentive program.

• RRD’s benefit offerings include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, disability insurance, 401(k) with company match, life insurance and other voluntary supplemental insurance coverages, plus parental leave, adoption assistance, tuition assistance and employer/partner discounts.

All employment offers are contingent upon the successful completion of both a pre-employment background and drug screen.

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RRD is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans

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All employment offers are contingent upon the successful completion of both a pre-employment background and drug screen.