Production Scheduler: Master Plan for On-Time Shipments

Kettle Cuisine; Everett (WA); On-site; USD 44,083 - 52,348; Full time

Job summary

Kettle Cuisine in Everett, WA is seeking a Production Scheduler to create and modify the production schedule, ensuring 100% on-time shipment of customer orders and identifying synergies to improve factory efficiency.

The role requires 1–3 years of experience, proficiency with Excel and Outlook, and strong organizational skills to balance priorities across manufacturing, procurement, and QA in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Requires 1–3 years of experience.
• Must be proficient with MS Office programs, specifically Excel and Outlook.
• Broad knowledge of manufacturing, production, and inventory control functions.
• Must display a high level of organizational skills and attention to detail and accuracy.
• Must be able to problem solve and think independently due to the speed and rate of change in this manufacturing environment.
• Ability to multi-task.

Responsibilities

• Schedule jobs daily for maximum throughput, customer satisfaction and on-time performance.
• Plan finished goods in planning software based on customer orders and commercialization needs.
• Check FG inventory and adjust plan to maintain inventory par level.
• Balance the plan in planning software and weekly report with allergen cleaning sequence and line constraints/capabilities.
• Review and adjust stock plan to ensure adequate inventory on hand or proper production scheduled.
• Identify priorities from daily plan to cover shipping needs and communicate to the team.
• Reconcile Everett Plan to ensure all levels’ jobs match before publishing schedule.
• Coordinate with Procurement / Production / Maintenance / PD with any plan changes.
• Integrate jobs from planning software into Ross and then run transactions after as needed.
• Run and maintain Master Production Schedule, and distribute to procurement team.
• Manage jobs in Ross by creating, amending, and deleting when needed based on plan changes.
• Produce, publish, and release Daily schedule consisting of bulk, retail, stock and distribute to production team.
• Interface with all value chain functions such as manufacturing, purchasing, customer service, and plant.
• Adjust production plan at any moment in response to production needs or material changes.
• Provide guidance to several teams on priorities throughout production.
• Communicate with the team about plant attainment, yield issues, and schedule changes.
• Review aged FG report daily/weekly and mitigate risk with customer service/QA/Sales/Shipping.

Skills

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Multi-tasking

Independent thinking

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Excel

Outlook

Job description

Kettle Cuisine in Everett, WA is seeking a Production Scheduler to create and modify the production schedule, ensuring 100% on-time shipment of customer orders and identifying synergies to improve factory efficiency.

The role requires 1–3 years of experience, proficiency with Excel and Outlook, and strong organizational skills to balance priorities across manufacturing, procurement, and QA in a fast-paced environment.