Production Scheduler: Master Planning & Analytics

Celanese; Washington; On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Celanese’s Engineered Materials group seeks a dynamic Production Scheduler (Specialist, Scheduling) to build and maintain finite production schedules ensuring product availability and service levels. Based at the Washington Works facility in Washington, WV, you’ll monitor inventories, track progress, and lead daily production meetings with the site teams.

You’ll collaborate with planners and customer service to mitigate supply risks, conduct root cause analyses, and optimize schedule execution

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in a related field (Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, Business).
• 4-5 years of manufacturing operations or supply chain planning experience.
• 1-2 years finite scheduling experience (raw materials to finished goods).
• Experience with SAP MRP scheduling preferred.
• APICS certification preferred.
• Experience with Blue Yonder / advanced planning tools preferred.
• Experience in chemical manufacturing preferred.
• Strong problem solving, analytical and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Convert weekly master production plan into daily production schedule and optimize sequence to meet objectives.
• Collaborate with manufacturing to optimize the schedule and handle execution level changes.
• Conduct scenario management based on exceptions and constraint violations.
• Collaborate with planning to mitigate unplanned interruptions or rush supply requests.
• Analyze scheduling metrics, perform root cause analysis and report schedule performance.
• Collaborate with Supply Planner, Master Production Scheduler, Warehouse/Logistics, Customer Service and Plant Operations to mitigate supply risks.
• Maintain scheduling master data in SAP and Blue Yonder (SKU-machine mappings, changeover matrices, run rates, minimum run sizes).
• Support improvements to scheduling projects or Blue Yonder tool enhancements.

Skills

Scheduling

Problem solving

Analytical thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor degree in Supply Chain Management / related field

APICS certification preferred

Tools

SAP MRP scheduling

Blue Yonder

Excel

Job description

Celanese’s Engineered Materials group seeks a dynamic Production Scheduler (Specialist, Scheduling) to build and maintain finite production schedules ensuring product availability and service levels. Based at the Washington Works facility in Washington, WV, you’ll monitor inventories, track progress, and lead daily production meetings with the site teams.

You’ll collaborate with planners and customer service to mitigate supply risks, conduct root cause analyses, and optimize schedule execution