Production Scheduling Supervisor

Eaton; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 97,000 - 143,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton Corporation in Raleigh, NC, seeks a Production Scheduling Supervisor to lead the scheduling team, align production plans with material and capacity constraints, and ensure on-time delivery. You will coordinate with Operations, Purchasing, and Finance to optimize schedules and drive continuous improvements across the plant.

The role emphasizes leading and developing schedulers, maintaining ERP parameters, and reflecting customer requirements in the production plan.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of four (4) years of production scheduling and/or planning experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Minimum of three (3) years of relevant people leader experience within a supply chain or scheduling/planning function, supporting a manufacturing plant.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 5 years of Production planning / scheduling experience.
• SAP and Salesforce Experience
• Lean manufacturing and continuous-improvement experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the production scheduling function and direct daily activities and priorities of schedulers.
• Develop and maintain achievable production schedules considering capacity and material availability.
• Maintain MPS output from monthly SIOP and audit for SAP accuracy.
• Coordinate cross-functionally with Operations, Purchasing, Customer Service, and Finance.
• Maintain scheduling parameters within ERP systems to support order generation.
• Escalate and manage customer service issues related to scheduling execution.
• Provide management reporting on schedule risks and capacity constraints.
• Collaborate with Engineering on master data setup and process workflows.
• Train and develop production schedulers and drive continuous-improvement activities.

Skills

Production scheduling

MRP/ERP

SIOP

People leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Engineering or business degree

Tools

SAP

Salesforce

Job description

Eaton’s Electrical Sector is currently seeking a Production Scheduling Supervisor to join our team. This position is based on site at our Raleigh, NC location.
This role is responsible for directing and controlling the production scheduling process to ensure customer requirements are translated into executable manufacturing schedules aligned with material availability, production capacity, and operational constraints. Responsible for leading the scheduling team in developing and maintaining achievable production schedules, establishing priorities across manufacturing operations, and coordinating cross-functionally to maximize on-time delivery while minimizing manufacturing cycle time, excess inventory, and schedule disruption. The Production Scheduling Supervisor serves as the primary point of coordination for plant production priorities and scheduling execution, ensuring planning parameters, ERP data, manufacturing capacity, material availability, and customer requirements are appropriately reflected in the production schedule.

Anticipated salary: $97,000 - $143,000 a year.

Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

What you’ll do:

• Lead the production scheduling function - Direct daily activities and priorities of production schedulers to ensure manufacturing schedules support customer delivery commitments and plant operating objectives.
• Develop and maintain achievable production schedules - Analyze manufacturing capacity, material availability, customer requirements, resource constraints, and other operational considerations.
• Responsible for MPS maintenance – Update MPS as output of monthly SIOP process and audit for accuracy in SAP
• Administer Salesforce cases – Ensure expected service levels are maintained and cases are resolved in a timely manner.
• Coordinate cross-functionally - Partner with Operations, Purchasing, Customer Service, Finance, and other functions to resolve constraints affecting schedule execution and customer commitments.
• Maintain scheduling and planning parameters within ERP systems - Ensure manufacturing lead times and order-execution parameters support proper order generation and production execution.
• Act as escalation point for customer service – support scheduler’s workload and handle customer escalations in a professional manner
• Analyze ERP and production information - Provide management reporting on schedule risks, capacity constraints, customer-delivery concerns, and required actions.
• Coordinate with Engineering on master data setup and process workflows – Identify and resolve process gaps in existing processes and work to maintain master data health for production scheduling functions in SAP
• Train and develop production schedulers - Build capability in business systems, reports, scheduling techniques, and standard work required to execute customer requirements.
• Lead and support continuous-improvement activities - Improve scheduling, planning, material flow, inventory, manufacturing lead time, and overall supply-chain execution.

Qualifications:

Basic (Required) Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of four (4) years of production scheduling and/or planning experience within a manufacturing environment
• Minimum of three (3) years of relevant people leader experience within a supply chain or scheduling/planning function, supporting a manufacturing plant

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 5 years of Production planning / scheduling experience.
• SAP and Salesforce Experience
• Lean manufacturing and continuous-improvement experience.

Skills:

• Strong knowledge of production scheduling, SIOP and S+OE, manufacturing operations, and MRP/ERP principles.
• Ability to analyze manufacturing capacity, material constraints, customer demand, WIP, and production priorities.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
• Ability to communicate and coordinate effectively and professionally to internal and external customers and all functions.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop team members and drive execution in a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to identify improvement opportunities and implement changes producing measurable operational results.

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