Scheduling & Customer Service Associate

Voith Paper; Summerville (SC); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexibility with Work/Life Balance

Competitive Compensation and Benefits

401K with generous company match

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Voith Paper is hiring for a Scheduling & Customer Service Associate in Summerville, SC. You will supervise production scheduling and act as the front-line contact for customer service to both internal teams and external customers.

The role requires strong communication, coordination with production, quality, R&D, and technical services, and a focus on ensuring on-time delivery while maintaining quality standards.

Qualifications

• Experience in customer service and scheduling in manufacturing.
• Familiarity with order management and logistics processes.
• Proficient with Excel, Outlook and collaboration tools.
• Experience with ERP systems, JD Edwards is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary contact for customer interactions and resolve inquiries promptly.
• Manage customer orders from entry through production, shipment, and closure.
• Develop and maintain production schedule based on demand, capacity, and material availability.
• Monitor progress and adjust daily schedules to optimize efficiency and resources.
• Coordinate with Materials, Production, Quality, Warehouse, and Logistics to ensure on-time delivery.
• Identify potential supply interruptions and develop risk mitigation plans.

Skills

Customer service

Production scheduling

Order management

Logistics

ERP systems

JD Edwards experience

Education

Associates degree in business-related field

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Excel

Outlook

Teams

JD Edwards ERP

Job description

Aug 14, 2026

Job Description

About the Voith Group

The Voith Group is a global technology company. With its broad portfolio of systems, products, services and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the markets of energy, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive. Founded in 1867, the company today has around 20,700 employees, sales of 4.8 billion and locations in over 60 countries worldwide and is thus one of the larger family-owned companies in Europe.

Voith Paper is hiring for:

Scheduling & Customer Service Associate

Summerville, SC

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Reasons you'll love working here:

• Flexibility with Work/Life Balance
• Competitive Compensation and Benefits Package
• 401K with generous company match
• Climate-Neutral Footprint Worldwide
• Tuition reimbursement

Summary

In this position, the Scheduling and Customer Service Associate will be responsible for all aspects production scheduling and external customer service. Will be front line contact for all scheduling and customer service topics to intracompany and external customers. Will foster a cooperative relationship with other key stakeholders such as production, quality, R&D, and technical services.

Responsibilities

• Fulfill role of primary point of contact for customer interactions and respond promptly to customer concerns and inquires
• Manage customer orders from entry through production, shipment, and final closure
• Develop and maintain the production schedule based on customer demand, manufacturing capacity, inventory, and material availability.
• Monitor production progress and adjust daily schedules as needed to optimize efficiency and resource utilization.
• Coordinate with Materials, Production, Quality, Warehouse, and Logistics to support on-time delivery
• Identify potential supply interruptions and develop risk-mitigation or contingency plans
• Proactively communicate schedule changes, delays, and delivery risks to customers and internal stakeholders
• The requirements listed in this job profile are representative of the management's assignment of essential function, with knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Nothing in this herein restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

SUCCESS FACTORS (Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required)

Manage and influence

• Knowledge of monofilament industry experience is highly preferred but not required.
• Ability to solve problems effectively
• Ability to minimize human errors
• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills, strong people person in order to develop and work with stakeholders at all levels inside the business and external customers
• Rely on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish multiple priorities simultaneously
• Provides timely and relevant updates to management
• Applies time management techniques on a daily basis to accomplish tasks

Drive and execution

• Results orientated
• Proactive to potential issues and ability to provide alternative solutions
• Use of data and facts to support decision making.
• Identify opportunities to reduce manual work, improve communication and increase delivery reliability.
• Conducts themselves in a professional manner at all times

Communication and problem solving

• Collaborates with other resources as needed to gain required knowledge to resolve issues.
• Maintains an open minded perspective during problem solving exercises
• Inspects and investigates using analytical thought processes to solve problems
• Can function autonomously and as a team member as the situation requires

Qualifications

• A combination of at least 5 years of experience, customer service, production scheduling, order management, logistics, in a manufacturing environment preferred.
• English language required
• Associates degree in a business related field is preferred, although an acceptable level of training and work experience is considered
• Experience using an ERP or manufacturing planning system; JD Edwards experience is a plus.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Outlook, and Teams.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and interpersonal skills necessary to operate in a team environment

Physical Demands

Employees in this position are regularly required to sit, walk, stand and use hands to finger, handle or feel. They are occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Employees regularly talk and hear and must be able to lift 10 pounds. Rarely employees are required to lift up to 50 pounds. Safety glasses, hearing protection and other PPE are required in designated areas.

* This job description is not all encompassing, however, is intended to be a general description of the responsibilities of this position.

Voith US Inc. is an EEO/AA/VEVRAA compliant Federal Contractor and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. We welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in the industry including people of color, LGBTQI+ community, women, individuals with disabilities (both seen and unseen), Veterans, people of any age or family status. We embrace the competitive advantage that diversity brings and we strive to create a working environment that is inclusive of thought and talent.