Scheduling & Materials Flow Lead

dsm-firmenich; Town of Germantown (WI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care coverage

Paid time off

Retirement plan

Annual incentive pay

Learning culture

Job summary

dsm-firmenich is seeking a Lead Specialist, Scheduling Operations at the Germantown, WI site to ensure that production plans are executed reliably and materials are ready when needed.

The role focuses on material readiness, end-to-end inventory flow, SAP system execution, and cross-functional coordination across Planning, Procurement, Warehouse and Manufacturing to minimize delays and support continuous production performance.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of experience in production planning, material planning, scheduling, or manufacturing supply chain execution.
• Experience in food, biotech, chemical, pharmaceutical, or other batch/process manufacturing environments strongly preferred.
• Good understanding of how production schedules, material availability, inventory and logistics flows connect.
• Strong SAP experience in a manufacturing or supply chain environment; OMP or other advanced planning system experience is a plus.
• Working knowledge of production scheduling with the ability to provide backup scheduling support when required.
• Strong attention to detail and execution discipline in a high-complexity, low-error-tolerance environment.
• Strong analytical and Excel skills with the ability to identify discrepancies and connect information across systems.

Responsibilities

• Ensure raw materials and other required components are available in line with the production schedule.
• Coordinate material requirements and follow up on shortages or potential supply risks.
• Support the Production Scheduler in confirming execution readiness before production.
• Identify material constraints early and coordinate actions with Planning, Procurement, Warehouse and Manufacturing.
• Support short-term scheduling activities and provide backup scheduling capability when required.
• Coordinate the end-to-end movement of intermediate inventory between production site and external warehouse.
• Ensure the right materials and quantities are transferred at the right time to support the production schedule.
• Coordinate shipment requirements with Warehouse, Logistics, Planning and Operations.
• Monitor open transfers and proactively follow up on delays or exceptions.
• Ensure inventory stored externally remains visible and available for future production requirements.
• Create and maintain required STOs and related system transactions for production site-external warehouse inventory movements.
• Ensure SAP, planning tools and physical inventory flows remain aligned.
• Monitor inventory and system exceptions impacting planning and execution, and coordinate resolution with the responsible function.
• Perform required supply chain master-data and administrative activities supporting reliable execution.
• Work with relevant teams to resolve system and process issues rather than allowing manual workarounds to become permanent ways of working.
• Monitor daily execution against the agreed production and inventory flow plan.
• Identify deviations early and coordinate corrective actions across functions.
• Maintain clear visibility of material availability, transfers and execution status.
• Support inventory reconciliation between production site and external warehouse.
• Escalate risks that may affect production, inventory availability or customer service.
• Help establish a stable and sustainable operating model for the production site and external warehouse flow.
• Identify repetitive manual activities, system gaps and unnecessary process complexity.
• Support standardization and automation of execution processes where possible.
• Contribute to the broader development of a more stable and predictable Germantown supply chain operating model.
• Production is not disrupted because required materials were overlooked or unavailable.
• production site and external warehouse inventory movements are executed reliably and on time.
• Planning has reliable visibility of inventory available across production site and external warehouse.
• Exceptions are identified and resolved before they become production emergencies.
• The Production Scheduler can focus primarily on production scheduling rather than administrative and coordination activities.
• Replanning and firefighting caused by execution gaps are reduced over time.
• Processes become increasingly standardized and less dependent on individual knowledge.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Coordination across functions

Problem-solving

Ownership mindset

Bias for action

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business, Industrial Engineering, or related field

Tools

SAP

OMP

Excel

Job description

dsm-firmenich is seeking a Lead Specialist, Scheduling Operations at the Germantown, WI site to ensure that production plans are executed reliably and materials are ready when needed.

The role focuses on material readiness, end-to-end inventory flow, SAP system execution, and cross-functional coordination across Planning, Procurement, Warehouse and Manufacturing to minimize delays and support continuous production performance.