Strategic Production Scheduler

Michael Food; Arizona; On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Michael Foods, Inc. in Yuma, Arizona is seeking a Production Scheduler to develop daily production schedules that meet customer demand while balancing inventory and production capacity.

You will place purchase orders, coordinate with supply planning and production teams, and ensure egg availability for both retail and food service channels. The role requires SAP proficiency, strong MS Office skills, and bilingual English–Spanish communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience.
• 2+ years of experience in Supply Chain, Scheduling, Sourcing and/or purchasing.
• Experience with client-server enterprise resource planning systems (preferably SAP).
• Proficient with Microsoft Office; Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
• Self-motivated while also willing to ask questions and seek direction.
• Demonstrates the ability to maintain positive interpersonal relationships and work effectively with cross-functional teams to complete work assignments.
• Able to work independently or with others in a team environment depending upon the assignment.
• Bilingual English – Spanish.

Responsibilities

• Develops, publishes and maintains the master production schedule, balancing inventory, resources and capacity.
• Ability to manipulate orders in SAP and communicate changes to the production floor.
• Facilitates teams, training and functional interaction meetings for direction, decision making, information sharing and consensus building.
• Participates in daily production meetings and advises management of the status of work in progress, material availability and potential production problems.
• Communicates with the Demand and Supply Planning, Customer Service, Marketing, Production, Quality Control, Engineering and Sales departments on a regular basis to resolve potential schedule interruptions.
• Maintains raw, in-process and finished inventory levels, consistent with business objectives and requirements.
• Partners with Purchasing, Quality and Production to ensure all new products are implemented flawlessly.
• Supports and leads various plant/company teams, and goals. Actively participates in cross-functional continuous improvement teams.
• Updates and maintains accurate master data information in the SAP system and engages QA, R & D, Operations and production to ensure new product launches are accurate and new product trials and scheduled and communicated to all involved parties.
• Maintains raw egg inventory in-house and in-transit in order to accurately request volume needed for production.
• Ables to work outside of normal workday to ensure production schedule is met.
• Monitors Work in Progress daily.
• Assists with system implementation issues relative to the master scheduling process.
• Assumes personal responsibility to ensure safe and healthy workplace for everyone. Adheres to all safety policies and procedures and, incorporates safety and health in all jobs and tasks.
• Adheres to Quality work practices, follows GMP’s, maintains sanitary conditions and ensures that product quality is maintained. Reports to management any conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety and quality.
• Ensures regulatory compliance at all times.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Supply Chain

Scheduling

Sourcing

Purchasing

SAP

MS Office

Bilingual English–Spanish

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

Outlook

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Michael Foods, Inc. in Yuma, Arizona is seeking a Production Scheduler to develop daily production schedules that meet customer demand while balancing inventory and production capacity.

You will place purchase orders, coordinate with supply planning and production teams, and ensure egg availability for both retail and food service channels. The role requires SAP proficiency, strong MS Office skills, and bilingual English–Spanish communication.