Strategic Production Scheduler

Lincoln Electric; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Lincoln Electric in Cleveland seeks a Finished Goods Scheduler to align customer demand with manufacturing capacity and material availability, ensuring safe and efficient operations.

The role involves developing and maintaining production schedules, balancing constraints across production, supply chain, and maintenance, and monitoring adherence to plans. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and contribute to continuous improvement in scheduling accuracy and throughput.

Qualifications

• Experience in production scheduling, manufacturing planning, supply chain, operations, or a related manufacturing environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency with ERP/MRP systems and Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to analyze data and make sound business decisions.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain production schedules that support customer demand, inventory targets, and operational objectives.
• Balance customer requirements, production capacity, material availability, labor constraints, and equipment capabilities when establishing production priorities.
• Monitor schedule adherence and adjust production plans to address changing conditions, disruptions, or business needs.
• Coordinate closely with Production, Supply Chain, Customer Service, Procurement, Engineering, and Maintenance to ensure execution readiness.
• Analyze production performance, inventory levels, backlog, and capacity utilization to identify risks and opportunities.
• Recommend schedule adjustments that improve throughput, resource utilization, delivery performance, and inventory management.
• Support Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), capacity planning, and production review processes.
• Maintain planning parameters, scheduling data, and ERP system integrity.
• Identify material shortages, capacity constraints, and scheduling conflicts and facilitate resolution actions.
• Develop and communicate production priorities to ensure alignment across the organization.
• Support continuous improvement efforts focused on schedule stability, planning accuracy, inventory optimization, and operational performance.
• Generate reports, metrics, and analyses related to production scheduling and manufacturing performance.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Communication

Organizational skills

Multitasking

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Lincoln Electric in Cleveland seeks a Finished Goods Scheduler to align customer demand with manufacturing capacity and material availability, ensuring safe and efficient operations.

The role involves developing and maintaining production schedules, balancing constraints across production, supply chain, and maintenance, and monitoring adherence to plans. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and contribute to continuous improvement in scheduling accuracy and throughput.