Supply Chain Production Scheduler

IRCA Group; Affton (MO); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision

401(k) matching

Paid Vacation & Holidays

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

The IRCA Group, a global leader in bakery ingredients, is seeking a Production Scheduler in the United States. You will coordinate supply chain activities, monitor warehouse inventory, and plan production across multiple locations and co-manufacturers.

Responsibilities include MRP, PO management, freight coordination, and leading weekly scheduling reviews with production, maintenance, and quality teams to meet KPI targets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent; APICS preferred.
• Strong analytical skills and systems knowledge.
• Proficiency with MS Office suite.
• Experience with ERP/Manufacturing systems.

Responsibilities

• Plan production materials across multiple locations and co-manufactures.
• Process orders for co-manufacture and multiple warehouses.
• Manage materials transfer and review MRP daily.
• Coordinate with warehouses and production facilities.
• Lead weekly scheduling reviews with production, maintenance, and quality teams.
• Monitor KPI targets and address aging inventory.

Skills

Manufacturing systems

Materials management

Production planning

Procurement

Distribution

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

APICS Certification (preferred)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Outlook

Access

Job description

The Irca Group is an International Leader in high quality finished and semi-finished ingredients for the bakery, pastry, and ice cream markets. With a solid history of over 100 years in the industry, the Group has its headquarters in Italy (Gallarate) and a strong global footprint with 23 production sites and over 2000 employees in Europe, the United States and Vietnam.

Our core product categories include chocolate, compounds, chocolate decorations, sprinkles, creams, pastry mixes, gelato ingredients, nuts and candied fruit. The most recent acquisition of Kerry Sweet complements our existing categories with the addition of sweet particulates, chocolate confections, inclusions, variegates and frozen fruit purees.

Through its 8 key brands (IRCA, Dobla®, in2food, Via Degli Orsini, JoyGelato, RaviFruit, Cesarin and Anastasi®) the IRCA Group offers an unparalleled "one-stop shop" approach for delivering quality solutions to all ingredients needs, through a broad range of innovative products. We offer every day and seasonal solutions to 3 macro channels: Gourmet, Food Manufacturing and Consumer Product (Retail). “Extraordinary made simple”

About the Role

The Production Scheduler is responsible for coordinating supply chain activities, monitoring inventory across the warehouse network, ensuring timely delivery of goods, and production planning and processing of co-manufacturing/production lines.

Essential Functions

• Planning of production materials across multiple locations/co-manufactures
• Order processing for co-manufacture and multiple warehouse locations
• Coordination of materials between the warehouses/production facilities
• Materials requirement planning review for daily transfers
• PO management and creation for offsite warehouse locations
• Freight management across multiple warehouses, considering delivery requirements, lead times, and allergen requirements.
• Identify requirements for order fulfilment, safety stock requirements and new product introductions
• Ensure aged, slow moving, and obsolete inventory action items are addressed timely
• Optimize production planning, with consideration of Allergens, Sanitization, and Changeover impacts
• Communicate with Customer Care/update the OCR daily or more often as changes and updates occur
• Coordinate and manage cycle count program within each warehouse
• Lead weekly scheduling review with production, maintenance, and quality groups
• Provide analysis and follow-up to ensure all plant Service, Inventory, and other KPI’s are met or exceeded
• Become a necessary back up for key roles within the supply chain
• Attends and participates in daily meetings
• Other projects and responsibilities may be added at the company’s discretion

Minimum Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge of computerized integrated information systems (manufacturing, materials management, production planning, procurement, and distribution) and a superior understanding of manufacturing material flow in a plant
• Strong analytical skills

Training / Certification / Technical

• High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
• (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access)

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience. APICS Certification is preferred though not required

Why Join Us:

• Medical, Dental, & Vision, 401(k) matching, Paid Vacation, and Holidays, Employee Education Tuition Reimbursement Program.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.