Supply Chain Production Scheduler at Irca Group Saint Louis, MO

Irca Group; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision

401(k) matching

Paid vacation

Holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

The Production Scheduler role at The Irca Group is responsible for coordinating supply chain activities, monitoring inventory across warehouse networks, and planning production lines for co-manufacturing. You will ensure timely delivery of goods and optimize material flow across multiple locations.

Ideal candidates have a Bachelor's degree (APICS preferred), strong analytical skills, and experience with integrated manufacturing systems.

Qualifications

• Experience with computerized integrated information systems in manufacturing, materials management, production planning and distribution.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities in supply chain contexts.

Responsibilities

• Plan production materials across multiple locations and co-manufactures.
• Process orders for co-manufacture and multiple warehouse locations.
• Coordinate materials between warehouses and production facilities.
• Review materials requirements for daily transfers.
• Manage purchase orders for offsite warehouses.
• Oversee freight across warehouses considering lead times and allergen requirements.
• Identify requirements for safety stock and new product introductions.
• Address aging, slow-moving and obsolete inventory items.
• Optimize production planning considering allergens, sanitization, and changeover impacts.
• Lead weekly scheduling reviews with production, maintenance, and quality teams.
• Provide analysis to meet or exceed plant KPIs.

Skills

Analytical skills

Supply chain coordination

Materials flow knowledge

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

APICS Certification

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Production Scheduler

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:

Irca Group offers career growth opportunities as well as competitive compensation and benefits: Medical, Dental, & Vision, 401(k) matching, Paid Vacation, and Holidays, Employee Education Tuition Reimbursement Program.