Production Master Scheduler

Job Summary:

The Production Master Scheduler is responsible for developing, maintaining, and optimizing the master production schedule to ensure the timely delivery of aerospace products. This role requires close collaboration with cross-functional teams, including production, procurement, engineering, and supply chain, to align production schedules with customer demands, inventory goals, and capacity constraints.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain a detailed master production schedule that balances customer requirements, production capacity, and inventory levels. Sequence jobs across resource centers.
• Collaborate with sales, customer service, and demand planning teams to forecast and analyze customer demand, ensuring alignment with production capabilities.
• Analyze production capacity and resource availability to identify constraints and recommend solutions for optimizing throughput. Balance workload to avoid overloading or underutilizing resources.
• Work closely with procurement and supply chain teams to ensure the availability of materials and components required to meet the production schedule.
• Monitor and adjust schedules to ensure on-time delivery of products while meeting quality and cost objectives.
• Communicate scheduling priorities and changes to production teams and other stakeholders, ensuring alignment across the organization.
• Identify and address scheduling conflicts, production bottlenecks, and other issues that could impact the production schedule.
• Implement and support initiatives to improve scheduling processes, production efficiency, and overall supply chain performance.
• Track and report key performance indicators (KPIs) related to scheduling accuracy, on-time delivery, and production efficiency.
• Utilize enterprise resource planning (ERP) and manufacturing resource planning (MRP) systems to develop and update schedules, ensuring data accuracy and reliability.
• Ensure scheduling practices adhere to industry standards, customer requirements, and company policies.
• Establishes shop floor work schedules per the production schedule. Host production meetings to set priorities.
• Analyzes customer orders and other records to determine manufacturing and shipping priorities, work assignments, and shipping methods required to meet customer demands. Establish ship date to meet customer due dates.
• Provide timely updates to management on the status of production schedules, highlighting any deviations or risks.
• Helps resolve inventory discrepancies and aids in establishing preventive actions to prevent further errors.
• Aids in the direction of daily shipping, receiving, line replenishment, and manufacturing activities.

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related field. Equivalent experience may be considered.

• Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in production scheduling or master scheduling.

• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, lead times, and capacity planning. Preferably in a job shop/fabrication environment.

• Technical Skills:

• SAP R/3 experience is preferred, including the Production Planning and Inventory Management modules.

• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel, Project, Office and other data analysis tools

• Familiarity with lean manufacturing and just-in-time (JIT) and build to order principles

• Soft Skills:

• Excellent organizational and time-management skills.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

• Effective communication and collaboration skills to work across departments.

• Ability to work under pressure and manage competing priorities.

• Certifications: APICS Certification (e.g., CPIM or CSCP) or PMP is a plus.

Working Conditions:

• Office environment with periodic visits to the production floor.
• May require occasional travel to suppliers or customer sites.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to sit for extended periods and use a computer.
• Light physical activity, such as walking through the production area

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement:

American BOA, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.