Job PurposeThe Master Scheduler is responsible for developing, maintaining, and owning the Master Production Schedule to support customer demand, inventory objectives, and business commitments. This position ensures production plans are achievable through capacity and constraint analysis, evaluates demand and schedule changes, and communicates impacts to customer and business commitments. The Master Scheduler leads the planning and materials organization and is accountable for schedule execution, material readiness, and recovery planning to meet operational objectives.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities• Develop, maintain, and communicate the Master Production Schedul to support customer demand, operational objectives, and revenue forecasts.
• Lead the production planning process through routine schedule reviews, risk assessments, and communication of schedule status to manufacturing leadership.
• Perform capacity planning and constraint analysis to validate production plans and identify limitations related to labor, equipment, materials, tooling, and facility resources.
• Evaluate demand fluctuations, engineering changes, material shortages, and schedule disruptions and recommend feasible production alternatives.
• Assess impacts to customer deliveries and existing commitments and communicate schedule changes to Operations, Program Management, Supply Chain, and leadership teams.
• Monitor production performance against the schedule and drive corrective actions and recovery plans when execution deviates from plan.
• Lead material planning activities, inventory strategies, and procurement alignment to ensure material availability and support execution of the Master Production Schedule.
• Monitor and report planning and scheduling performance metrics including schedule attainment, schedule adherence, on-time delivery, and inventory performance.
• Support long-range capacity planning, labor planning, and resource forecasting activities.
• Other duties as assigned.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: Directly manages Buyers, Material Planners, and Inventory Control personnel. Responsible for employee development, performance management, staffing, workload prioritization, and achievement of planning and material management objectives.
QualificationsMinimum Qualifications- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Business, or related field.
- 8-10+ years of experience in manufacturing planning, scheduling, supply chain, production control, or related operations roles.
- Experience in battery manufacturing, chemical processing, aerospace, defense, or other highly regulated manufacturing environments preferred.
- Experience leading planning, purchasing, inventory control, or material management personnel.
- Demonstrated experience with Master Production Scheduling (MPS), Material Requirements Planning (MRP), Capacity Planning, and SIOP processes.
Preferred Qualifications- Strong understanding of manufacturing planning, capacity analysis, inventory management, and Theory of Constraints.
- Working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive execution.
- Understanding of the relationship between supply, demand, capacity, and inventory.
- Advanced spreadsheet and data analysis capabilities.
General Job Requirements- This position will work in an office setting, expect minimal physical demands.
- This position requires working in a plant/warehouse environment. Therefore, expect varying working conditions.
