Associate, Production Planning

Westlake•Elkland, PA

About The Position

Westlake offers you the potential to enrich your work life and career experience in an entrepreneurial environment. We work together to enhance peoples' lives through our products and presence in the communities in which we operate. JOB SUMMARY The Production Scheduler is responsible for creating, maintaining, and executing detailed daily and weekly production schedules. This role converts production plans into actionable schedules, sequences work orders, and coordinates plant-floor activities to ensure efficient execution, schedule adherence, and on-time delivery.

Requirements

Ability to be an effective team player and manage relationships with team and key business partners
Strategic thinking and planning skills
Excellent communication, presentation, and organizational skills
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
Detailed problem-solving, independent judgement, and decision-making skills
Excellent time management skills
Effectively juggles multiple jobs and varied requests in a day
Ability to take complete ownership of multiple projects and multi-task with minimal oversight
Possess the ability to influence others to get key initiatives completed while working
Strong prioritization, organization, and planning skills with attention to detail
Must be able to understand production workflows, scheduling techniques, inventory management, production standards, and process management
Must have strong internal and external customer service skills
Must be well-organized, detail oriented, and a self-starter with demonstrated capacity to learn new technologies and work successfully in a team environment
Operate a computer or other keyboard instrument
Proficiency in MS Office (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Word)
Experience compiling and presenting scheduling documentation and data in Excel, Word, etc.
Strong understanding of production workflows and manufacturing processes
Associates degree preferred; equivalent work experience acceptable
1 - 3 years' experience in functional role
Experience working in an ERP environment required
Wear all required personal protective equipment (hearing, vision and hardhat protection)
Move or traverse about the facilities.
Able to ascend/descend stairs and ladders
Work around dust, chemicals, and other substances, and in various environmental conditions
Withstand exposure to temperature extremes inside or out
Stand for up to 12 hours performing shift work or in a stationary position
Perform repetitive movements
Bend and/or twist
Work in constant noise levels above 85 decibels
Handle, control or feel objects, tools or controls
Able to lift/move up to 50 pounds

Nice To Haves

Lean manufacturing experience preferred

Responsibilities

Comply with Westlake Safety Policies
Provide safety leadership in promoting and creating a zero-injury safety culture
Create and maintain daily and weekly production schedules for assigned manufacturing areas
Sequence work orders based on priorities, equipment availability, labor, and material readiness
Communicate daily production priorities to supervisors and plant leadership
Monitor shop-floor execution and adjust schedules to address delays, downtime, or shortages
Track schedule adherence and escalating issues that impact customer commitments
Coordinate with Customer Service on order status, availability, and delivery risks
Release, update, and close production work orders in the ERP system
Maintain visibility of production, inventory movement, and shipping status
Generate and distribute production and scheduling reports for management
Support continuous improvement initiatives related to scheduling efficiency and execution
All other tasks assigned by manager