Production Scheduler

Talent Management Plus•Rockford, IL

1d•$20 - $25•Onsite

About The Position

Production Scheduler to work in an office setting for a Manufacturing company. Position will schedule production jobs, schedule employee work shifts, order parts and materials, and work/communicate with customers and employees to manage production expectations.

Requirements

2-3 years of experience in work/job scheduling
Must have the ability to multi-task
Excellent written and verbal skills
Extensive phone and emailing required daily
Must have excellent customer service skills
Must have good MS Office skills
Knowledge of Production software systems: Spreadsheet Software Inventory Software Manufacturing software (Job Boss a plus)
Label creation software
Experience with Order processing systems
Ability to read and comprehend instructions, company correspondences and memos
Ability to effectively present information in a one on one and small group situation to customers, clients and other employees
Ability to write reports, and business correspondence.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customer, and the general public.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret commend financial reports and legal documents
Ability to respond effectively to sensitive inquires or complaints.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Plex software is a plus.
Manufacturing software (Job Boss a plus)

Responsibilities

Schedule jobs for purchase orders or assigned due dates
Check material and component availability for orders
Communicate with production management for machine availability
Review / complete customer requests and questions
Organize company workflows
Review delivery schedules weekly
Communicate demands to production team
Communicate with purchasing and / or production if supplies are low or insufficient
Review Material receipts
Review customer website for upcoming demand versus production
Coordinate with shipping to schedule pickups and share information
Prepare for customer meetings with information about delivery, status, and updates
Between 1 and 6 meetings per day
After customer meetings, communicate with engineering, production, outside services, quality, purchasing, shipping as needed
Answer customer calls
Work with engineering on process routings
Work with quality to complete checks and / or rework
Work with purchasing to get materials needed
Work with production on schedules / capacity
Communicate with shipping about product coming and when
Communicate with drivers about pickups and deliveries
Order containers
Work with accounting and EDI when issues with releases and deliveries, etc.
Work with quality and audit depts on work procedures a couple times per year