Master Production Scheduler

Date Posted: 2024-09-30

Country: United Kingdom

Location: GBR02: Glenrothes, Scotland, Queensway Industrial Estate, Glenrothes, KY7 5PY

Position Role Type: Unspecified

Job Title: Master Production Scheduler

Location: Glenrothes or Livingston (with circa one day a week on site)

Role Purpose:

100% Ownership of Master Production Schedule, providing services to key Stakeholders ensuring efficient and effective planning operation of the manufacturing facilities. Working with Supply Chain to mitigate risks (Clean to Build reports etc.).

Key tasks:

• Creating, maintaining, and updating the Master Production Schedule for assigned programs. Serving as a key point of contact for the Integrated Program team, ensuring customer commitments are met.
• Support company Gate reviews – generating a Master Schedule upon receipt of Purchase Orders.
• Chair Monthly Master Production Schedule reviews for each of your assigned programs. This then generates the Monthly Production dashboard (Top level output) for your programs.
• Prepare and communicate weekly work schedule (Weekly Targets) to production team, via daily morning production meetings.
• Ensure the Master Production Schedule fulfils the customer order book and is aligned to inventory and On Time Delivery targets. Manage / realign schedule changes as required through periodic Monthly Production Schedule reviews.
• Provide labour resource requirement plans (For each of your assigned programs), to the Operations management team and align on load levelling targets (Top level / Lower lever sub assy’s).
• Develop capacity 'What If' simulations models for the end to end manufacturing process.
• Forecasting – work with the programme management function to understand the 18 month outlook for future forecasted orders and translate the input into headcount requirements:
• Capacity
• HPU
• KPIs – Support efforts to ensure Customer on Time Delivery requirements are met and Aged WIP targets are achieved.

Skills/Experience Required:

• Proven record of success in a Master Scheduling role, with strong understanding and exposure to Operations, Engineering, Logistics and Sales.
• SAP experience essential.
• Effective communication both verbally and in written form.
• Analytical and numerically astute with strong problem-solving skills.
• Able to manage time effectively, prioritise tasks and achieve goals.
• Self-driven, focused, results and quality oriented.
• Team player, innovative with sound judgement and solutions driven.
• Proficient user of Microsoft suite of packages including Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, where needed.