Job Description

Production Scheduler - Plastics Manufacturing - Base Salary to 80k/year - Gardner, MA

• Our client, an established manufacturing organization, is seeking a Production Scheduler to support onsite production planning, materials purchasing, and inventory control operations. This position coordinates manufacturing schedules, material availability, purchasing activities, and inventory requirements to support production efficiency and customer demand.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, maintain, and adjust manufacturing production schedules based on customer orders, sales forecasts, production capacity, and inventory requirements.
• Coordinate production priorities, work orders, and scheduling changes with manufacturing management and production departments.
• Coordinate equipment availability, tooling requirements, and preventive maintenance schedules with maintenance personnel.
• Participate in daily production meetings to review manufacturing schedules, production delays, and material availability.
• Create, update, and track manufacturing work orders, job status, and production schedules within an ERP system.
• Monitor production progress, work-in-process (WIP), and finished goods to track manufacturing completion and inventory requirements.
• Monitor raw material, component, work-in-process, and finished goods inventory levels to support production scheduling.
• Analyze historical sales, material consumption, and inventory usage to support purchasing and inventory planning.
• Coordinate purchasing and procurement of raw materials, production supplies, and manufacturing components.
• Prepare and issue purchase orders, communicate with suppliers, expedite materials, and monitor order delivery schedules.
• Determine purchasing quantities, material requirements, and anticipated consumption based on production demand.
• Conduct inventory cycle counts, physical inventories, inventory adjustments, and inventory reconciliations.
• Coordinate material movement, storage, and inventory transactions across manufacturing and warehouse operations.
• Establish and maintain safety stock levels, minimum inventory quantities, and reorder points for purchased materials and finished goods.
• Monitor supplier lead times, inbound shipments, and overseas deliveries to support material availability.
• Maintain perpetual inventory records and investigate inventory discrepancies across applicable locations.
• Update daily purchasing and inventory reports, including outstanding purchase orders and incoming materials.
• Prepare production scheduling, purchasing, inventory, and material availability reports.
• Coordinate with Finance on inventory valuation, inventory costing, and related reporting activities.
• Identify production scheduling conflicts, material shortages, inventory discrepancies, and potential supply interruptions.
• Process vendor credit applications and maintain purchasing documentation for new suppliers.
• Review ERP workflows and inventory processes to identify opportunities to reduce excess inventory, improve material flow, and control manufacturing costs.

Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience in production scheduling, purchasing, inventory control, or a related function within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience coordinating manufacturing production schedules and monitoring inventory levels to support production operations.
• Experience purchasing raw materials and production supplies, preparing purchase orders, communicating with vendors, tracking deliveries, and expediting materials.
• Working knowledge of inventory management, including cycle counts, inventory adjustments, safety stock, and reorder points.
• Experience using an ERP, MRP, or inventory management system.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Microsoft Excel.
• Experience analyzing inventory data, identifying discrepancies, and recognizing potential material shortages.
• Experience coordinating manufacturing workflows, purchasing activities, or inventory requirements across departments and external suppliers.

Compensation:

• Base salary in the 75k - 80k/year range
• Insurance
• Retirement
• PTO

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