Overview:

This role manages the block production plan for both special making and make-to-stock orders across paper making resources at a SNA manufacturing site. This role equates to the master scheduler for products on a given paper machine or through the required papermaking process route.

Responsibilities:

Master Production Scheduling

• Optimizing our machine resources through design and implementation of a Master Production Scheduling (MPS) process, managing supply orders through the planned, fixed, and frozen for release process steps.

• Management of scheduling / production bottlenecks by maintaining PM blocks for web and sheet products

• Steering manufacturing requests to most cost effective (manufacturing and distribution) resources and to most cost effective time slots.

• Minimize "lost orders" and controlling order feasibility (meet the required delivery-time and volume)

• Insuring synchronization of  APO and MICS to support Available To Promise (ATP) Process

  Securing scheduled capacity to achieve inventory service targets.

• Block creation and monitoring from forecast to mill transition with appropriate product mix, profitability and maintaining mill direct program commitments.

• Provide analysis and reporting for Mill Operations Planning including any metrics, KPIs, and identification of improvement initiatives.     

   

  Order Status Monitoring and Communication

   

• Regular communication with all members of Inside Sales, Sales Operations, Mill Planning, Distribution and Operations Planning to monitor backlogs and order status as appropriate.

   

  Inventory Support

   

• Working with Inventory Planners and Supply Chain leadership to identify, design and implement more efficient and effective inventory service for stock items the Operations Planner supports.

   

  Operations Planning Process Improvements

   

• Participation in and leading Mill and Operations Planning process improvements.

• Provide and participate in department cross training.

• Participate in specific customer action team efforts

• Support and participate in corporate Lean Six Sigma improvement efforts

   

Education/Experience

• 1 to 3 years of production scheduling experience in a manufacturing environment preferred.

• Experience in Supply Chain is a plus

   

   

  Skills

   

• Strong interpersonal skills

• Strong analytical skills

• Strong technical writing skills

• Ability to contribute in a team environment

• Ability to prioritize and handle multiple responsibilities