Hybrid Production Planner at Seaway Printing Company Inc.

Description

Job Summary:

The primary purpose of this role is to ensure that the plant workflow is completed in a timely and efficient manner. The Production Scheduler will build the plan, communicate the plan, and work on improving the process for future plans.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Schedule Management

• Develop, maintain and optimize the production plan to ensure on time delivery and plant and work center efficiency
• Monitor schedule integrity, making timely revisions based on changing conditions and material availability
• Maintaining a rolling lock on the schedule
• Coordinate with supervisors to integrate scheduled maintenance into the production plan
• Analyze schedule variance and production standards, reporting insights to the area managers
• Monitor and align schedule with outside purchases and delivery timelines
• Facilitate the pull of product through the plant

Resource Optimization

• Schedule equipment and flow of work to maximize on time delivery and utilization while minimizing overtime and material waste
• Forecast labor requirements

Communication and Coordination

• Work closely with area managers to optimize procedures related to communications, information flow, inventory control, and workflow
• Coordinate cross-departmentally to ensure all delivery commitments are met

Analysis and Improvement

• Perform root cause analysis for missed deliveries
• Actively participate in continuous improvement projects and professional development

Responsibilities - Conduction business in alignment with Seaway’s core values:

• Integrity - We do what’s right.
• Team - We trust each other.
• Courage - We welcome change.
• Excellence - We are customer-focused.

All other duties as assigned

Requirements

KPIs:

• Safety - Zero RLTAs (Recordable Lost Time Accident)
• Quality - Cost of quality
• Productivity for the whole shift – OEE and planned vs actual productivity 
• On time delivery (OTD)

Minimum Qualifications:

• Preferred Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or equivalent experience 
• Proficient in Microsoft Office 365 applications and advanced in MS Excel skills.
• Experience with multiple ERP systems preferred.

Minimum Competencies: (Skills, knowledge, and abilities)

• Demonstrated experience in managing competing priorities, demands, and conflicting requests.
• Demonstrated experience in analytical skills related to forecasting and planning.
• Project management and driving culture of change.
• Effective communication skills.
• Detail-oriented, goal-oriented, and able to dive into problems.

Physical Requirements:

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perfect the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is:

• Frequently required to talk or hear. 
• Constantly required to stand; walk; and use hands to handle, feel or touch
• Occasionally required to sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; use foot/feet to operate equipment
• Occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl
• Constantly lift to 10 pounds
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds

 (Constantly = 76%-100% of the time; Frequently = 26%-75% of the time; Occasionally = 1%-25% of the time)

Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to a production noise environment.