Material Scheduler

Material Scheduler Petersfield 08:15 – 16:30 Monday - Friday Fixed Term Contract (Initially x 4 Months)

Position Summary

The role will be responsible for the following:

• Responsible for all material and components scheduling to support un-interrupted production process, ensuring the timely and accurate flow of chemicals and components into the plants or Third Party Manufacturing (TPM), driving Plant attainment, Materials alignment on 0-8 weeks horizon and Fill rate improvement from a materials availability standpoint.
• Accountable for tracking and status update of Purchase Orders
• Responsible to raise alerts weekly and identifying material shortages on the 0-8 weeks horizon.
• Responsible to engage with Material planners to close other gaps, and to drive trade-offs with Factory Scheduler team driving to a material aligned plan
• Partnering with SRP, MPS, Manufacturing (intern & external), Quality, Logistics, and Warehousing to ensure an executable manufacturing schedule.
• Work directly with SRP and MPS to ensure material and FG alignment in the 0 – 6-week horizon.
• Accountable for materials supportability of the FG plan and approving deviations from that plan based on material availability.
• Approve the Materials Handover process from a Materials perspective.
• Partner with Logistics to ensure accurate lead times are reflected in the system and develop strategies to support deviations.
• Partner with the Warehousing Team to monitor and project warehouse utilization based on scheduled deliveries vs FG production plan Requirements & Qualifications
• Education: Bachelor’s degree or higher in Business, Supply Chain, Economics, Operations Research or related field
• Minimum 2-4 years of related experience in Supply Chain, preferably with experience in manufacturing, supply planning, sourcing / purchasing and supplier management
• Knowledge of, and experience with supply planning and supplier collaboration tools (e.g., SAP, E2Open, Kinaxis, etc.) is preferred
• Preferably prior experience in material planning in a manufacturing/production industry