Master Scheduler

Master Scheduler

Advan Six plays a critical role in global supply chains, innovating and delivering essential products for our customers in a wide variety of end markets and applications that touch people's lives. Our reliable and sustainable supply of quality products emerges from the vertically integrated value chain of our three U.S. based manufacturing facilities. Advan Six strives to deliver best-in-class customer experiences and differentiated products in the industries of nylon solutions, chemical intermediates, and plant nutrients, guided by our core values of Safety, Integrity, Accountability and Respect.

Position Summary:

The Master Scheduler is responsible for developing and executing supply and inventory plans that align with demand, operational constraints, and established inventory targets. This role supports the Sales and Operations Planning (SIOP) process by providing supply inputs, executing agreed-upon plans, and ensuring alignment across scheduling, inventory, and cross-functional teams.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Execute and maintain the monthly SIOP (Sales Inventory and Operations Planning) and all associated initiatives to achieve on time shipments to meet internal and external needs
• Support and expand on all opportunities to level load the plan to drive improvements in inventory, on-time-delivery, fulfillment, cycle time, capacity management, and growth
• Monitor and oversee finite scheduling
• Responsible for plant and third-party terminal inventories; must be able to accurately reconcile all locations and tie them together
• Own and facilitate the Inventory Record Accuracy (IRA) metric and understand the Material Usage Variance and Production financial impacts
• Facilitate tag-up meetings/calls with Product Managers, Sales, Customer Service, Finite Schedulers and/or other Planners to provide insight and direction for specific inventories
• Manage competing demands and priorities and put a high priority on attaining results
• Work closely with sales and finite schedulers to balance internal needs versus customer needs
• Responsible for maintaining planning master data at the site, e.g. lead times, bill of materials and production versions
• Liaise between many departments, e.g., procurement, logistics, finance, sales/commercial, and plant operations
• Organize monthly meetings with key supply chain internal and external stake holders including Vessel Owners, Terminal management, and Raw Material Suppliers
• Lead Raw Materials call with Procurement and Site Planners
• Execute inventory strategies to maintain appropriate inventory targets and/or Days of Supply
• Own and maintain the forecasting tools and spreadsheets; automate files to save time and increase planning accuracy

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, supply chain, or related field or equivalent organizational experience
• Six Sigma Greenbelt certification preferred
• 5+ years of experience in supply chain or production scheduling

Additional Qualifications:

• Intermediate skills in Microsoft Excel
• Experience developing processes and procedures
• Knowledge of chemical and/or refining industry
• In-depth knowledge of SAP a strong plus
• Finance and/or accounting knowledge a plus
• Knowledge of sales and operations planning processes, inventory record accuracy, and material usage variance
• Understanding of 24-hour bulk production facilities

The base rate range for this role is, $77,800 to $116,600 annually. We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include periodic pay rate adjustments based on market competitiveness. Hired applicants will be eligible for paid holidays, paid time off including vacation, eligibility to purchase company stock, tuition reimbursement, and a 401K with a competitive company match. Certain roles may be eligible for discretionary financial benefits such as incentive pay, equity awards, and participation in a deferred compensation plan.

Hired applicants will be eligible for medical, dental and vision insurance, flexible spending and health savings account eligibility, employer-provided short term disability benefits, eligibility to purchase long term disability benefits, employer-provided basic life insurance and eligibility to purchase voluntary life coverages.

At Advan Six, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past work experience doesn't perfectly align with every qualification in the job posting, we encourage you to still apply. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles. Advan Six is an equal opportunity employer.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, religion, veteran status, or any other protected classification.